Katie Tims – 2021 Maine Government Summer Intern Tims is a 2021 graduate of UMaine with a B.S. in Biology and a concentration in Pre-Medical Studies. As a participant in the Maine Government Summer Internship Program she was a summer intern with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in the Bureau of Remediation and Waste […]
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Through the Maine Government Summer Internship Program, Karoline Bass has a summer internship with the Division of Technical Services for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The division includes scientists, geologists, engineers, and data managers who focus on petroleum-contaminated sites. The Department is part of one of the four bureaus that compose the Maine […]
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Jenna Scott a junior at Bowdoin College from Saco, Maine discusses applying for the NEW Leadership and the impact of the network built through the program. Transcript of Jenna Scott video
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Falecia Dupont a student at Kennebec Valley Community College from Jefferson Maine discusses how NEW Leadership impacted her understanding of Maine and Mainers. Transcript of the Falecia Dupont video
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Each year the Maine Government Summer Internship Program is pleased to place interns in a variety of state agencies and municipalities, some more well-known than others. This year Volunteer Maine hosted two of our interns, which in turn allowed us to learn more about what they do at Volunteer Maine. Anthony Inhorn, a Political Science […]
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The Emissions Inventory Section of the Bureau of Air Quality at Maine DEP has had an intern with the Maine Government Summer Internship Program this summer. Kaia Williams is a student at Dalhousie University, where she has a dual major in Environment, Sustainability and Society, and Spanish and Latin American Studies. Kaia’s primary responsibility has […]
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We hear from two of our fantastic summer interns serving in Maine municipal governments – Michael Levesque working with the Town of Vassalboro: My name is Michael Levesque and I will be starting my third year at the University of Maine Farmington this fall. I have been interning at the town of Vassalboro since June […]
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As summer government internships wrap up we are featuring some of our 2020 student interns. What an interesting summer for interns! Samantha Wood is an intern studying at the University of Maine at Farmington. She is from New Hampshire and stayed in Maine this summer to work with us here at the Bureau of Rehabilitation […]
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To be chosen as a Maine Policy Scholar was one of the greatest honors of my life. The learning experiences I gained from this year long research scholarship are unrivaled. I initially applied to the program because it provided me with a unique opportunity to make a difference in my state and it allowed me […]
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Being a part of the Maine Policy Scholars was a great honor and accomplishment. As a student that cares about Maine and policy issues, the program allowed me to answer professionally, through my own original research, a pressing policy question that our state is facing and is crucial for our future. Both the scholarship that […]
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