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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140618T113000
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URL:https://www.ifmaatlanta.org/events/facility-management-internships-rea
 l-world-practices-challenges-and-opportunities/
SUMMARY:Facility Management Internships  Real World Practices\, Challenges 
 and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:This session will be presented by two of IFMA Atlanta's own: Ka
 thy Roper\,. Georgia Tech and Joseph Geierman\, Troutman Sanders.  Click
  on the link to read their Bios: K. Roper and J. Geierman Bios\n\nAs a mat
 uring industry\, facility management has grown in importance and new forma
 l programs of study are offered around the world.  The IFMA Foundation in
  the mid-1990’s established a “recognition program” for schools teac
 hing facility management in order to help validate those with legitimate\,
  well-informed content.  This recognition program moved to accreditation 
 in 2007 in order to more fully acknowledge the importance and impact of fa
 cility management formal education.  Today\, 25 universities around the w
 orld have been accredited by the IFMA Foundation (IFMA Foundation\, 2013) 
 with more schools continuing to develop programs around facility managemen
 t and apply for this accreditation.\n\nIn addition to formal education in 
 facility management\, the on-the-job aspects of learning are still importa
 nt for experience and learning.  An important way to gain this experience
  prior to the start of a career or full-time position is through internshi
 ps.  Recognizing that there are limited opportunities for facility manage
 ment students to gain this experience\, a professor and former student-now
  practitioner designed this research to learn more about current practices
  with internships in facility management and how to potentially improve bo
 th the number and quality of internships available to students studying in
  the field.\n\nAs expected\, we found that many companies have utilized in
 ternships but almost all respondents would appreciate more information and
  resources to develop or further enhance facility management internship pr
 ograms.  Suggestions from these respondents’ best practices as well as 
 resources from other industries that can be applied to facility management
  are included.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
LOCATION:Maggiano's in Buckhead\, 3368 Peachtree Rd\, NE\, Atlanta\, 30326\
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