Internships

One of the best ways to gain practical experience with academic learning is participating in an internship.  Current and former students have benefited from the cooperation of agencies listed below along with others.  This is is not exhaustive and changes regularly.  Please check back often for new postings.

• Mark Clute Mapping Scholarship Award (description)
  • Scholarship award protocol
  • Scholarship application form
• Parks division, city of Birmingham
• Peace Corps Volunteers
• Oak Ridge Associated Universities Internship
• Geology on Lesvos Island, Greece
  
• GIS internship requires creating a map for endangered plants in the Upper Peninsula; working with the Central Lake Superior Land Conservancy. (Internship details, speak with NMU professor Ron Sundell (906-227-1359)
• NSF Precision Mapping of the Maine coastline using sea-kayaks, GPS and total stations (Download Link)
• Chicago Botanic Gardens: Conservation and Land Management Internship Program in collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management National Park Service USDA Forest Service
  Details
  • 80 five-month paid internships for outstanding college graduates
  • $750 pay every two weeks
  • Working with the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service  or USDA Forest Service
  • see: http://www.chicagobotanic.org/internship/CLM.php