Fwd: summer sustainability internship course recruitment

[Environmental Studies Program]

I know Jessica shared info about the Bates Summer Sustainability internship, but here are a few more details.  If you're interested, please get in touch with Amy Dvorak!

Laura Mundt

ENVS Administrative Specialist

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From: Amy Dvorak <adv...@lclark.edu>
Date: Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Subject: summer sustainability internship course recruitment
To: Environmental Studies Program <en...@lclark.edu>, Joe Hewa <jh...@lclark.edu>, Elizabeth Bennett <elizabet...@lclark.edu>, Jolina Ruckert <jolina...@lclark.edu>, Ellen Seljan <ese...@lclark.edu>, Joel Martinez <jo...@lclark.edu>, Jay Odenbaugh <j...@lclark.edu>, Margaret Metz <mm...@lclark.edu>, Moriah B. Bostian <mbbo...@lclark.edu>, Aine McCarthy <mcca...@lclark.edu>, Nina Olken <jol...@lclark.edu>, Heidi Liere <hei...@lclark.edu>, Peter Drake <dr...@lclark.edu>, Reiko Hillyer <rhil...@lclark.edu>, Maryann Bylander <byla...@lclark.edu>, Bryan Sebok <se...@lclark.edu>, Kundai Chirindo <kun...@lclark.edu>, Read McFaddin <rmcf...@lclark.edu>, Sarah Warren <swa...@lclark.edu>

Hi all,

The below email came through the CAS listserv also, but I wanted to share a bit more with you here. Part of the value we provide to these employers is not just connecting them with great students, but directly connecting them with students that have the expertise or skills they need (this leads to a large portion of employers coming back each year and/or directly hiring interns from this program). For me, it's remembering that student who wrote their semester paper on issues in bee agriculture or the one that got all excited about concepts in data quality. Or the one that loves outdoor education and happens to be from Minnesota? In any case, if you have a student who might fit these particulars we are looking for, please share this information with them. Otherwise, if you would share it with your departmental or class listservs, I would greatly appreciate it! I am also happy to come and chat with your class about it. Here is our current year employer list with more details.

In regards to skills, generally employers are always looking for: communications, writing, research, systems and strategic thinking, spreadsheet and data or project management skills. This year we are also seeking:

• GIS and story mapping
• Communications including social media, graphic design (read: canva)
• Grant writing and donor engagement
• Grassroots organizing, political research

Even more specific...

• Candidate with personal connection to Northern Minnesota
• Basic understanding or interest in curriculum standards k-12
• Ethnobotanical historical research
• Understanding and/or interest in pollinator conservation
• Greenhouse gas inventorying
• Fluency in Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese Mandarin, or other languages, oral and written
• Interest in rural America and/or socio-political nuances in energy
• Climate and environmental justice voter campaigns

If you know of any students who might fit these , please send them my way! 

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Dear faculty and students,

We are now recruiting for the Bates Center Summer Sustainability Internship course. 

This class provides students with direct access to employers working on issues broadly related to sustainability in Portland, nationally, and internationally. The application period is February 1 - 27 and is open to rising juniors and seniors from all majors. For more information about the application process and current employers, please see our student-focused webpage. Faculty or students may reach out to me with any questions or attend one of our information sessions.

All my best,

Amy Dvorak, Director of Sustainability (she/her/hers)|  Office of Sustainability Fowler 263|  Lewis & Clark College |  615 S Palatine Hill Road, MSC 134, Portland OR 97219 | P 503.768.7794 |  adv...@lclark.edu