Internships
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Internships are an excellent way to get some real word experience, build a network of contacts, and apply what you have learned as a geographer. An internship experience on your resume can also be very attractive to a potential employer and can open doors to a job or career. Following are the most recent additions to our internship opportunities:
* POSTGRADUATE INTERNSHIP with EPA Climate Ready Water Utilities Initiative (posted 1/2012)
* BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN with National Park Service in Utah and Western Colorado. April - October (posted 12/2011)
* GIS INTERNSHIP with The Nature Conservancy in Concord, NH. January, 2012 for approximately 4 months. (posted 12/2011)
* OPERATIONS SUPPORT ANALYST, INTERN with Global Relief Technologies in Portsmouth, NH. Immediate (posted 10/2011)
* TEMPORARY MAP TECHNICIAN, INTERN with DeLorme Publishing in Yarmouth, ME. Summer, 2012 (posted 10/2011)
It is possible to earn academic credit for your internship by completing GEOG 695, Internship. Students must provide a written proposal to a supervising faculty member before an internship program is approved. At the end of the semester, the student must make a presentation; provide work samples; or submit a detailed report, log, or portfolio describing the internship experience. This is a 4-credit course that can be taken on a credit/fail basis only.
Geography majors have primarily held internships with mapping companies and planning agencies. Below are examples of past student internship projects.
Internship at Food & Water Watch, Fall 2010
Energy & Campus Development GIS Group:
Facilities Parking Lot, Spring 2006
Roadway Mapping Project, Spring 2006
Pedestrian Walkways Mapping Program, Spring 2006
Overhead Electric Project, Fall 2006
Google Earth Campus Map, Fall 2007
Sanitary Sewer Manhole Project, Spring 2007
Energy & Campus Development Internship, Summer 2007
Facilities Mapping, Spring 2008
ADA Accessibillity Project - Fall 2010 / CAD Conversion Project - Spring 2011
US Forest Service:
Forest Protection Officer, Summer 2008
Forestry Technician, Summer 2008
If you are interested in an internship, please contact Joel Hartter. Although internships are not always available, it is helpful to register your interest. For a listing of past and current internships, please see our internships database. A paper copy of this database is available in the Geography office, Huddleston Hall 102.
The UNH Advising and Career Center Internship Office in Room 102, Hood House, lists hundreds of internship opportunities by field and has directories of national internships and international opportunities. Internship postings are also listed on Wildcat Careers, the online service used by UNH to post internship opportunities. Please visit Career Services Internships page, which has very useful information.
The UNH Energy & Campus Development GIS Group (ECD GIS) has partnered with the UNH Geography Department to offer GIS internship opportunities at the UNH Durham campus. Job responsibilities would include supporting various ECD GIS projects using ArcGIS 10, AutoCAD, Trimble RTK GPS unit, ArcPad and Tablet PC, as well as Topcon Robotic Total Station. This internship will have a roughly 60/40 balance of field work to office work. Previous ArcGIS experience would be great, but is not required. Training will be provided on all of the above software and hardware systems. This internship would be completed for credit under geography class GEOG 695. Interested candidates should contact Samuel Lingeman, GIS Administrator, at 862-4218 or Samuel.Lingeman@unh.edu.