Summer 2010 Student Conservation Assoc. Various Locations

[DrMcDonald]

Public Risk Management Internship Program
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR SUMMER 2010
* An Innovative Internship in Injury Prevention in our National Parks! *
Students interested in public health, behavioral sciences, communications, wilderness and recreational risk management, wilderness medicine, safety studies, and/or injury epidemiology are encouraged to apply_
What is the Internship?
• A 3-6 month assignment at a park working on a risk management project to support park injury prevention efforts and enhance visitor experience
• Attendance at an intensive, highly specialized, weeklong training in June covering topics such as injury epidemiology, task planning, data collection, and wilderness first aid
• Receive weekly subsistence, housing, training, and transportation to and from the park, eligible for AmeriCorps grant.
• Fulfill graduate practicum requirements and/or receive credit
• Spend a summer working in a national park unit
• Apply and refine skills in data collection, literature review, risk assessment, technical writing, and presentation creation
• Have a direct impact on saving lives and enhance visitor experience in our parks
• Eligible for AmeriCorps award

Sample Projects
Design and implement youth programs for children of diverse backgrounds to enjoy parks safely
• Create an injury data collection system to investigate causes of injuries
• Perform visitor or employee risk assessment
• Draft a Park Emergency Response Plan
• Produce safety podcasts for visitors

Qualifications
• Excellent analytic and organizational skills
• Ability to take initiative and work independently
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work with a multi-disciplinary group

Testimonials
'So many new doors have opened themselves to me this summer, from future job opportunities to building upon a new set of interpersonal tools." -Dimitri Antonelis-Lapp, Intern at Olympic National Park, summer 2009 and undergraduate at Evergreen State College
"I greatly appreciated the chance to work with the Park Service ...I hope to use this experience as a jumping-off point for future research perhaps dissertation research either here or in another park. "
Laura Rickard, SCA Intern at Mount Rainier National Park, summer 2009 and doctoral student at Cornell University

Internship Descriptions Available in March 2010
To learn more, email Gabrielle Fisher gabrielle_fisher@nps.gov or visit www.thesca.org and enter "public safety" in the internship search field.
In New Hampshire contact:

Mike Maher
Campus Recruiting Manager
689 River Road, P.O. Box 550
Charlestown, NH 03603-0550

603-504-3279

mmaher@thesca.org
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Larry McDonald
Professor
Tech, Design & Safety
lmcdonal@keene.edu
Butterfield Hall 205
603-358-2976
Mailstop 1901