Three positions available beginning June 2023<\/p>\n
Areas of focus include Economic Impacts, Environmental Literacy & Workforce Development,<\/p>\n
and Aquatic Invasive Species<\/p>\n
(HARRISBURG, PA) – Pennsylvania Sea Grant is excited to offer three paid summer internship opportunities for undergraduate students seeking to gain experience in the areas of outreach, education, and economics.\u00a0 Opportunities include evaluating the\u00a0economic impacts of the Program\u2019s activities;\u00a0 assisting education program planning focused on climate literacy, educator professional development, and action-oriented stewardship projects; and assisting with aquatic invasive species (AIS) outreach materials and resources, and general outreach efforts to advance AIS education.<\/p>\n
The purpose of the internships is to contribute to a diverse ocean and Great Lakes workforce that understands technical and social challenges facing coastal communities and the natural environment. The experience will help prepare undergraduate students for graduate school and careers in science, policy, management, and outreach focused on oceans, Great Lakes, and watersheds. Full details about the internship opportunity are available online at\u00a0http:\/\/seagrant.psu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are excited to offer this opportunity for undergraduate students whose career paths involve ocean, Great Lakes, and watershed-related concentrations,\u201d says Sarah Whitney, Pennsylvania Sea Grant Director. \u201cInternship opportunities like this support undergrad students, help individuals be better prepared for their next academic or professional step, and serve as a window into the variety of career paths within the broad field of science.\u201d<\/p>\n The internships are offered in Pennsylvania as part of the\u00a0Community Engaged Internship (CEI) program<\/a>, which is offered by Sea Grant programs across the country. This program encourages applicants from groups historically underrepresented in the sciences, including African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Hispanic and Latino, female, first-generation college students, veterans, LGBTQ+, and students with disabilities. In addition, the program welcomes applications from students who have worked to overcome educational or economic disadvantages or who have personal or family circumstances that may complicate their career paths.<\/p>\n Interviews will begin after March 6, 2023.\u00a0 The positions would begin in early June 2023 into August. Apply electronically (www.hr.psu.edu\/careers<\/a>). Applications will be reviewed until the positions are filled.<\/p>\n Pennsylvania Sea Grant also offers graduate level fellowships, early-career fellowships, research, and regionally based fellowship opportunities.\u00a0Details about these opportunities are available online<\/a>.<\/u><\/p>\n Undergrad internship opportunity Summer 2023 PDF<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summer 2023 Undergrad Internships with Pennsylvania Sea Grant Three positions available beginning June 2023 Areas of focus include Economic Impacts, Environmental Literacy & Workforce Development, and Aquatic Invasive Species (HARRISBURG,… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5123,"featured_media":1164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[124988],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environmental-studies-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}