Internships2022

Pollinator populations are declining worldwide, partly due to urbanization and habitat loss. Bees, specifically, are crucial for sustainable ecosystems, necessitating the need to strengthen efforts in public awareness and engagement to mitigate continued declines. Native Bee Watch (NBW) is a community science program offered through CSU Extension that trains and supports volunteers to identify and […]

a. Goal: The student intern will create an additional digital repository webpage for ten historic Colorado architectural buildings located in Central City, Colorado on the CSU-AVL website: https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/dm/programs-and-degrees/galleries-libraries-and-laboratories/architectural-virtual-library/ b. Scope: The method for obtaining this goal will be to complete one building per week over ten weeks. c. Objectives (below): O.1 – determine (with mentor

We are looking for someone interested in designing and implementing STEM education for youth ages 10 to 13 in a summer day-camp program. Specific components will include: • Design and administer a pre and post evaluation survey to use with the beginning and end of the camp series • Analyze survey data and write a

The western United States is on fire, with a record-breaking number of megafires that collectively burned more than 6.6 million acres of land. Extreme climate events (ECE) such as megafires are expected to become more frequent with ongoing climatic change. The ability of animal species to withstand increasingly common ECEs will be key to the

Goals for the internship: 1. Determine if UAS technology is a useful tool to integrate into seed potato production. 2. Assist SLVRC staff in monitoring and management of seed potato production field. Scope and objectives of project are addressed in abstract.

The proposed internship goals are: – Increase knowledge and awareness of the benefits of using stormwater as a resource – Teach the importance of community outreach and engagement in water education – Demonstrate the need for DEI in the water field and the importance of incorporating language justice when developing educational content and programs The

This Extension internship builds upon the existing work of the Art of Ranching Project from Summer 2021. The overall goal of the internship is to A) provide the intern with opportunities to develop their youth engagement and programming skills and B) provide the intern with opportunities to build upon their public history and public communication

Co-locating the cultivation of food crops and solar panels allows farmers to garner benefits from two synergistic systems. Can we produce food and electricity on the same acre? Taking it further for urban areas by putting it on a rooftop is called rooftop agrivoltaics. See a TEDx talk on the concept by the faculty mentor:

Working in conjunction with Grand County Historical Association, this internship will identify the most endangered historical sites within Grand County, and map conservation easements within the county to determine if there is potential overlap with historic (or prehistoric) properties. This would help rank such properties in terms of the risk of being razed and developed.