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What is the COEC Internship Program?
The Central Oregon Environmental Center has teamed up with our
40 member groups to create educational and skill-building
internship positions. Besides gaining new experience and, in
many cases, a small stipend, interns can earn college credit
through the OSU-Cascades Campus for their service.
Each season, these internships offer exceptional hands-on work
experience with local environmental and community service
organizations. We have successfully linked over 50 interns with
sponsoring organizations.
Find out what the intern experience is like by reading an intern report journal.
What do past interns have to say about their experience in our program?
Being involved with the COEC
internship program has really helped me see the steps in taking
on a major project. It has also helped me to make personal
connections with people around central Oregon and prepare for
starting my own recycling business. Launching a new
program for ReStore was a challenge and I am proud of what we
accomplished - I feel that the internship definitely made a
difference.
-Callahan Dillon, ReStore
Winter/Spring 2007 Intern
“Attending the Bend City Council meeting where they agreed to endorse the Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement was the most rewarding aspect of my involvement with Energy Independence Month. To see the fruits of our labor and the support of the community made all of our hard work worthwhile.” - Lara Gray, EIM Intern, Summer 2007
“I became interested in
studying geography, specifically hydrology and riparian
restoration during my last few months of school. During
my internship with Wolftree I learned a great deal about how to
work with high-school students and about forestry and
invertebrate sampling. It was great to see how to go through a
whole plan for restoring an actual riparian site. I feel
that my internship has taught me a lot and really helped me see
the steps in taking on major restoration projects. I would
recommend interning to other students as a great way to get
experience and find a career that is right for
you.” -
Bess Ballentine, Wolftree Watershed Restoration and Education
Intern
How do students benefit from the
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