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Meet one of our Maine government summer interns

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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Apply for Summer Internships in Maine Government

Applications are open for the Maine Government Summer Internship Program for summer 2021. Positions will be available in town and city governments and in agencies of the Maine state government. Full time, paid internships will run June 1 through August 20, for a total of 12 weeks. Job areas include education, engineering, social media, conservation, […]

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Featuring interns: Nathan McIvor and Anthony Inhorn at Volunteer Maine

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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63 Students Interning in Maine Government This Summer

This year, the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center placed a record number of 63 interns in Maine state, municipal, and county governments through the Maine Government Summer Internship Program. 45 interns work in state agencies, while 18 serve in municipal and county government offices. These internships are paid, full-time, 12-week positions. The internship program benefits a wide-range of Maine […]

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Internship Report available

The 2018 Report of the Maine Government Summer Internship Program is now available and has been distributed to each member of the Maine Legislature. The program placed 57 students in 12-week paid summer internships in Maine state and municipal governments. A total of 215 students applied to the program. The 2019 Internship Program begins accepting […]

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Apply now for summer internships in Maine government

The Maine Government Summer Internship Program is now accepting applications for summer 2018. Positions will be available in town and city governments and in agencies of the Maine state government. Paid summer internships will run May 29 through August 17, for a total of 12 weeks, full time. To be eligible, students must be completing their second […]

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Celebrating Summer Interns

The final reception for the Maine Government Summer Interns was held at the Blaine House to recognize the contribution of the student interns and their supervisors to Maine state and local government. The internship program this year hosted 39 students for summer internships in locations throughout Maine. Interns were undergraduate, graduate and law students who […]

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Maine Government Summer Intern in the News

Thirty-nine student interns are hard at work this summer in a variety of jobs in Maine state and local governments.  One of these students, Sarah Maloney, is working in the Maine Department of Transportation as a transportation planning intern with supervisor Nate Howard. Sarah is from Scarborough, Maine, and is an Environmental Science and Policy major […]

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