Scholarships Available for College
Students Interested in Interning at the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency in Washington, DC - Summer 2004!
The
Washington Center has multiple internship opportunities at the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) for undergraduate and graduate students of
all majors during the summer 2004 semester.
The EPA's mission is to protect human health and to safeguard the
natural environment - air, water, and land - upon which life depends.
For 30 years, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment
for the American people. Not only are students provided a rewarding
and exciting internship opportunity, but the EPA provides a significant
scholarship award to students who are selected by the EPA!
Scholarships
are competitively awarded and range from $4,500 to covering full cost
of housing, TWC program fee and a weekly stipend.
For more information and an application visit our webpage: http://www.twc.edu.
The
application deadline is March 14, 2004.
The internship begins May 26, 2004
and ends August 6, 2004.
We
encourage you to apply soon. For more information contact Emily Newell
at emilyn@twc.edu
or 202-336-7597. If you have already applied to The Washington Center's
internship program, please send an email to Emily Newell expressing
interest in working at the EPA.
What do student
interns do at the EPA?
- Monitor legislation on environmental
issues at the national and global level
- Follow environmental debates like
the dilemma of disposing waste in the Yucca Mountains
- Write press releases on conservation
issues
- Work on various IT-related projects
- Develop accounting systems for the
grants management office
- Teach school children the importance
of conservation
- Work on civil rights issues
Laura
Richards, a
communications major at the Ohio State University worked in the EPA's
Office of Communications during the fall 2003 semester. Here is what
she said about the internship:
"As
a communications intern for the US EPA's Office of Air and Radiation,
Immediate Office (OAR-IO) - Communications Staff, I have been involved
in the many different aspects of the office's responsibilities. I
have assisted in the review of press advisories and press releases,
fact sheets, and communications strategies related to regulations
and voluntary program announcements/issues.
I
assisted the Communications staff with the review of products: including
the review and analysis of conceptual, draft and final communications
products (such as Web sites, brochures, reports, newsletters, fact
sheets, PSAs etc.) for appropriateness of message, format and programmatic
content. I assisted with logistics, coordination between regions and
program office, press office, and the Administrator's Office and I
participated in briefings for the Assistant Administrator of Air and
Radiation daily staff meeting, and weekly OAR-Regional communications
teleconferences.
Even though I was not an environmental studies major, I learned a
tremendous amount about environmental policy and how a federal agency
communicates its message to the public. The agency really works like
a team and I felt that I was an integral part of that team. I truly
enjoyed my internship at the EPA and highly recommend it to other
students!"
