The Maynard Orme Internship, named for OPB's recently retired CEO, provides an Electronic Media major at the School of Journalism and Communication a paid, full-time internship experience for three months. Orme interns will work with OPB journalists and producers on news content across broadcast and online platforms. The first Orme intern, Andrew Theen, will spend fall term at OPB; a call for applications for forthcoming Orme Internships will be issued in winter 2007.

There is an invaluable synergy that only an experience like this makes possible. Students bring the excitement of their work environment into the Turnbull Center classroom, and ideas learned in the classroom can be applied the next day at work. Overall, the Portland Senior Experience in provides a challenging and adventurous transition from the classroom to whatever is next.