Internships offer the hands-on work experience necessary to balance classroom and lab work.
Past students have worked for the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, Dept. of Transportation, Geological Information Service, Areal Survey of Norridgewock, the Office of Geographic Information Systems, and other agencies. Summer field study courses have provided opportunities for UMF students to travel to the Grand Canyon, Mount Saint Helens, Yellowstone Ntl. Park, plus Newfoundland and Ireland. Frederic currently serves as a member of the Maine State Committee for Global and Geographic Education, co-coordinator of the Mane Geographic Alliance and chair of the History of Geography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers. McAnneny advises the Environmental Planning and Policy Club and the Geography Club, is the coordinator for the Maine Geographical Alliance and editor of the New England St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society Proceedings.