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This page is made available to Government entities, Public and Private Corporations and Educational Institutions for the posting of GIS Related Internships for students. If you have an available posting for an internship, please submit your listing, via a MS Word document, to the Executive Director of ILGISA.

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GIS Internships, Job Shadowing, and Mentors Wanted

I am seeking involvement for those GIS professionals and organizations who are interested in supporting undergraduate GIS students in job shadowing experiences, internships, and mentoring relationships. Preference is for organizations and individuals within a 30-mile radius of the Chicago area, but other areas are welcome as well.

Job shadowing involves having a student visit your organization for a few hours, a half day, or an entire day, introduces them to your organization and allows them to observe what it is that a GIS professional does on a daily basis. This involves no stipend and very little in terms of time commitment from you or your organization.

GIS internships are being sought by undergraduate GIS students who have all completed introductory GIS and programming coursework, as well as being members of professional organizations and have attended professional conferences. Most are sophomores and juniors and are seeking summer positions in/around the Chicago Metro area. Most students seek paid internships, but those with modest stipends are also desired.

Lastly, there are opportunities for those to serve as mentors for undergraduate students while they are completing their education and internships. More details on the Elmhurst College Mentoring Program here:

http://public.elmhurst.edu/cpe/1280447.html (scroll to the bottom) and additional information here:

http://public.elmhurst.edu/cpe/63929442.html

Contact to be involved with the Elmhurst College Mentoring Program:
Ms. Julie Nearing
Coordinator of Education Enrichment Program
Center for Professional Excellence (CPE)
Office: Circle Hall, Elmhurst College campus
Phone: (630) 617-3188
E-mail: jnearing@elmhurst.edu

Please let me know if you have questions and I can link you up with the appropriate personnel regarding mentoring.
I would be glad to post any internship announcements you have and pass them along to qualified GIS students.
Thanks,
Dr. Rich Schultz
Elmhurst College
Coordinator, GIS Certificate Program
Asst. Professor of GIS and Geosciences
(630) 617-3128
richs@elmhurst.edu

Internship Position for GIS Analysis Project

NEWMARK KNIGHT FRANK
Address: 1 East Wacker Drive,
Suite 3500
Chicago, IL 60601

Website: http://newmarkkf.com

Newmark Knight Frank provides client-focused real estate advisory services through world-class intellectual capital and resources across the globe. Bringing strategy and implementation together, our mission is to design and execute customized solutions that create value for our clients in support of their business and financial objectives

Internship Description: The retail division of Newmark Knight Frank’s Chicago office is seeking qualified undergraduate interns to assist with an innovative GIS analysis project. The main focus of the internship program will be creating and building a GIS data set centered on shopping malls with the end goal of producing a comprehensive nationwide mall layer with specific data such as sales per square foot, anchor type, and to develop a taxonomic classification for the type of mall.

Strong intern candidates will have experience with ArcGIS, and Microsoft Excel in addition to being able to work with various types of qualitative and quantitative data.

Required Skills:

A beginning skill level in ArcGIS (or similar software) is mandatory

Intermediate skill level in Microsoft Excel as well as have a firm understanding of how to retrieve and analyze demographic and census data.

Key tasks, projects, objectives, and expected outcomes will be agreed upon at the beginning of the internship.
Availability of Compensation Dependent Upon Qualifications

Expected start date and hours per week: September 1st. Minimum of 20 hours per week