Spring Internship for the National Museum of American History

Internship Program
The National Museum of American History internship program allows a diverse group of people with innumerable interests, strengths, and goals to encounter an educational environment where they can work with and learn from professionals and scholars in related areas of concentration. The Museum offers interns of different backgrounds incredible opportunities in a variety of fields, from public relations to exhibition research to project design. Learning from knowledgeable mentors in the dynamic atmosphere of the Museum and Washington, D.C. area, interns enjoy an intensive experience as multifaceted as the Museum itself.

This Web site lists all of the internships available throughout the Museum and the steps necessary to apply. If you are interested in applying, please explore to get a closer look at the variety of positions available to interns at the Museum of American History.

The following are the application deadlines for all internships:

Spring: October 15

For more information, visit: http://americanhistory.si.edu/getinvolved/internship

Conservation Beyond Protected Areas Internship

A diverse array of strategies is employed globally to conserve biodiversity, but assessments of conservation progress and performance almost universally focus upon national parks and other protected areas. To advance scientific understanding and inform conservation decision-making, this project will document and describe the use of conservation strategies beyond protected areas. The project may include both terrestrial and marine systems; geographic focus will depend upon data availability and organizational priorities. As the foundation for scientific publication, project outputs will include maps, graphs, statistical analyses, and an annotated bibliography.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

Graduate training in the social sciences, natural resource management/conservation, or related field. Preference will be given to candidates who will use the research as part of a graduate thesis
Experience with GIS
Experience with statistical packages (e.g. R, Stata)
Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills
Excellent organizational skills
Excellent communication skills
Familiarity with biodiversity conservation in developing countries.
Preferred:

Foreign language skills
Experience with EndNote or other reference management software
Experience with database management
Stipend: no

Working Conditions:

The internship is based at Conservation International headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Time frame:

12 weeks, summer 2016.
To apply:

Please visit the CI website at: http://chk.tbe.taleo.net/chk04/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CONSERVATION&cws=1&rid=760

Submit cover letter, CV, writing sample, and contact information for 3 professional references.

Deadline: We will begin reviewing applications on March 18, 2016.

Occupational Health Internship Program Opportunity

Occupational Health Internship Program

Paid Summer Internship Opportunity!
Gain Hands On Experience with Workplace S&H Issues
Internship Dates: June 13 – August 12, 2016
Online Application Available!
Deadline: Friday, February 19, 2016

ORGANIZATION

The Occupational Health Internship Program (OHIP) is a national summer internship dedicated to helping students learn about the field of occupational safety and health (OSH) from those most at stake: working people.

Since 2004, OHIP has played a crucial role in training, mentoring, and inspiring a new generation of OSH professionals as well as provide worker organizations and unions resources to strengthen their health and safety efforts.

OHIP is housed within the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) and has training sites in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Boston, New York City (for graduate students ONLY), New Orleans, and Lincoln, NE. Additional sites may be added in 2016.

DESCRIPTION

Teams of two students are placed with a union or worker organization to work on projects that investigate job-related health and safety problems among workers, often of new immigrant groups, employed in an under-served or a high hazard job.

Projects are designed to maximize contact between workers and interns. Through this process, interns gain a better understanding of the complexity of the work environment from the workers’ perspective. At the same time, it empowers workers and strengthens their investigative and technical skills. As a relationship of trust is built between interns and workers, both gain a better understanding of the underlying political and economic forces that create job conditions.

At the end of the project, teams provide a “give back” product to the workers and their “host” union or worker organization, present their summer project at a NIOSH national videoconference, and produce a final report.

QUALIFICATIONS

Graduate and undergraduate students can apply; some stipends are restricted to US citizens. Non-U.S. citizens must supply documentation of permission to work in the U.S. Undergraduates must have completed two years of college (i.e. juniors and seniors only). See Eligibility for more details.

OHIP seeks students with experience or interest in working with unions or social justice organizations, are organized and self-starting, have good team skills and ideally speak a second language of new immigrant workers: Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, etc. We encourage students from minority and recent immigrant groups to apply.

COMPENSATION

Undergraduate students receive a $4,000 stipend and graduate students receive a $5,200 stipend. See General Questions.
TO APPLY

See How To Apply and Application Process.

For application questions, email OHIP Administrative CoordinatorIngrid Denis at idenis@aoec.org or call 888-347-2632.

For general information on sites or potential projects, email National OHIP Coordinator, Sarah Jacobs at sjacobs@irle.ucla.edu.

Paid Summer Internships

The National Park Service Climate Change Response Program and the University of Washington are pleased to announce paid summer internship positions to address climate change in national parks! The George Melendez Wright Initiative for Young Leaders in Climate Change (YLCC) offers twelve positions for the summer of 2016 in national parks and program offices all around the country — from Florida to Alaska, and Washington DC to American Samoa. Applications will be accepted until 12:00 PM PST on January 28, 2016. Eligible students are highly accomplished graduate students and upper-level undergraduates (current juniors and seniors). Applicants must be US citizens or nationals, and be enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate degree program. Students who complete their internship and academic requirements with a high degree of success are subsequently eligible to be hired by the NPS, Fish & Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management without having to compete for jobs. For further information, list of available internships, and application directions please see the attached announcement and visit the program website: parksclimateinterns.org

Preservation Action Internship Announcemnt

Preservation Action
1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Third Floor
Washington, DC 20036

Fall Semester 2015

Internship Announcement:

Public Policy Intern for Historic Preservation Organization
Preservation Action is the only national non-profit organization
dedicated exclusively to lobbying for the best preservation policies at
the federal level. We seek to make historic preservation a national
priority by advocating to all branches of government through a
grassroots constituency empowered with information and training.
Preservation Action offers this internship that will cover areas such as
preservation advocacy, congressional affairs, policy analysis, and
political writing and research. As an intern at Preservation Action you
will have an opportunity to impact policy and engage legislative and
preservation professionals. The Preservation Action office is located in
the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC, and interns will
have access to a pool of leaders in the preservation community from
across the country. A primary focus of this internship with include
assisting in Preservation Action’s outreach efforts, state-member
engagement, grant-funded programs and the Advocacy Scholars
program. Candidates should be able to work about 15-20 hours per
week and are on a volunteer basis. Every effort will be made to
cooperate with individual university internship programs to enable
interns to earn course credit.

Ideal candidates are historic preservation or public policy students,
recent graduates or young professionals seeking relevant
organizational experience in their field and on Capitol Hill. Experience
with legislative policy, advocacy, communications, and knowledge of
Congressional proceedings are assets. Knowledge of historic
preservation policy is important. Ability to work independently, take 
initiative, and communicate/coordinate with the Preservation Team is
essential.

Work will also include preparation for initiatives surrounding the 50th
Anniversary of the 1966 Historic Preservation Act, including the
November 2015 National Preservation Conference and the March 2016
Annual Preservation Action Advocacy Week.

Experience with Microsoft Office, RegOnline, WordPress, GiftWorks,
and Constant Contact is a plus.

If interested in applying for this opportunity, email your cover letter and
resume to apply@preservationaction.org.

Applications received before August 31 will receive priority
consideration

WASO Cultural Resources Office: Student Trainee (Administrative Program Assistant)

The Cultural Resource Directorate's Business Office is recruiting for a Student Trainee (Administrative Program Assistant). 

DOI Pathways Interns are eligible to apply. The position may be converted non-competitively to a TERM or PERM appointment upon successful completion of the Pathways program. The position has promotion potential to a GS-7. 

For more information on this position, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/401497500

NPS Latino Heritage Internship Program

The National Park Service is partnering with two Latino-serving organizations to provide graduate and undergraduate students with internships at national parks around the country. The internship program is designed to engage the next generation of conservation stewards and will raise awareness of national parks and historic sites, their accessibility, and the need for the Latino community's involvement in their preservation.

These ten-week internships will be compensated with a weekly stipend, and housing and transportation costs will be fully covered. Apply Online

For more information visit:

Hispanic Access Foundation

Environment for the Americas

Spend Your Summer with the American Anthropological Association

The American Anthropological Association is pleased to offer two internship opportunities!

Internships are six weeks in length during the summer of 2015. While the internships are unpaid, interns will be provided with housing and a meal/travel stipend. Interns will spend approximately 40 percent of their time working onsite at the AAA offices in Arlington, VA with the other 60 percent of their time working onsite at one of two locations: Washington's historical Navy Yard or The National Museum of African Art.

Eligibility:
Undergraduate students in their junior or senior year
First Year Graduate students (completing the first year of graduate work by June 2014)

AAA activities are to include:

• Assisting in the planning for the RACE: Are We So Different? press viewing for its opening at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
• Researching membership trends in the AAA 
• Developing and drafting materials for the AAA bi-weekly podcasts
• Drafting text for Anthropology News (AN) newsletter articles 
• Other activities as assigned

Call for Applications Opens: February 6, 2015
Application Deadline: March 15, 2015

For more information visit: http://www.aaanet.org/profdev/internships/AAA-Summer-Internship-Program.cfm

Summer 2015 Internships: National Council for Preservation Education

The National Park Service and partnering agencies will offer internships during the summer of 2015. Internships are for ten (10) weeks, at forty (40) hours per week and in Washington, DC except where noted. Stipends are issued based on a rate of twelve dollars per hour. Exact starting dates will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

To be eligible, you must be currently enrolled in an academic program in historic preservation or an allied field, or very recently graduated (degree received December 2013 or later). Interns are not eligible to work more than 1200 hours in this program; previous interns in the program must stay within this overall limit.

Please be aware that, unless otherwise noted, interns are responsible for travel to and housing at the internship location. This should be kept in mind particularly for those internships in the West. In some cases the supervising office may be able to assist in locating housing but it is ultimately up to the individual accepting the internship to find accommodations.

Also be aware that, due to Federal Government-wide security requirements, a background check will be required for any position which involves access to Government computers, if you are chosen for that position. This may include providing information about recent housing and employment history, and those positions may require US citizenship or possession of a valid student visa to complete the check. The position supervisor will have more information on requirements and procedures at the time of hiring.

For more information and instructions on how to submit your application, please visit: http://preservenet.cornell.edu/employ/ncpe.php

BSOS 388B Innovation and Social Change: Do Good Now

BSOS 388B Innovation and Social Change: Do Good Now
Tuesday 2:00-4:30 PM
Explore the many mechanisms for achieving social impact through social innovation. This is team-based, highly interactive and dynamic course that provides an opportunity for students to generate solutions to a wide range of problems facing many communities today. This course deepens the students understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation practices by guiding them through the creation and implementation process as applied to a project idea of their choice. These projects serve as the laboratory to implement topics such as design systems thinking, developing and communicating a strategy and goals, project management and implementation skills, teamwork and talent management, fundraising and revenue generation, marketing and partner development, leadership skills and project sustainability. For more information, visit dogood.umd.edu.
This is a Fearless Ideas course offered in collaboration with PUAF388D and HONR348D.

Environmental Health Services Internship with the CDC

Applications are now being accepted for a 10-week summer environmental internship for students majoring in Environmental Health.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Summer Program in Environmental Health (SUPEH) is a paid 10-week internship program for undergraduate students majoring in environmental health in a program accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC). Interns participate in activities with the Environmental Health Services Branch (EHSB) of CDC's National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), where they gain environmental health experience and an understanding of environmental health work at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels.

Application deadline is February 11, 2015. We strongly encourage members of underrepresented populations to apply! Learn more about how to apply: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/supeh/application.htm.

CDC's NCEH serves the public through responsive public health actions to promote healthy and safe environments and prevent harmful exposures. The EHSB's is to strengthen the role of state, local, and national environmental health programs and professionals to better anticipate, identify, and respond to adverse environmental exposures and the human health consequences of these exposures.

Learn more at: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/SUPEH/default.htm

Smithsonian Internship

1.Description of Division

Within NMAH, the Division of Home and Community Life focuses on the architecture, foodways, and lifeways of Americans. This newly created division incorporates collections such as Ceramics and Glass, Costume, Textiles, Domestic Life (home furniture and furnishings; toys, games, and dolls; kitchenware; architecture, etc.). In addition, this Division holds collections on various American racial and ethnic groups, immigration, religion, folk music, and other materials.  Within this division, I have a particular specialty in African American History and Culture as well as in immigration and ethnic history.

In Fall, 2014 and Winter, 2015, I will be serving as the project director and chief curator for a major exhibition project titled: Our American Journey: Many Voices, One Nation which is to open in 2016.  This exhibition is a 21st century presentation about the “peopling of the nation” and the cultural complexities out of which American society has emerged.  During 2014, the project will transit from 10% to 65% design to be completed by the end of the year.  I am personally curating section five of the exhibition titled “Migration Nation” which focuses on US history from 1880-1960/65.This timing means that the fall semester would be a very exciting period to learn about and participate in the production of a major exhibition.

2.  Describe the project (include duties, nature and scope of the work

Serving as a “junior curator” under my direction would allow the intern to participate in the extensive graphics and artifactual research process and in interpretive development of a specific section of the exhibition focusing on U.S. History between 1880 and about 1965; to see what the intellectual process for acquiring and selecting objects is; and to join an on-going exhibition development team. The intern could choose which sub-section she was most interested in – for example, the history of the Nez Perce nation; the interpretation of Hawaii or Puerto Rico; African Americans or Latinos in Chicago,  or any of the other elements of this section of the exhibition.

3.  Learning goals

This is an educational opportunity for someone with a background in American Studies or U.S. History, (or perhaps Ethnomusicology, Folklore, Anthropology, or Cultural Geography) to utilize their prior training and apply this knowledge to the particular situation of producing an exhibition. In order to do this, the student will need to analyze historical and contemporary texts, prepare interpretive strategies based on those texts and their object research, and formulate component ideas and design strategies for the exhibition.

Interested applicants should send their résumés and cover letters to Fath Davis Ruffins (RuffinsF@si.edu) and cc: me EatonMO@si.edu by Friday August 29, 2014.

Omar A. Eaton-Martínez, M.Ed.

Intern & Fellows Program Manager

Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History

14th St. & Constitution Ave., NW

MRC 605 P.O. Box 37012

Washington DC 20013-7012

Room 5303

http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/getinvolved/internship

eatonmo@si.edu

Twitter - @amhistoryintern

202-633-3556 (office)

202-281-8601 (cell)

Anthropology Undergraduate Research Opportunity – Fall/Spring 2014

Need applied field method credits? Do you want to pick up some sociocultural research and analysis skills? Are you interested in ecological & environmental anthropology? Conservation? Traditional ecological knowledge? Sub-Saharan Africa? Community sustainability and resilience? Connections between health and the environment? Human response and adaptation to environmental change – including climate change? This research opportunity focuses on ecological and environmental anthropology; providing opportunities to explore the interdisciplinary nature of anthropological research.

The Shaffer Lab is looking for 2-3 undergraduate students interested in working on a research project investigating socio-ecological complexity in a savanna-forest socio-ecological system (SES) in southern Mozambique. We need assistance in processing and analyzing interview texts, fieldnotes, digital images and ecological survey data, including GPS points and botanical transects, that will be collected during the summer 2014 field season. Analysis of this ethnographic, visual, and ecological data will be used to build an emic model of the savanna-forest SES, explore local indicators of environmental change (including climate) and examine local perceptions of environmental risk and uncertainty, as well as socio-ecological sustainability. We are interested in individuals who are willing to work both Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 terms. An opportunity to conduct a small research project in Spring 2015 is possible depending on interest, skill level, and Fall 2014 independent study evaluation. Students will earn 3 credits for ANTH398A: Independent Study, satisfying Anthropology’s applied field methods requirement, while gaining valuable research analysis skills and practical experience working on a research team.

Students will learn how to code interview text and images for analysis and socio-ecological system modeling. Responsibilities include text coding, text analysis, image analysis, ecological survey data entry, and data management. Additional tasks may include short write ups of ongoing work for the public, literature reviews, GIS analysis (depending on skill level), and SES model building. Those selected should expect to work 10 hours per week (with some flexibility), and are required to meet as a team with Dr. Shaffer and Ms. Jordan Tompkins once a week to discuss ongoing work.

Applications are due by Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 5pm EST. Interviews will be scheduled for the week of 14-18 April 2014. Your application should include a resume, a transcript
(unofficial copies are acceptable), and a one page statement about your interests in ecological and environmental anthropology. Please send the requested materials in pdf form via email to lshaffe1@umd.edu with your last name and “Fall 2014 Internship” in the subject line.

Please contact Dr. Jen Shaffer (lshaffe1@umd.edu) or Ms. Jordan Tompkins (jonito@umd.edu) if you have further questions.

Health Communications Internship Program

Deadline: March 4, 2014 

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), the largest of the 27 institutes and centers comprising the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research and training.  The NCI coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.

The NCI recognizes that health information dissemination is key to raising public awareness about new cancer treatments, support for cancer patients and their families, and prevention strategies.   To that end, in 1975 the NCI established the Health Communications Internship Program (HCIP) to attract individuals interested in careers in health communications and science writing.   

The HCIP gives highly qualified graduate students and recent graduate degree recipients the opportunity to participate in vital health and science communications projects in one of the many offices that make up the NCI.  Interns will select an area of emphasis: health communications or science writing.  Six-month and one-year internship terms are offered. 

Successful health communications applicants have some science background as well as experience and/or education in any of the following areas:  public health, epidemiology, public relations, health education, communications, science writing, statistics, social marketing, or journalism.  Health communications interns:

• Plan, develop, and promote cancer education programs and materials (including Web-based) for the public, cancer patients, or health professionals
• Gain experience in pre-testing and evaluating cancer prevention and treatment messages, publications, materials, and programs that reach the American public
• Participate in professional meetings and training seminars

Successful science writing applicants have a science background plus experience in public relations and/or news writing with the ability to translate technical information into copy suitable for a lay audience.  Science writing interns:

• Write fact sheets and press releases
• Answer inquiries from the press
• Attend and report on scientific meetings
• Participate in professional meetings and training seminars

The NIH main campus is located in Bethesda, Maryland.  HCIP interns are placed in offices located in Bethesda or Rockville, Maryland.  Both locations are accessible via public transportation.

To sign up to be notified when the next HCIP application cycle begins, click here.

AAA Summer internships

The AAA offers two summer internships in Washington D.C. for upper-level undergraduates and first-year graduate students. The internships involve a split between working in the AAA office and working either at the Underwater Archaeology Branch (UAB) of the Naval History & Heritage Command (NHHC) or the National Museum of African Art. Archaeology students are STRONGLY encouraged to apply for these internships. The program was established four years ago and thus far they have had no archaeology applicants.

Further information on the internships can be found at: http://www.aaanet.org/profdev/internships/AAA-Summer-Internship-Program.cfm

Applicants do not need to be members of the AAA, but free membership is offered to them at the completion of the internship.

Valley Forge Museum position

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/358463500

Historic Preservation Internship

To apply online, go to http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus/search.aspx

TOUR Intern - Historic Preservation (Job Id 2637)

Location: Pierre, SD                           Employment Type: Intern

Category: Intern                                 Close Date: 02/07/2014

Post Date: 01/08/2014

Description

Session: Summer 2014 (May - August)

Position Title: Intern - Historic Preservation

Supervisor: Ted Spencer

Department: Tourism - South Dakota State Historical Society

Location: Pierre, SD - Cultural Heritage Center

DEADLINE TO APPLY: February 7, 2014

*A RESUME MUST BE ATTACHED WITH EACH APPLICATION. APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED WITHOUT A

RESUME ARE INCOMPLETE AND WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.

*APPLICANT MUST BE A FULL-TIME STUDENT (minimum of 12 CREDIT HOURS).

Position Description: This position will involve a wide range of historic preservation experiences. Intern will update

and research survey material, plan and/or conduct historic sites survey(s), assist in preparing nominations for a

historic building to the National Register of Historic Places, enter data on preservation grants into database, research

historic rehabilitation projects and prepare written case study reports on them, and handle other duties as assigned.

Some travel will be required to attend meetings, conferences, conduct site surveys, and attend other preservation

events around the state.

Qualifications: Applicant must be a full-time student at a college or university. Preference will be given to those with

junior standing or above by the end of the Spring 2014 semester, or who are currently enrolled at a technical institute

and have completed one year (nine months) by the start of the internship. Coursework in history, research, historic

preservation theory & practices is desired. In addition, the position requires excellent written and oral communication

skills. Experience with a personal computer and knowledge of Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint, and access

databases is highly recommended. Valid driver license is required. Preference will be given to South Dakota

residents and students of South Dakota institutions.

Minimum Salary: $9.45 per hour

If not applying online, send applications and resume to:

South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources

500 East Capitol

Pierre, SD 57501-5070

Telephone: 605.773.3148

Fax: 605.773.4344

"An Equal Opportunity Employer"