You will not receive a credit for the internship until this report is handed in. If you signed up for Summer Session, the report must be in by August 1. This means that there is significant competition, but it also means that some of you could cooperate searching the databases for internship opportunities. If problems of any type develop, do not hesitate to call the ESS faculty sponsor. The ESS Internship supervisor will try to visit students interning in Pennsylvania at some mutually agreeable time toward the end of the internship.
Many former students gain employment at the agency where the interned.
The Environmental Careers Organization identified internships as the single most important factor in students gaining employment in environmental science or studies at the end of their Bachelor s degree. Many graduate or professional schools in environmental studies require experience out of the academic setting for admission to their programs. This requirement can supply that experience.