This week one of the S-STEM members from ASU West did a presentation about internships. Basically he said that it was all networking. *sigh* It’s not exactly music to an introverts ears. I love that I’m meeting people that are interested in science like no other people that I’ve met anywhere else, but I’m a pretty independent spirit. I don’t like to be an inconvenience for others, and when I’m ready to do something, I don’t really like have to ask anyone else before I can handle it. It’s a bit of an adjustment for me. I know that it will make me more flexible and just better all around.
Anyway, it’s all a lot of word of mouth according to him which just makes the S-STEM program even more amazing. Another person was telling me that you can also research what projects people are working on that you might find interesting and email and chase them down to ask them if you can work for them... most of the time for free, but he said that if they like your work well enough, they’ll probably try to find a way to have you paid in order to keep you on the project.
After that presentation, Dr Hamdan gave one on GPS/GIS. GPS is more the hardware, satellites, raw data. GIS is the software that brings all the data together into something more manageable. Dr Hamdan teaches a couple of online GIS classes at the college! It kind of all ties in really because a lot of the internships with the forestry service require the use of GPS and GIS. I was kind of eyeing those because I have career ADD and I was considering doing something with environmental toxicology. :-D Don’t judge me.
Forestry Services Internships
That’s an old listing, but you get the idea. A lot of GPS and GIS. Technology changes everything, and I certainly want to be prepared with the skills for any position that I might be interested in. It’s so awesome that we have classes for that.
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