ULI Washington: Best Practices for Hosting Internships for Equity-Seeking Students Part II: Insights from Academia

When

2023-05-25
2023-05-25T12:00:00 - 2023-05-25T13:00:00
America/New_York

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    Where

    ZOOM This webinar will be hosted by Zoom. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 UNITED STATES
    Join ULI Washington as leaders from local universities share expectations, requirements and strategies for meaningful university student commercial real estate and land use internships.

    Join ULI in the second of a series of discussions with leaders in land use and commercial real estate regarding best practices for designing, implementing and supporting internships for equity-seeking students through diversity, equity, inclusion, access and belonging (DEIAB).  Senior leaders will outline key considerations and strategies to make DEIAB guiding forces that shape organizational culture to host equity-seeking interns and support their success. 

     

    This event features a panel of leaders from local universities sharing expectations, requirements and strategies for meaningful university student commercial real estate and land use internships, including:  

    • Understanding the current generation;
    • Standards and expectations for paid internships and internships providing academic credit;
    • Considerations for school year vs. summer internships; 
    • How to optimize inclusion; and 
    • How to foster a long-term relationship with interns to create a path from collegeto working and thriving in the CRE industry. 

    Panelists: 

    • Eric Maribojoc, Executive Director of the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship at the George Mason University School of Business
    • Rosetta Price, Assistant Director of the Career Development Center at Bowie State University
    • Inthia Bowman-Ruffin, Interim Program Coordinator, Interior Design, at the Community College of Baltimore County - Catonsville

    Moderator:

    Dr. Rodney Hopson
    Dean's Fellow, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Interim Director, Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation & Assessment (CREA), College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Professor, Center for African Studies Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign