2023 Internships

Primary Topic Area

Primary County

Marketing Internship

Front Range Region

Larimer

County

(Adams, Alamosa, Denver, Douglas)

Economic and Community Development in Dolores County

Western Region

Dolores

County

Promoting Consumer Habits that Reduce Food and Water Waste in Colorado

College of Health and Human Sciences

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Larimer

County

(Arapahoe, Eagle, La Plata)

UAVs in Multi-Disciplinary Agricultural Research and Outreach: Cutting-Edge Technology for Real World Challenges

College of Agricultural Sciences

Colorado Water Center

Mesa

County

(Delta, Dolores, Grand)

Assessing and Communicating the Technical and Economic Feasibility of Efficient Irrigation Technology

College of Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Weld

County

(Larimer)

Pathways to Agriculture: Expanding Agricultural and Livestock Opportunities

Mountain Region

Chaffee

County

Youth Program Delivery with Latinx community partners

Front Range Region

Boulder

County

High Altitude Season Extension Research Trial Garden Data and Publication Intern

Western Region

Larimer

County

(San Miguel)

Health and Well-being Training and Development for Extension Professionals and Extension Health Ambassadors

Front Range Region

Larimer

County

Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Youth Programming with Jefferson County 4-H Program

Front Range Region

Jefferson

County

Building Leadership in Fremont 4-H

Mountain Region

Fremont

County

Developing and Delivering Youth Environmental Education in Jefferson County

Front Range Region

Jefferson

County

Market Days! To Promote Healthy Aging in Larimer County

College of Health and Human Sciences

Human Development and Family Studies

Larimer

County

Sedgwick County Mental Health – Small Town, Big Dreams

Eastern Region

Sedgwick

County

Building Connections with the Black American West Museum & Heritage Center

College of Liberal Arts

History

Larimer

County

(Denver, Weld)

Workforce Development and Upskilling in Southwestern Colorado: Bridging Career Gaps in Food and Agriculture

College of Agricultural Sciences

Animal Sciences

Larimer

County

(Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma)

Hidden Mesa Place Based Learning Curriculum Development

Front Range Region

Douglas

County

Plant Diagnostic Clinic Internship

College of Agricultural Sciences

Agriculture Biology

Denver

County

Developing and Delivering Ag Production Experiences at ARDEC for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Enrolled in the Ram Scholar Program

College of Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Larimer

County

Jurassic Dinosaurs of Colorado: Conserving and Preserving our Deep-Time Natural Resources

Front Range Region

Denver

County

Building capacity for Extension Programming in the Southern Front Range with Underserved Audiences

Front Range Region

Douglas

County

(Arapahoe, Pueblo)

CSU’s Architectural Virtual Library (CSU-AVL): Glenwood Springs

College of Health and Human Sciences

Design and Merchandising

Garfield

County

Colorado Grows Greens

Front Range Region

Larimer

County

(El Paso, Weld)

CSU’s Architectural Virtual Library (CSU-AVL): Pueblo

College of Health and Human Sciences

Design and Merchandising

Pueblo

County

Influence of Spanish Speaking Immigrants on Colorado Agriculture

Western Region

Archuleta

County

(Archuleta, Delta, Larimer, Mesa, Pueblo)

Agricultural Water Quality Research Assistant

College of Agricultural Sciences

Soil and Crop Sciences

Larimer

County

(Routt)

North Routt Virtual Fencing Collaborative Project

Western Region

Routt

County

Identifying, supporting, and elevating innovative water solutions from Mountain West farmers and ranchers

College of Agricultural Sciences

Agriculture and Resource Economics

Denver

County

(Larimer, Montezuma, Rio Grande)

Regenerative agriculture

College of Agricultural Sciences

Soil and Crop Sciences

Larimer

County

(Baca, Kit Carson, Logan, Prowers, Washington, Weld)

Program Development and Delivery to Underserve Communities within Arapahoe County

Front Range Region

Arapahoe

County

Program Evaluation Development for Youth Serving Programs Arapahoe County Internship

Front Range Region

Arapahoe

County

4-H Youth Military Partnership Internship in Arapahoe County

Front Range Region

Arapahoe

County

(Arapahoe)

Documenting the impact of the Grow and Give Program on community health and wellbeing.

Mountain Region

Larimer

County

Community Connections and Capacity Building through Outdoor Education

Mountain Region

Lake

County

(Chaffee)

Assessing the suitability of different livestock manures in an organic sweet corn production system in Western Colorado and identifying barriers to adoption

College of Agricultural Sciences

Department of Soil and Crop sciences

Mesa

County

(Delta, Montrose, Ouray)

Moffat County Fairgrounds Recreational & Educational Trail Internship

Western Region

Moffat

County

Victorian Garden Intern: Healy House and Dexter Cabin Museum; A Historical Landmark Beautification Project

Mountain Region

Larimer

County

Mental health conversations and connections across generations: the role of technology

Mountain Region

Gilpin

County

(Chaffee)

CAMs Ag Academy-On the Road: Agricultural Literacy Internship

College of Agricultural Sciences

Dept of Ag and Resource Economics

Larimer

County

(El Paso, Moffat, Rio Blanco)

Funding Extension: The Impact of Financial Resources on Extension Programming and Community Support

College of Liberal Arts

Masters of Public Policy and Administration

Statewide

Mapping Fossils and Rocks of Colorado: Viewing Large Environmental Changes through Deep-Time Natural Resources

Front Range Region

Denver

County

Revitalizing Pastures and Controlling Weeds Through Soil Health/Exploring Alternative Crops in the San Luis Valley Using Reduced Irrigation

Southern Region

Rio Grande

County

(Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Saguache)

Factors Influencing Watershed Resilience to Wildfire

Warner College of Natural Resources

Geosciences

Larimer

County

Recovery of Fish Habitat along the Poudre River following 2021 Black Hollow Debris Flow

Warner College of Natural Resources

Geosciences

Larimer

County

Disaster Animal Preparedness

Front Range Region

Statewide

Suicide Postvention Extension Support Plan Development

Western Region

Larimer

County

(Logan, Mesa)

Agroforestry on the Western Slope: An inventory and performance evaluation of tree and shrub plantings in western Colorado

Mountain Region

Mesa

County

(Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel)

Exploring Value-Added Food Security Partnerships on the Western Slope

Western Region

Mesa

County

(Delta, Montrose)

Elevating Extension Education Through Resource and Website Development

College of Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural & Resource Economics

Rio Blanco

County

Urban Plant-Pollinator Conservation Intern

Warner College of Natural Resources

Forest and Rangeland Stewardship

Denver

County

Field Data Collection on a Collaborative Virtual Fence Project

Western Region

Eagle

County

(Garfield)

Improving Mental Health by Reducing Stress and Anxiety Related to Common Individual and Family Tasks.

Front Range Region

Arapahoe

County

(Jefferson)

Ute Influence and History in Colorado Agriculture

Western Region

Montezuma

County

(Delta, Larimer, Mesa)

Organic vegetable variety trials, nutrition education, and community outreach

College of Agricultural Sciences

Agriculture Experiment Station

Delta

County

Historical Mapping the Colorado River Headwaters

College of Liberal Arts

History

Larimer

County

(Grand)

Bureau of Animal Protection Community Education

Front Range Region

Statewide

Lunches vs. Landfills: Preventing Food Waste and Improving Food Security with Food Safety Education

College of Health and Human Sciences

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Larimer

County

Avian Health

Front Range Region

Statewide

Little Shop of Physics Future Teacher Summer Internship

College of Natural Sciences

College of Natural Sciences

Larimer

County

Roberts Ranch Internship – Grazing Plan, Implementation, Livestock Management

Front Range Region

Larimer

County

Identifying barriers of adoption for low-lignin high digestible alfalfa cultivars in Western Colorado and assessing their adaptability and water productivity

College of Agricultural Sciences

soil and crop sciences

Mesa

County

(Delta, Montrose, Ouray)

Pollinators on Green Roofs

College of Agricultural Sciences

Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Larimer

County

Native Plant Production

College of Agricultural Sciences

Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

El Paso

County

Art of Ranching: Engaging Youth in Community History Expansion

Front Range Region

Larimer

County

(Douglas, Morgan, Weld)

Art of Ranching: Engaging Youth in Community History

Western Region

Larimer

County

(Chaffee, Garfield, Park, Routt)

Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change Internship

Warner College of Natural Resources

Forest and Rangeland Stewardship

Larimer

County

(Arapahoe)

San Luis Valley Dry Bean Initiative

College of Agricultural Sciences

San Luis Valley Research Center

Rio Grande

County

(Alamosa, Saguache)

Northwestern Colorado Meat Sector Feasibility Study – Supply

Western Region

Routt

County

(Moffat, Rio Blanco)

Building Better Bakeries: An Investigation of Coloradan Sourdough Bread Producers’ Knowledge of Food Safety

College of Health and Human Sciences

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Larimer

County

(Arapahoe, Boulder, Weld)

Crops Agronomic research and farming methods promoting water conservation and climate change adaptation and mitigation

Eastern Region

Washington

County

(Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick)

Dairy antimicrobial use perceptions and practices

College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Clinical Sciences

Larimer

County

(Weld)

Spanish in Professional Environments

College of Liberal Arts

Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Archuleta

County

(Montezuma, Morgan)

Gender Affirmation and Academic Performance: Examining the Quality of Life in Gender Expansive Student Communities in Fort Collins

College of Liberal Arts

Ethnic Studies

Larimer

County

(Boulder, Denver)

Event Planning at The Larimer County Farmers’ Market

Front Range Region

Larimer

County

Bilingual Garden to Table Curriculum Educator

Southern Region

Pueblo

County

Horticulture Communications and Outreach

Front Range Region

Larimer

County

(Denver, Douglas)

Rooftop Agriculture

College of Agricultural Sciences

Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Denver

County

Agrivoltaics: From Farm Fields to Rooftops

College of Agricultural Sciences

Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Larimer

County

(Delta, Denver, Kit Carson)

Growing New Markets for Colorado Pulse Crops

Front Range Region

Larimer

County

Evaluating the impact of post-fire succession on the diversity and abundance of small mammals in a high elevation ecosystem

College of Natural Sciences

Biology

Larimer

County

Phenological and demographic change in a high-elevation adapted bat species in response to an introduced fungal disease and climate change

College of Natural Sciences

Biology

Larimer

County

(Douglas)

Exploring factors influencing expansion of invasive Bullfrogs and persistence of native Northern Leopard Frogs in northeastern Colorado (South Platte Basin)

Warner College of Natural Resources

Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

Larimer

County

(Boulder, Logan, Morgan, Weld, Yuma)

The effects of placement depths of driplines on seedless watermelon’s quality and yields

Southern Region

Otero

County

Native Bee Watch Community Science – Outreach and Education Internship

Front Range Region

Arapahoe

County

(Larimer)

Native Bee Watch Community Science – Adult Education Research Internship

College of Health and Human Sciences

School of Education

Larimer

County

(Arapahoe)

The 4-H Thrive Model: Positive Youth Development Outcomes in Adventure Day Camp Participants and Volunteers

Southern Region

Pueblo

County

Fisheries management in a flow-regulated river on a private ranch

Warner College of Natural Resources

Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

Grand

County

(Summit)

Workforce Readiness

Southern Region

Morgan

County

(Prowers, Rio Grande)

Documenting the experiences of migrant farm workers in the Western Colorado fruit growing industry

Western Region

Mesa

County

Impacts of Water Restriction on Surface Irrigated, Mountain Pastures

Mountain Region

Pitkin

County

(Eagle, Garfield)

High Altitude Demonstration Garden Design

Mountain Region

Park

County

Livestock Grazing on Croplands for Economic and Soil Health Benefits (free housing)

College of Agricultural Sciences

San Luis Valley Research Center

Rio Grande

County

(Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Saguache)

An Assessment of Economic Diversity for Mountain Region Communities

Mountain Region

Clear Creek

County

(Chaffee, Gilpin, Grand, Lake, Teller)