Environmental Studies January and Summer Internship Stipends
The Environmental Studies Program has been awarded a grant by the Mellon Foundation
to fund several environmental internship stipends annually. The amount of money
available for each stipend will depend on the nature of the internship, the anticipated
budget and financial needs of the applicant, and the availability of other resources
including the employer's ability to provide partial compensation. Total awards
will range from $600 to $3,000. Applications should be submitted to Beth Kopp,
221 Lunder, bkkopp@colby.edu.
Criteria for Environmental Internship Stipends
Mellon Internship Stipend Awards
Criteria for Environmental Internship Stipends
- Preference for EP majors, ES minors/concentrations
- Current seniors eligible for January only
- Internship should be related to environmental science or policy coursework
- Preference for students interning in humanitarian, not-for-profit, and governmental organizations
- Applicants must be in good academic standing and be able to demonstrate financial need
- Summer internships require a minimum of 350 hours, cannot exceed 40 hours a week and must comply with Federal wage and hour laws
- Applications should include the following:
- A written proposal describing the organization sponsoring the internship, the internship responsibilities, and the relationship of the internship to environmental science or policy coursework and to your future career goals;
- A letter of recommendation from a Colby faculty member;
- A current resume;
- A budget proposal listing projected income (including wages, stipends, family contribution, gifts and other) and projected expenses (including transportation, housing, utilities, food, and other); and
- A letter or other communication from the sponsoring organization confirming the internship.
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Mellon Internship Stipend Awards
The Environmental Studies Program is very lucky to have received money from the
Mellon Foundation that can be used to provide stipends to students who want to
undertake environmentally-related internships, but otherwise would not be able
to swing the cost. Colby College is committed to this program and will fund the
environmental internships when the Mellon funds are exhausted.
Summer 2004
Brendan Carroll '05 (ES Major) intern
with Natural Resources Council of Maine on climate change project
Carolyn Hunt '05 (Biology ES Major)Maine
Chapter of the Sierra Club intern, LNG/Sears Island project, ecological research
and assessment (partly funded by LKC).
Sarah Kelly '06, internship with Sustainable
Harvest International in Belize
Kara Lanahan '05 The Bay Institute,
policy and grantwriting for nonprofit in San Francisco.
Katie Ryckman '05 (ES/Policy major),
Invest in Bavaria, Munich, Germany (Linda Cotter Fund)
Lauren Wolpin '06 (Biology and ES major),
wildlife rehabilitation internship with Cape Wildlife Project, West Barnstable,
MA (Linda Cotter Fund)
January 2004
Anna Sommo '04, to participate in an environmental education internship with
Youth Links, Rockland, ME
Meredith Hagner '06, (ES/Policy major),
Research, Florida Atlantic University (Linda Cotter Fund)
Katie Ryckman '05 (ES/Policy major),
Invest in Bavaria, Munich, Germany (Linda Cotter Fund)
Jenny Venezia '06, to intern with a
ski resort "Green Team"
Summer 2003
Janine Elliott '04, to participate in two part-time internships working in
organic gardening. These internships are with the International Society for
Ecology and Culture, a pan-hemispheric organization working on food consumption
and production issues and the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners.
Nina Martin '04, to work at the Tour du Valat Biological Station, France on
wetlands and malaria research.
Laura Snow '04, Maine DEP, Augusta, to develop monetary penalty enforcement
model.
Anna Sommo '04, to work as an environmental educator, Portland Parks and Recreation
Department, Portland, Oregon.
Kelly Stoos '04, to work for Congressman Patrick Kennedy, Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Turnbull '04, to participate in the American Greenways Program, Conservation
Fund, Washington, D.C
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