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Internship, Fellowship and Job Opportunities

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Greater Research Opportunities Program
(
EPA)
Undergraduate fellowships for B.A. level students in environmental fields of study
Deadline: December 10th, 2009

Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
(
More Info)
Intern program involving the study of climate change in New England

JOB POSTING: Greater Oakland Business Association, Oakland, MD
(Medamd Jobs Board)
Main Street Manager

The Sevilleta LTER (Long Term Ecological Research), New Mexico
(Sevilleta(Long Term Ecological Research))
Summer 2010 Research Experience
Deadline: March 20th, 2010

The National Council for Science and the Environment
(NCSE Campus to Careers & NCSE Jobs and Internships)
Paid 3 month summer internship
Deadline: March 12th (program begins in May of 2010)

Governor's Office, Boston, MA
(Governor's Office)
Deadline: Check website for future dates and deadlines.

The Ecotarium, Worcester, MA
(The Ecotarium)
Rolling application process

Environment Massachusetts, Boston, MA
(Environment Massachusetts)
Rolling application process

Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, MA
(Conservation Law Foundation)
Rolling application process

Student Conservation Association
(Student Conservation Association)
Multiple internships with various deadlines.  Positions available in nearly every state.

JOB POSTINGS: Orion Grassroots Network
(Orion Grassroots Network)
A Database of multiple internships and jobs with various deadlines.  Some in Cambridge and Framingham, MA.

Living on Earth
(Living on Earth)
Deadline: Spring 2010, Nov 15th 2009
               Summer 2010, March 5, 2010

Smart Growth America
(
Smarth Growth America)
Multiple paid internships with various deadlines

What’s New among Undergraduate Students

Congratulations to Claire Griffin ('10, Geography major, ES minor), Blaize Denfeld ('10, ESS major, Geography minor), and Boyd Zapatka ('10, Geography major, ES minor) on being selected for the summer 2009 Polaris Project.

Katherine Willis, Boyd Zapatka, and Karen Frey were mentioned in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette for their work with the Polaris Project this summer.  Read the article here.

Kelsey Herrington '09 has been named a Mosakowski HERO Fellow.  Read more.

Laura Merner received a first place Norb Psuty Student Paper Merit Award (sponsored by the Coastal Marine and Specialty Group) at the 2008 AAGs.

Joseph Fortier (Accelerated MA student) received third place in the 2008 AAGs Remote Sensing Specialty Group Paper Competition in Boston, MA.

Paula (Kiviranta) Zimmerman was co-recipient of the 2008 Paul P. Vouras Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in the Social Sciences.

Claire Griffin, Boyd Zapatka, and Katherine Willis have been selected from Clark University to participate in The Polaris Project during Summer 2008.  The Polaris Project is a National Science Foundation-funded field experience for undergraduates to take place in Cherskij, East Siberia, focusing on impacts of climate warming on carbon cycling in the Arctic.

Paula (Kiviranta) Zimmerman was selected as the 2007 Maxfield Scholarship winner by Gamma Theta Upsilon, geography's national honor society.  The award involved a $500 stipend.

Paula (Kiviranta) Zimmerman has been awarded the Jefferson Prize for outstanding Junior entering Senior Year.

Kate Del Vecchio won 1st Place in the Applied Geography Specialty Group's Undergraduate Paper Competition at the 2007 AAG Convention in San Francisco, CA.

Joe Fortier won 1st Place in the Remote Sensing/Cartography & GIS Specialty Group's Student Illustrated Paper Competition at the 2007 AAG Convention in San Francisco, CA.

Dawn Gedenberg and Nagraj Rao won 2nd Place in the Water Resources Specialty Group's Undergraduate Illustrated Paper Competition at the 2007 AAG Convention in San Francisco, CA.

Troy Hill won 1st Place in the Applied Geography Specialty Group's Graduate Paper Competition with his B.A. honors paper from last year's graduation at the 2007 AAG Convention in San Francisco, CA.

Paula Kiviranta-Zimmerman won 1st Place in the Applied Geography Specialty Group's Undergraduate Paper Award, presented by the Urban Geography Specialty Group, at the 2007 AAG Convention in San Francisco, CA.

Alina Taus, Joanna Plunkett, and Paula Kiviranta-Zimmerman were elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

Laura Merner has been awarded an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates, sponsored by NSF) in Integrated Environmental Science at the Environment Science Institute, University of Texas.

Tim Currie has been awarded and NSF Doctoral Fellowship.

Paula Kiviranta-Zimmerman has won the Urban Geography Specialty Group Glenda Laws Undergraduate Paper Competition for her paper "Social Justice in the Multi-Ethnic City: What is the Urban Reality for Immigrants in Sweden".

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