Tag: GSMNP high school summer internship
High school interns capture experience with creative projects
October 13, 2021
by Julie Dodd ‘Creatively capture the experience of being a Great Smoky Mountains National Park high school summer intern’ was[…]
Read MoreGSMNP high school internship experience – service and discovery
September 23, 2021
by Julie Dodd The students participating in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s high school summer internship program had quite[…]
Read MoreOzone garden research helps GSMNP intern make career decision
January 11, 2020
Sixteen students participated in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park high school internship program during the summer of 2019. They[…]
Read MoreGSMNP interns track elk and learn about NPS careers
December 12, 2019
GSMNP high school summer intern Adam Wampler describes his favorite day of this six-week internship — learning to locate elk[…]
Read MoreInterns investigate insects in GSMNP
October 3, 2019
GSMNP high school summer intern Joseph Vazzana explains how rangers and interns identify insects, using a specially designed refrigerator trap[…]
Read MoreArchaeological survey provides learning experience for GSMNP high school interns
September 26, 2019
GSMNP high school intern Staci Mann describes the experience of working with park archaeologists to conduct a survey, using shovels,[…]
Read MoreSurveying fish populations in GSMNP streams
September 19, 2019
Working with the GSMNP Fisheries Division was one of the many learning experiences for the high school students who were[…]
Read MoreBird banding to help monitor bird populations in GSMNP
September 12, 2019
GSMNP high school summer interns spent six weeks learning about the resources of the park and the work of the[…]
Read MoreInterpretation encourages GSMNP visitors to care for park resources, build emotional connections with park
September 5, 2019
Learning to talk with GSMNP visitors about park resources was one of the skills the GSMNP high school summer interns[…]
Read MoreElk monitoring in Cataloochee Valley
August 24, 2019
Monitoring elk with telemetry was one of the skills the GSMNP high school summer interns learned during their six-week internship.[…]
Read MoreGSMNP high school interns learn about Park, explore NPS career opportunities
August 15, 2019
Sixteen high school students from schools in North Carolina and Tennessee were GSMNP interns this summer. For six weeks, the[…]
Read MoreGSMNP high school interns value learning about NPS careers, gaining friends, developing self-confidence
December 4, 2018
Brette Pattillo shares the experience of the GSMNP high school summer interns. Brette says the interns were brought together by[…]
Read MoreGSMNP interns practice search and rescue skills
October 19, 2018
Megan Galloway, a high school student at Haywood Early College in Waynesville, North Carolina, participated in the Great Smoky Mountains National[…]
Read MoreGSMNP interns join biologists to conduct study of park’s fish
October 5, 2018
Lorien Helm, a freshman at Western Carolina University, participated in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s high school internship program[…]
Read MoreGSMNP high school internship program provides career insights and inspiration
September 15, 2018
Stuart Hemmer-Skidmore, a senior at the School of Inquiry and Life Sciences in Asheville, NC, participated in the Great Smoky[…]
Read MoreGSMNP internship program changes view of NPS, career goals & lives
September 16, 2017
by Parker Chatham 2017 Swain County High School graduate, North Carolina This year, ten North Carolina high school students were employed[…]
Read MoreGSMNP high school summer internship provides life changing experience
July 31, 2017
by Bryce Trull Blount County High School Five Tennessee high school students participated in a four-week summer internship that focuses[…]
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