Undergraduate Internships Undergraduate Internships
Get credit working in the real world!
Interns picking and munching strawberries at Meder Street farms.
The farm is located close enough that students can be back on campus within minutes.
ENVS intern Monica Lee collects specimens from strawberry fields by day and during the late afternoon she can be seen in the campus "Soils Lab" at the UCSC Farm searching for the European Wasp, a key pest in strawberry production.
The Environmental Studies Internship Office
Located in 491, Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, the office is open to
all students wishing to pursue a valuable experience that places them in
the field, as well as students seeking resources for scholarships, grants
and fellowships.
An intern gets hands-on restoration experience restoring native vegetation at Younger Lagoon, high above an out-of-the-way beach on Santa Cruz's westside.
Our Placements
UCSC Environmental Studies Students intern for a variety of local, state, national and international organizations. These organizations and businesses include educational, non-profit, for-profit, government and non-government intern positions. There are over 200 placement listings in our office! Here is an example of some of the agencies where we have placed students recently:
The Environmental Studies Internship Office is committed to providing students
with the necessary resources for finding the best placement for each student.
Interested? You can start the process by communicating directly with the agency, or emailing our office to set up an appointment. We placed students in more than 300 internships this past year. And, we have one waiting for you too!
Intern testimonials:
- “I can talk to people intelligently about Fair Trade [coffee] and
fair trade. “(Jonathon, Coffee Farm, Costa Rica)
- “I learned a great deal about freshwater ecology and how to instill
stewardship. “(Christine, Children’s Discovery Museum, San Jose)
- “I know a lot more about the process of planning, and the different
components of city planning. I can connect a single aspect of the planning
process, such
as water supply or housing, to the entire process.” (Marcia, Santa
Cruz City Planning Dept.)
- “I learned a completely new computer program, Microsoft Access, and
I also learned how to perform Waste Audits.” (Stephanie, City of Union
City Solid Waste and Recycling Dept.)
- “I am an Environmental Studies major focusing on sustainable agriculture.
This internship is a great way to learn how to instill in kids the knowledge
of agriculture, where their food is from, and about the earth in general…and
how to prepare them to be ethical consumers and environmentally aware citizens.” (Gretchen,
Gateway Elementary Life Lab Garden)
Brett Hall, supervisor of Aboretum internships.
Student opportunities
at the Arboretum include:
volunteering, internships, work-study positions, free lectures, research, weeding, and use of the Arboretum library.
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 10am-3pm, or call for an appointment.
Contact Info:
Chris Krohn
Environmental Studies Internship Coordinator
491 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building
Phone: (831) 459-2104
Fax: (831) 459-4015
E-mail the Internship Office
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