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Local Government Academy’s Municipal Intern Program connects local governments with enthusiastic undergraduate or graduate students seeking real-world experience working at the grassroots level. The students work full-time for a twelve week period during the summer focused on a particular project that could concentrate on financial management, human resources, personnel, geographic information sys

tems, preparing for comprehensive planning, economic development, capital improvement planning, intergovernmental cooperation, planning and zoning, code enforcement, etc.

08/09/2022

On Thursday, August 4, 2022, the Local Government Academy returned to the Engineer’s Society of Western Pennsylvania to celebrate the achievements of this year's interns from the Municipal Intern Program.

07/26/2022

On Wednesday, July 13th 2022, the Class came together again for their second Development Day, held at the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN). After the interns updated the Class on their current project progress, Megan Turnbull, Esq., Weiss Burkardt Kramer LLC, spoke about the Ethics Act, Sunshine Law, and Open Records Act, as well as the role of the solicitor in municipal government. A game of Pictionary pitted two teams of interns against each other, and then it was time for the highlight of the day: the ALCOSAN tour.

06/20/2022

This year’s Municipal Intern Program kicked off with a virtual orientation and weekly check-ins, but on Wednesday, June 15th, the 2022 MIP Class met up for the first time in person. We joined together in Carnegie Borough’s council chambers with Amie Courtney, Director of Human Resources at Cranberry Township, and Mayor John Burwell of Homestead Borough, for conversations about professional development, career paths, and what it means to be a public servant. The day concluded with a fierce trivia contest and a fiercer tiebreaker.

05/02/2022

▪️ Applications are now CLOSED for the 2022 Municipal Intern Program ▪️

We had an impressive list of very qualified applicants this year, and we can't WAIT to meet our complete 2022 Municipal Intern Class! Over this upcoming summer, look here for stories of each intern and the work they're doing on their project.

04/27/2022

📣 Applications close TOMORROW at noon! 📣

Still considering whether or not to apply? Haven't had a chance to get around to it? This is your call to get your application in by Thursday, April 4th, at 12:00pm. Placement Site Supervisors (including us!) are still interviewing candidates, so go apply right now. 👉 https://localgovernmentacademy.org/mip

04/21/2022

Did you know we're also looking for a summer intern?

Each year, the MIP Intern Coordinator collaborates with the Academy team to cultivate relationships and facilitate experiences that align with the Academy’s foundational mission to Promote Excellence in Local Government.

Maybe interested? Know someone who might be? Check out the full breakdown here: https://bit.ly/3v3GuZe

04/19/2022

Last Wednesday, the University of Pittsburgh hosted our Municipal Intern Fair at the William Pitt Union building, where THREE incredible interns were hired on the spot.

But don't despair, placement sites are still conducting interviews, and so are we! If you'd like to be considered for any of this year's internship opportunities, make sure to submit your polished resume: https://localgovernmentacademy.org/mip

03/21/2022

Alea Dorsey-Tyler, a Public Policy candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, led Bethel Park’s Document Management Systems project during the summer of 2021. Essentially, she led the charge in transforming the Borough office with a fully digitized filing system.

Stages of this project included tagging sticky notes to rows of filing cabinets, all of which were filled with municipal paper documents that Alea had to decide the future of: to digitize or to destroy. She also worked with each department, understanding their workflow to streamline and automate their document management. Those procedures were then codified in a series of resolutions that went to the municipal council.

Alea reflected on her internship this past summer and said, “But by far the most enriching part of this experience has been all of the people I’ve met and had the chance to work with.”

03/14/2022

2021 Intern Nick Lane, a concluding senior at Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a major in Regional Planning and Community Development, a minor in GIS, was selected by Brentwood Borough to assist in a project to modernize the community’s document retention policy. Nick was tasked with determining which documents were to be transferred to their new borough building, and which were to be retained for digitization.

The second component of his internship involved working alongside borough officials to set up an ArcGIS platform that could be used as a Citizens Problem Report, which allows citizens to report non-emergency issues within the community without clogging municipal communication systems. The ability to spend months strengthening his GIS skills was the hallmark of his experience this summer.

“In all, this experience has helped me perfect my GIS skills for my future, and this internship has helped me gain a better understanding of how things operate within local government.”

03/08/2022

Joey Belanger, a Computer Science Major at the Community College of Allegheny County (and soon to be dually enrolled at Robert Morris University), was selected by Ross Township last summer. His mission: create an equipment manual for the township staff to utilize their board room’s new virtual upgrades. Joey also created a Zoom guide and two social media policy directories, and assisted with improvements to the township’s website.

Although municipal government work was out of his wheelhouse, Joey found the internship enlightening and educational. Learning about the role of local government in the lives of citizens, and seeing his work utilized by the community, made this internship even more special.

“I learned that there is a lot to local government. From managing a community, to finding out what needs to be prioritized the most, local government requires a lot of organizational and management skills in order for a municipality to succeed. However, what I enjoyed most about my experience is being able to get first-hand experience involving how to fix technical issues as well as being able to help others around me.”

03/01/2022

🎉 The 2022 Internships have been announced! 🎉

The Municipal Internship Program provides paid internships to graduate and undergraduate students who want to work on real issues facing our communities every day. Looking for an internship this summer? MIP internships fit a variety of degrees: https://localgovernmentacademy.org/mip

02/28/2022

In Hampton Township this past summer, Intern Rohan Lambore, a Graduate Certificate-Seeking student through the Harvard Extension School, studying Public Policy, Public Administration, and Social Justice, assisted with the adoption of the township’s Implementable Comprehensive Plan (ICP).

Rohan’s project was three-fold: verifying existing businesses in the community, obtaining funding for the implementation of the ICP, and formulating a directory for the community to track businesses. This process had him working with the 5-member elected council, the township's departmental heads, and even face-to-face with the residents.

“I would 101% recommend the MIP with LGA to any and every one that is remotely interested in local government. The MIP
provides grassroots, personal approaches to every aspect of administration, be it for a COG, Borough, or Township.”

Shortly after the 2021 MIP ended, Jackson Township took on Rohan as the new Assistant Township Manager, and we couldn’t be more excited for this next step in his future! Congratulations, Rohan!

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