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Student opportunities

The Institute provides opportunities for fellowships, internships, teaching and research assistantships and provides pre-professional experiences and work-study positions to enable students to begin building their resumes while they are attending classes. Many of the opportunities are applicable to classroom activities and help students to connect with professionals in the field from organizations such as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Institute offers the following specific, hands-on employment and internship opportunities for Northland students and recent graduates.

  • Position available: The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute is looking for students who are eligible for federal work study funds for summer employment, registered for classes at Northland in the fall and you have no business holds. The positions would be available through June 30, 2004.  There are a variety of positions available.

    If you are interested please call the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at 682-1223. You can also stop by and talk with Paula Kalmon at the front desk. The Institute is open Monday-Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
  • The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Fellowship Program employs one or two upper class Northland College students or recent graduates each year in a six-month, pre-professional experience in an environmental field. Fellows design and implement projects according to their own interests and assist Institute staff with existing programs.
  • The Valerie Chabot Teaching Fellowship is an intensive, three-month position open to Northland College students or recent graduates who have successfully completed the Apostle Islands School course at Northland. The Fellow helps coordinate the Apostle Islands School program, working with Northland College students and faculty, regional school district teachers and administrators, educators at the National Park Service, and others.
  • The Timber Wolf Alliance employs one or two work-study students each year. These students help with administrative duties, program planning, and research and writing for TWA publications. Contact Pam Troxell at ptroxell@northland.edu or (715) 682-1490.
  • The LoonWatch program employs one work-study student each year to handle data entry and analysis, write articles for Horizons, the Institute newsletter, and assist with program and workshop planning and organization. Contact Cory Counard MacNulty at loonwatch@northland.edu or (715) 682-1220.
  • Each year, the Phillips Taylor Public Relations Endowment supports the employment of two student fellows who help with research, writing, publication design, and publicity for Institute programs and who coordinate special projects. The internship is usually a work-study and credit-bearing position.
  • The Institute employs up to four work-study students each year to help out with general day-to-day administrative duties such as greeting visitors, mailing Horizons, filling information requests, answering the phone, typing letters, and copying. Occasionally, one or more of these students will be assigned to work with an individual Institute program on a major project.

In addition to these opportunities, the Institute welcomes student volunteers who are given responsibilities according to their experience and interest.

Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award selection committee member

Help Select the Winner of the 2003 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. Earn independent study credit. Get free books. Give your opinion. Become part of the committee that selects the 2003 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award winner. 2003 marks the 10th Anniversary of this award that attracts publications from around the world and from some of the best authors in nature writing.

The 2003 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award Committee is looking for one student to share in the responsibilities of selecting the 2003 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award winner. Committee members read 15 to 20 books between January and May. The student member will have the opportunity to earn independent study credit with Alan Brew, Assistant Professor of English.

Questions? For more information about the Nature Writing Award Committee or the 2003 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, contact Institute director Bill Ehmann at (715) 682-1223.

Valerie Chabot Teaching Fellowship

The Valerie Chabot Teaching Fellowship offers a pre-professional experience for students available for Winter and Spring Term

The Fellowship is awarded annually to a Northland College Senior or recent graduate who is interested in an intensive environmental education pre-professsional experience. Principle work duties include working with Outdoor Education faculty and Institute staff to coordinate promotion, program development, instruction administration and, evaluation including: staff performance evaluation. This position also performs program assessment for Apostle Island School's residential and day trip programs to the Islands for 4th, 5th and 6th grade students.

Work begins in January and continues through May. Work hours are estimated at approximately 10-15 hours per week during winter term, 40-60 hours per week in May.

Qualifications: Excellent organization and communication skills, a disciplined self-starter with a love of the outdoors, children and teaching. A Wilderness First Responder certificate is strongly recommended.

For the Valerie Chabot fellowship, submit application materials to Institute director Bill Ehmann at (715) 682-1223.

Lake Superior Studies Fellowship

Lake Superior Studies Fellowship offers a pre-professional experience available for Winter Term, Spring Term, June and July

The Lake Superior Studies Fellowship is awarded annually to a Northland College Senior or recent graduate who is interested in an intensive pre-professional experience in planning and implementing an environmental education program. Principle work duties include working with Institute staff to coordinate promotion, program development,
instruction administration and, evaluation including: staff performance evaluation, and program assessment for the Lake Superior Studies (LSS) student program for 6th grade, 8th grade and high school students, and to assist with the LSS teacher program.

Work begins in January and continues through July. Work hours are estimated at approximately 10 hours per week during winter term, 15-20 hours per week in May and full time in June and July.

Qualifications: Excellent organization and communication skills, a disciplined self-starter with a love of the outdoors, children and teaching. Previous participation in the Island School program or similar experience preferred.

For the Lake Superior Studies fellowship, submit application materials to Institute director Bill Ehmann at (715) 682-1223.