About

Mission

Deliver meaningful, paid internship opportunities for diverse students from varied degree programs to support natural and cultural resource management, planning, data sciences, social and human dimensions, and countless other agency needs.

Vision

To enhance partnerships with federal, state, and Tribal entities to bring job training and career pathways to students.

Why create a centralized internship program?

Relationships foster success and all partners benefit!

Agency

  • Advance Stewardship and Increases Agency Capacity
  • Engages Youth and Jump-starts Careers
  • Delivers Fresh and Diverse Perspectives
  • Leverages Proven Partnerships
  • Reduces Administrative Burden to Agencies
  • Cost Effective

Student

  • Job Training and Career Pathways
  • Meaningful Internship Credits Facilitated by Faculty Advisor
  • Mentorship by Agency Staff
  • Orientation and Soft Skills Training prior to Internship
  • Career Guidance
  • Paid Internship

University

  • Enriches Student Learning
  • Enhances Recruitment Potential
  • Offers Practical, Experiential Touchstone for a Technical Curriculum
  • Encourages Interdisciplinary Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Generates Tangible, Quantifiable Outcomes that can be Clearly communicated to University, Legislative, and Public Audiences