Undergraduate Student Internship information and forms

Internship Process

Once you have made the decision to pursue an internship, follow these steps:

1. Prepare a Resume for yourself. Be sure to discuss your education, major, relevant classes, work experience, etc.
2. Think about what interests and excites you in an internship or job.
3. Think about what sort of experience or organization you would like to add to your Resume by doing an Internship.
4. Find an internship of interest to you either on the "Positions" page or in the ENVS office, or through your own research of government, non-profit, or for-profit companies.
5. Once you find an internship, apply for it using your Resume and whatever materials they ask for.
6. In the internship interview, whether by phone or in person, talk about your interests and skills. Ask about the sorts of projects you will be working on.
7. Once you and the Internship Host agree on the internship, together you complete the Internship Agreement form. Some key points about internships:
   
   • You cannot be paid for an internship, however, you can receive room and board, and/or transportation.
   • The usual Internship earns you 3 academic credits for 150 hours of work.
   • Internships can range from 1 to 3 credit hours.
   • You must work 50 hours for each credit hour.
   • In an Internship you must be given one or more projects that you can work on with a lot or a little supervision, for which you have some responsibility, and that have some sort of outcome. You cannot simply be additional office or lab help.
8. Meet with the faculty sponsor Dale Miller to review and have your Agreement approved.
9. Register for Internship Credit, which shows on your schedule as a class.
10. There are on-campus requirements of you in order to receive academic credit.
    
    • The Internship class (ENVS 3930) will meet a few times during the semester; you will be notified when.
    • At the end of the Internship, you will write a paper and complete an Evaluation of Internship), as well as do a short presentation to the class about your internship.
    • Your Internship Host must do an evaluation of you (which ENVS sends to him or her).
    • You will have one final meeting with the faculty sponsor Dale Miller.

For more details see Internships

Undergrad Program:

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Alan Townsend

Carbon & nitrogen dynamics at regional-global scales; phosphorus controls over C & N in moist tropical systems; nutrient controls over soil carbon storage; human health effects of a changing N cycle

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Natalie Mladenov collecting water samples in Africa.