Past Internship Database

The Piper Center for Vocation and Career maintains a list of possible locations to do an internship, and why an internship could be helpful to you. A list of past independent research/independent studies can be found here.

If you are planning to do an internship, for either academic credit or for the experience, please complete the Piper Center's Academic Learning Plan (doc). The planning document must be completed once you have an idea but before you start.

Some examples of internship experiences are listed in the tables below.
Year: 2009 | 2008 |

2009

Tyler Barth January 2009 Forest City Stapleton; Denver, CO Sustainable Real Estate Development intern with one of the nation’s largest master-planned sustainable communities. Tyler worked with consultants from CTG Energetics to help Forest City Enterprises develop a company-wide system for monitoring and tracking their greenhouse gas emissions.
Brittany Faust Summer 2009 JenEhr Family Farm CSA; Sun Prairie, WI Brittany learned about all aspects of CSAs and organic farming. She spent time working the local farmer’s market, tending crops, talking with local families about the importance of caring for the land, and insights into owning one’s own business.

Rachel Kitze Summer 2009 Cannon River Watershed Partnership; Northfield, MN As an event planning intern Rachel developed and directed four outdoor activities/engagement events on behalf of the CRWP as well as assisted with and supported other community outreach activity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008

Cameron Field Fall 2008
Accíon Ecológica; HECUA Latin American Program; Quito and Lago Agrio, Ecuador
Cameron worked with the petroleum and Amazon division of the organization to obtain health histories of citizens, collect water samples and map GPS locales for each water source in the Lago Agrio area.  Additionally he provided research on petrochemical plants to help AE launch an awareness campaign to promote environmental testing around new plants.
Jenna Strank Summer 2008 Dodge Nature Center, West St. Paul, MN Jenna served as the non-profit’s full-time marketing intern.  Her work attempted to increase the public’s awareness of the nature center by providing a consistent message via their website, press releases, newsletter and other avenues of communication. She decided to apply for the marketing internship because it allowed her to combine her range of academic interests including, biology, environmental science and the media.
Jonathan Walcoff Summer 2008 St. Anthony Falls Laboratories; Minneapolis, MN As an intern Johnathan assisted with the construction of the Outdoor Stream Lab.  Additionally, he designed and tested an experiment to probe organic matter, subsurface nutrient flow and their effects on subsurface sediment permeability.
Kelsey Bauer Summer 2008 Sugarloaf Cove; Lake Superior, MN Kelsey provided educational support to the non-profit, developed an interactive phenology database built around the Tracker system at Wolf Ridge for use at their interpretive center.  Additional work included site/trail maintenance, invasive plant removal and managing volunteers.
Kristina Lauenstein Summer 2008 Glacier National Park; West Glacier, MT Interpretive Ranger:  trained to engage park visitors on topics related to fire management, climate change impacts on the park’s ecosystems, human and animal interactions, and basic organism identification as well as navigation through the Park.  Produced a multi-media presentation on “Fire: Friend or Foe” for the Park Service evening programs.
Paul Hamilton Summer 2008 The Nature Conservancy: SE Texas, Refugio-Goliad Prairie Hired as a member of the “burn crew," Paul worked with TNC to restore, preserve and expand habitat for the Attwater's prairie chicken. This bird was chosen because it acts as a keystone species, indicative of a healthy prairie habitat. Normally the Nature Conservancy owns the land it operates, however the Refugio-Goliad Prairie is home to some of Texas' largest and oldest cattle ranching operations. To remedy this, the Conservancy has partnered with the ranchers to help restore native grasslands in this region.