Dr. Charles Fountain Internship 

The purpose of this program is to honor diversity in academia. Established in 2004, the Dr. Charles Fountain Internship was created to assist under-represented minority students in gaining "real life experience" in an office environment. 

Dr. Charles Fountain founded the landscape architecture program of North Carolina A&T State University in 1977. Dr Fountain's visionary thinking saw the need for minority landscape architecture professionals in design, planning and management of the environment and to facilitate a program in Landscape Architecture at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU).

The North Carolina A&T Landscape Architectural program is the first and only fully accredited undergraduate program of its type at any historically black university in the United States. Dr. Fountain retired in 1989, at which time Perry Howard, current ASLA President, assumed the role as director of the program. Dr. Charles Fountain passed away in August 2000 but his legacy lives on.

Each year, the firm will interview and select under-represented minority students from an undergraduate or graduate landscape architecture program to participate in an Internship Program. Eligible students can apply for a semester-long program or the summer internship program, including participation in our annual summer internship charrette.

African Americans, Latinos, Native Alaskans, Native Americans and Native Pacific Islanders are under-represented within our profession and are encouraged to apply.

Anyone interested in these programs should contact Kathy Fry.

Eligible students interested in participating in a Semester-Long Internship should apply through our on-line Employment Application. Please select "Dr. Charles Fountain Internship" as the position for which you are applying.