{"id":27814,"date":"2026-04-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?post_type=story&p=27814"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:36:37","slug":"clark-gis-student-lands-internships-at-esri-noaa","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/08\/clark-gis-student-lands-internships-at-esri-noaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark GIS student lands internships at Esri, NOAA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Andre Bergeron \u201925, M.S.\/GIS \u201926, works at intersection of data science and environmental science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During his Clark career, Andre Bergeron \u201925, M.S.\/GIS \u201926, has spent a lot of time looking at maps \u2014 and has been all over the map. Bergeron, who will graduate in May with a Master\u2019s in GIS<\/a> and who majored in geography<\/a> and environmental science<\/a> on the earth system science track as an undergrad, has done internships in North Carolina, Utah, and Worcester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andre Bergeron \u201925, M.S.\/GIS \u201926, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville, North Carolina. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This summer, he\u2019ll head to California to intern as a product engineer at Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping. While at Esri, Bergeron will work on the geocoding team in the software services division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bergeron was able to network with professionals last year when he attended Esri’s Federal GIS conference in Washington, D.C. He applied for Esri’s Student Assistantship Program to attend the conference as an assistant, an opportunity Esri offers to help GIS students break into the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was able to see all of Esri\u2019s technology and how different government agencies were leveraging Esri’s tools to solve their problems,\u201d he recalls, noting that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) were among the agencies at the conference. \u201cThat was a big moment in my academic\/professional career because I was able to network and meet the recruiter who helped me get this Esri internship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n