Student Outreach Program Mentors

The Education and Outreach Committee of APA-NC is happy to announce that we are seeking planners for a new volunteer program!

The program is called Exploring Planning Careers and is designed to help undergraduate students learn about what planners do. When you join the program, we will match you with an undergraduate student who is considering planning as a career choice. The program will follow the academic year. We are getting a late start this year, but we hope to have our first cohort ready for the spring semester. The recommended time commitment is to meet with a student once or twice a month, though planners and students are free to schedule discussions with whatever frequency makes sense for you. The attached documents provide more information about the program.

If you are interested in participating, please visit this link to fill out a brief information form: https://forms.gle/PRCGpHPBNKw5bT8R6.

This link is also contained in the attached press release if you would like to distribute within your organization. Invitations for students are being sent to a limited set of colleges and universities across North Carolina. We look forward to expanding this list if we have sufficient interest from the planning community. We will be matching students with planners in late January. Feel free to reach out to the committee members below with any questions.

APA-NC Education and Outreach Committee Co-chairs
John Anagnost: john.anagnost@raleighnc.gov
Charles Dillard: charles.dillard@raleighnc.gov