{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ZMM Architects and Engineers","provider_url":"https:\/\/zmm.com\/news","title":"Interns | ZMM Architects and Engineers","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TeXQYv52sY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zmm.com\/news\/interns\">Seventeen college students from across the region are learning on the job this summer with ZMM Architects and Engineers<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/zmm.com\/news\/interns\/embed#?secret=TeXQYv52sY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Seventeen college students from across the region are learning on the job this summer with ZMM Architects and Engineers&#8221; &#8212; ZMM Architects and Engineers\" data-secret=\"TeXQYv52sY\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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The seventeen students are seeing their classroom knowledge come to life in projects that benefit communities across the region. Our interns support operations across the firm in our Charleston, WV and Blacksburg, VA offices. The interns represent eight institutions including California Baptist University, Fairmont State University, Marshall University, Ohio University, University of Kentucky, University of Tennessee, Virginia Tech, and West Virginia University. Caroline Castle, a Charleston, WV native and student at the University of Tennessee, was an intern last year after her first year of college and returned this summer. She attributes her internship experience to being more prepared for her return to the classroom. \u201cIt really helped me going back into my next semester and helped me refocus my priorities to become a better designer. I have learned a lot here that I am not going to learn in school.\u201d Caroline believes interning early in her academic career was very beneficial. \u201cI feel like it was a really invaluable experience to be able to do it that early. It\u2019s so hard to know if you\u2019re going to like architecture from school because it\u2019s so different, especially in the earlier years. It\u2019s so design-heavy and conceptual. To come in and learn a lot about construction and documentation and the functional aspects of the career was really incredible.\u201d In addition to what she\u2019s learned, Caroline shared her appreciation of the supportive environment at ZMM. \u201cI really like being here. I thought a firm would be scary. Everyone is so kind and willing to teach. [They\u2019re] willing to pull you in on things and hear your opinion and experience. Even though I\u2019m young, I feel like I\u2019m valued. It\u2019s what I\u2019ve always wanted in a workplace.\u201d Caroline specifically mentioned the mentorship and support she\u2019s received working with Chris Campbell, architect and project manager at ZMM. \u201cChris\u2019 communication with people is something I\u2019ll always remember. He\u2019s incredible in breaking things down and explaining things. You don\u2019t always get that with professors. It\u2019s really cool to have someone that\u2019s so good at not only doing what they\u2019re doing, but explaining what they\u2019re doing. He has made this experience so valuable.\u201d Owen Farrier is a two-time intern for ZMM from Blacksburg who attends Virginia Tech and shares Caroline\u2019s appreciation for the supportive environment at ZMM. His first job was as an intern at ZMM at the age of 17. \u201cI was really nervous. As soon I walked through the door, everybody was willing to help. It felt right.\u201d Owen says that he feels at home at ZMM and appreciates being heard. \u201cEveryone cared about what I had to say, what I was learning, and what I was doing. I had a lot of questions to start. Very quickly, I learned that it didn\u2019t matter what I was asking, everyone was here to help. Claire Fulks from Ona, WV is not new to internship experiences, but [&hellip;]"}