Architectural Internship: Everybody's Issue is structured around the eight sessions of the Summit, ranging from "Context" or background to "Frameworks" and "Benchmarks." The latter two specifically relate to implementing the nine CITF recommendations. Additionally, there are multiple specific recommendations stemming from the Summit as well as lingering questions, both of which are given equal attention.

Other special features include Summit participants' quotes from various points throughout the process and actual event; one of the submissions to our ArchVoices Essay Competition, which provides constructive criticism of NCARB's IDP; yet-unpublished data from the 2003 Internship & Career Survey; and much more. Links to additional web-based material are included at the close of each major section.

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Cover & Table of Contents [151k]


4 | History [50k]
Understanding the roots of internship

8 | Context [30k]
Building on the 1999 Internship Summit

9 | Process [20k]
Preparing for the 2002 Internship Summit

10 | Shared Values [418k]
Uniting diverse perspectives on internship

12 | Declarations [34k]
Finding common ground

14 | Needs [1.9mb]
Enriching the everyday experience of interns

16 | Lingering Questions [1.31mb]
Addressing critical issues

18 | Models [271k]
Identifying programs to enhance internship

20 | Frameworks [30.7k]
Considering a more collaborative governance structure

21 | Benchmarks [39.9k]
Implementing the nine Collateral Internship Task Force Recommendations

25 | Reflections [29.4k]
Concluding remarks from the 2002 Internship Summit

27 | Resolve [25.2k]
Advancing the outcomes of the 2002 Internship Summit

28 | Voices of Internship [1.29mb]
Welcoming new voices through the ArchVoices Essay Competition

32 | Statistics [414k]
Learning from the 2003 Internship & Career Survey

40 | Moving Forward [23.2k]
Realizing the potential of the 2005 Internship Summit

Back Cover & List of Supplementary Resources [151k]

May 31
Two honorees and four honorable mentions of the inaugural ArchVoices Essay Competition are announced. Click here to view the honorees and access the other 157 essays.

May 23
Preliminary results of the 2003 Internship & Career Survey are published in a dedicated issue of ArchVoices newsletter. Click here to view the issue.

May 10
The Summit continued during the AIA Convention in San Diego when Laura Lee and John Cary were joined by Vicky Boddie and RK Stewart for Maintaining Momentum, Sharing Models, and Shaping the Future. The session was co-provided by ArchVoices, the AIA National Associates Committee, AIA Educator/Practitioner Network (EPN), and the AIAS.

March 24-April 7
The 2003 Internship & Career Survey, developed jointly by ArchVoices and the AIA National Associates Committee, was sent by email to approximately 20,000 young architecture professionals and architects licensed for five years or less.

January 31
The 2003 ArchVoices Essay Competition, coordinated and planned by a group of interns who participated in the Summit, is launched.

January 2
"Internship Abuse Takes a Beating," by Victoria Beach, appears in the December 2002 issue of Architecture magazine, p.13.

December 14
Candidates for the 2003-2004 AIAS National Board of Directors are asked to respond to the question, "In light of the 2002 Internship Summit, what role do you see the AIAS playing in internship?" Each declares candidate's response to this and three other questions is posted online.

December 8
"Changing the face of internship: the 2002 Internship Summit," is authored by R. Todd Gabbard and printed in the Fall 2002 issue of Architrave, the journal of AIAS Florida.

December 5
Matt Ostanik makes a presentation on the Summit at the AIA Iowa Board of Directors meeting.

December 3
Clark Kellogg facilitates a lunchtime discussion session on the Summit at the UC Berkeley Wurster Society Professional Members Dean's Roundtable, hosted at the offices of AIA San Francisco.

December 1
"Mentoring Model = Two-Way Respect," a report on the Summit, is authored by Joyce Noe and published in the November issue of Design Intelligence.

November 27
Ten interns in attendance at the Summit begin work on an intern essay competition, inspired by the Berkeley Prize Competition, to provide interns with an opportunity to write about their daily experiences. For more information, contact Matt Ostanik.

November 15
Laura Lee and John Cary host an interactive discussion session during the ACSA Administrators' Conference in San Diego on the Summit outcomes and follow-up efforts.

November 14
Monique Lee and Ann Marie Taheny facilitate a discussion on the Summit process and outcomes at the Bay Area Young Architects (BAYA) monthly meeting.

November 9
Casius Pealer and John Cary make a presentation to the Collateral Internship Management Group (CIMG) during its final meeting in Washington, DC. Nicole Kuhar and Rob Rosenfeld are also in attendance at the CIMG meeting.

November 8
As members of the Intern Development Program Coordinating Committee (IDPCC), Jason Pettigrew and Adrianne Steichen report on the Summit proceedings and discuss a Summit-inspired proposal to enhance the IDPCC and IDP Outstanding Firm Award at the IDPCC Fall Meeting. Other IDPCC members, who attended the Summit, include: Kirk Miller, Steve Padget, and Steve Usry.

November 7
"With a focus on developing professionals, not interns, Summit participants discuss education-to-practice continuum" article appears in the November 2002 issue of Architectural Record, p32.

November 5
ArchVoices receives a second $10,000 seed grant toward a print publication on internship, inspired by the Summit.

October 31
Feature story on the Summit appears in ArchNewsNow.com's html newsletter.

October 26
Larry Fabbroni leads a discussion on the Summit with the AIAS National Board of Directors during its meeting in Washington, DC. The AIAS Board moves to contribute $3,000 to the Summit-inspired print publication on internship.

October 22
Clark Kellogg and John Cary facilitate a discussion on the Summit and internship generally at the San Francisco office of Gordon H Chong & Partners.

October 19
Suzanna Wight makes a presentation on the Summit to the AIA National Associates Committee (NAC) during its third annual meeting in Washington, DC.

October 17
ArchVoices receives a $10,000 seed grant to commence work on a print publication on internship, inspired by the Summit.

October 15
Summit coverage leads off DesignArchitecture.com's html newsletter.

October 14
A dedicated online work portal, hosted by the AIA, is launched for Summit participants to continue their work virtually.

October 12
The Summit is discussed briefly during the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) meeting in Washington, DC.

October 11
ArchVoices publishes a dedicated issue of its newsletter on the Summit outcomes. Additional coverage is provided by the headline story in AIArchitect's weekly html update.

October 10
The Five Presidents' Council is briefed on the Summit proceedings at their semi-annual meeting in Washington, DC. Also, Monique Lee, Adrianne Steichen, and Ann Marie Taheny, give brief presentation on the event at the Bay Area Young Architects (BAYA) monthly meeting.

October 9
The outcomes of the Summit are discussed at the AIA Large Firm Roundtable (LFRT) Dean's Meeting in New York.

October 7
Summit press release published.

Press Release
October 7, 2002

Norman, Okla.--During the weekend of October 3-6, fifty members of the architecture profession, including representatives of six national organizations (ACSA, AIA, AIAS, NAAB, NCARB, and NOMAS), evaluated progress and challenges in internship since the 1999 Collateral Internship Summit. The event was a gathering of people from the broadest spectrum of those involved in the profession--from students to senior practitioners, young professionals, educators, and of course, interns. Most participants in reality play a number of those roles simultaneously. The interns in attendance voiced a series of fundamental professional needs: mentorship, diversity of work experience, responsibility, respect, leadership, and clarity about the overall registration process.

Summit participants unanimously affirmed the importance of rededicating the profession to the implementation of all nine recommendations of the Collateral Internship Task Force (CITF), which was formed as a result of the 1999 Summit. These nine recommendations (see below) range from supporting national and international registration reciprocity, to supporting alternative paths for obtaining professional experience. Building on CITF recommendation #6, that the Architect Registration Examination (ARE) be permitted upon graduation, the Summit participants identified the potential to utilize the ARE as an educational tool in support of and concurrent with the existing internship process.

During additional discussions at the 2002 Summit about the Intern Development Program (IDP), established in 1979 and required for NCARB certification since 1996, Maryland intern Brian Grieb asked, "Are we developing interns, or are we developing professionals?" This question uniquely captured the core concerns of participants at the 2002 Summit, and the group explicitly affirmed the importance of evolving the Intern Development Program into a "Professional Development" program.

ArchVoices, a nonprofit think tank on architecture education and internship, organized the 2002 Summit and will compile and disseminate other specific ideas generated at the Summit over the coming months. In addition, the Summit participants identified a series of quantitative metrics to measure the current status and future progress towards the CITF recommendations. ArchVoices is committed to compiling relevant existing data and to initiating an annual national survey of interns in order to more fully understand the choices, challenges and demographics of young people in the profession of architecture. A session at the 2003 AIA Convention in San Diego, is scheduled to publicly discuss the results of this work and the Summit in general.

"Through initiatives like the 2002 Summit, ArchVoices has continually raised awareness of internship issues at all levels of the profession," said Roy Abernathy, AIA, principal of Atlanta-based Jova/Daniels/Busby. "They have reinforced that professional development is a crucial issue for the entire profession, not just for interns."

Based on the experiences and process of the 2002 Summit, participants emphasized the importance of regularly validating the criteria and procedures for regulating professional development, as recommended by the Union of International Architects (UIA) and currently conducted in architecture education.

The 2002 National Internship Summit was hosted by Dean Bob Fillpot, FAIA, at the University of Oklahoma College of Architecture. The event was made possible by a generous grant from the Enkeboll Foundation for the Arts and Architecture, and co-chaired by ArchVoices' board members, Laura Lee, AIA, of Carnegie Mellon University, and John Cary, Assoc. AIA, of the University of California, Berkeley.

For more information on the 2002 National Internship Summit, a complete list of participants, sponsors, and ongoing efforts, email info@archvoices.org, or call 510/757-6213.