Sustainability Management has worked with different colleges on campus to ensure students have meaningful and impactful internships. If you are interested in starting an academic internship with us, contact your academic advisor. Non-academic internships are posted on Handshake.
Examples of past internship projects include:
- Supporting sustainability projects by performing lighting calculations, energy assessments, waste room audits, and emission savings calculations.
- Creating a student survey to gain insight into student’s knowledge about sustainability and sustainable initiatives on campus.
- Piloting our peer-to-peer education program.
- Researching sustainability related topics for Sustainability Management social media accounts.
- Preparing Pete’s Giving Garden for the spring. Completing extensive research on plants that will be grown.
- Collaborating with food services to decrease the use of single use plastics and increase the use of compostables. Completing a marketing campaign to encourage dining in as its the more sustainable option.
- Managing the South Campus food pantry and working on gaining awareness through digital and print signage.
- Researching pollinators and their benefit to campus and the environment.