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Project List
For High School Students Nationwide
As a Hutton intern, Hong Nhi Do, a junior from Garfield High School in Seattle, spent the summer working for the NWFSC's Nutrient Enrichment Salmon Project. As part of "Team Carcass," Hong-Nhi spent one week in the field helping track fish carcasses in Idaho rivers and several weeks in the lab processing rocks, weighing stable isotopes, and examining insects.
For Post Docs
Dr. Kate Macneale has been working at the NWFSC for three years as a National Research Council (NRC) post doctoral research associate. Her research focuses on the impact of non-native species on the on endangered juvenile Chinook salmon populations in Idaho, specifically competitive interactions related to foraging territories and food.
DO-IT
Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology
DO-IT serves to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs and careers. It promotes the use of computer and networking technologies to increase independence, productivity, and participation in education and employment.
For High School Students in Seattle, WA
Evalynn Romano didn't have to look very hard for a summer job. She attends Ballard Biotech Academy, a smaller, science-oriented program within Seattle's Ballard High School that has an ongoing internship program with the NWFSC. Evalynn said, "There was a list of internships available for juniors, and all I had to do was sign-up." She worked in the Fish Ecology Division scanning articles and documents so they would be available electronically and she also worked in the lab preparing oyster samples for analysis. "The experience was interesting and beneficial. The lab work I did will definitely help me in the future." The Center has an agreement with the Seattle Public School District for paid interns through fiscal year 2007.
OPM Summer Student Employment
For Josh Chamberlin, a summer internship was the perfect opportunity; he wanted to gain work experience and needed to complete a senior project before graduating with an Environmental Science degree from Prescott College in Arizona. Working for the Center's Fish Ecology Division, Josh spent the summer investigating juvenile salmon ecology in the Snohomish River estuary. He spent most of his time working in the field and conducting necropsies in the lab, but he also found time to work on an independent project assessing fish habitat utilization in the marsh. He said "It's nice to see what's going on in research institutions like this." Josh felt that his internship helped prepare him for the future. He plans to apply to graduate school so he can further his studies in Marine Biology.
The Student Educational Employment Program provides Federal employment opportunities to students who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment as degree seeking students taking at least a half-time academic, technical, or vocational course load in an accredited high school, technical, vocational, 2 or 4 year college or university, graduate or professional school.(Requires U.S. Citizenship)
ENTRY POINT!
Angela Foreman's Entry Point! internship was an exciting opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research at the NWFSC facility in Newport, Oregon. Angela, a Immunology Ph.D. candidate from the School of Medicine at University of California at Davis, worked with Center scientists to better understand the effects of contaminants on the juvenile salmon immune system. She said her "work with juvenile chinook was an interesting complement to her medical knowledge" and that " the program is important for American culture because it allows the scientific community to recognize the abilities ENTRY POINT! interns have to offer." The Center has an agreement with ENTRY POINT! for paid internships through fiscal year 2007.
Unique Experiences
Sarah McIntire thinks internships at NWFSC are unique because they offer a variety of experiences to students. A marine biology major from Brown University, Sarah said she "had the opportunity to do everything, from catching salmon in the Snohomish river, to doing necropsy work in the lab, and entering data into databases." She worked with Center scientists and members of the Tulalip tribe studying juvenile coho and chinook salmon and she worked with the Communications team developing materials for the Center's Outreach and Education programs. Sarah appreciates what her experiences at the Center have taught her. "There is so much that goes into being a fisheries biologist, especially in research, that I would never have imagined before I came to the Center."
Interesting Projects
Counting fish scales isn't something most students expect to do when they graduate from college but Larissa Felli, a recent graduate from the University of Puget Sound, found it interesting. Larissa counted scales to assist scientists who use meristics (the study of countable morphological characteristics) and fluctuating asymmetry (the variability in specific phenotypic traits) to identify different salmonid species, evaluate genetic variability, and assess the impacts of hatchery supplementation on wild populations. She said her internship was an extremely valuable experience especially since she is considering graduate school. " Its good to see what's out there before deciding on anything."
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