The University of Hawaii at Hilo Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES) is currently conducting open recruitment for its 2012 summer program, which runs May 29 to Aug. 10. Undergraduate students of Native Hawaiian ancestry, other kamaaina, under-represented minorities and first-generation college students are encouraged to apply for opportunities in paid summer environmental internships statewide.
Online applications are being accepted at www.hilo.hawaii.edu/uhintern, and are due by Feb. 10. Contact Ulu Ching at moanac@hawaii.edu, Noelani Puniwai at npuniwai@hawaii.edu, or the PIPES office at 933-0705.
PIPES encompasses the UH Hawaiian Internship Program, the Research Experience for Undergraduates and the Micronesian & American Samoa Student Internship Program (MASSIP).
The three programs combined under PIPES target a broad range of students from different majors, with common interests in conservation sciences, resource management, and environmental education and outreach.
Students will work side-by-side with their host agency mentors on an identified experiential project. PIPES interns will also participate in the annual Hawaii Conservation Conference (HCC), which will provide an opportunity to network with researchers, land managers, and other Hawai`i-based conservation and environmental professionals. The program concludes with a student symposium where interns present their research and summer work to all program participants, staff and partnering agencies.
Since its founding, PIPES programs have connected over 300 undergraduate students to rich and meaningful summer internship experiences throughout Hawai`i and the Pacific. Previous participants have gone on to complete undergraduate and graduate degrees and have also become increasingly influential professionals in Hawai`i’s conservation and resource management fields.
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