Future Sustainability Leaders Internship Program
FSL Internships relate to the overarching challenge of sustainability, which requires a dual focus on the well-being of people and the natural world. Such challenges arise in a wide range of contexts, and include issues involving the environment, conservation, climate change, One Health, energy transitions, etc.
2024 Internship Teams
Penobscot Indian Nation Water Resources Program Internship
Undergraduate Intern: Zahra Farahmand
Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Mentor: Holland Haverkamp (Uº£½ÇÉçÇø)
Partner Mentors: Angie Reed, Dan Kusnierz, and Jan Paul, Penobscot Nation
Social Science on Summits: An investigation into effective management strategies to protect summit vegetation
Undergraduate Intern: Erin Ciampa
Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Mentors: Anup KC, and Molly Bogner
Partner Mentor: Becca Stanley, Friends of Acadia
Economic Development: More Fun Than It Sounds (Seriously!)
Undergraduate Intern: Miles Jones
Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Mentor: Sharon Klein
Partner Mentor: Michael Burgess, Penobscot Nation
Discovering Downeast Salt Marsh Connections
Undergraduate Intern: Edge Venuti
Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Mentor: Jessica Jansujwicz
Partner Mentor: Chris Feurt, Wells Estuarine Research Reserve
Penobscot Nation Energy Initiatives
Undergraduate Intern: Katie Simmons
Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Mentor: Sharon Klein
Partner Mentor: Gary Fearon, Penobscot Nation
º£½ÇÉçÇø Community Power Cooperative
Undergraduate Intern: Katie Simmons
Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Mentor: Sharon Klein, Solomon Agbesi
Partner Mentors: Tyler Adkins, º£½ÇÉçÇø Community Power Cooperative and Scott Vlaun, Center for an
Ecology-Based Economy
Creating the º£½ÇÉçÇø Community Resilience Workbook 2024 Edition
Undergraduate Intern: Nicole LeBlanc
Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Mentor: Katie Swacha
Partner Mentors: Nathan Robbins, º£½ÇÉçÇø DEP; Parker Gassett, º£½ÇÉçÇø Climate Science Information
Exchange; Judy East, º£½ÇÉçÇø Bureau of Resource Information and Land Use Planning, DACF
2023 Internship Teams
Improving DEP Services on Nature-Based Solutions for Resilient Infrastructure
Graduate Intern: Karina Cortijo-Robles
Faculty mentors: Jessica Jansujwicz, Lauren Ross, Parker Gassett
Partner mentor: Nathan Robbins,
Historical Uses of the Proposed Area for the º£½ÇÉçÇø Offshore Wind
Graduate Intern: Katrina Webster
Undergraduate Intern: Ariana Edwards
Faculty mentor: Christine Beitl
Partner mentors: Carl Wilson and Casey Yanos,
Empowering Community Resilience and Economic Development in Washington County
Graduate Intern: Gray Jones
Undergraduate Intern: Dawson Pillow
Faculty mentor: Tora Johnson, University of º£½ÇÉçÇø at Machias
Partner mentor: Jennifer Peters,
Bear Outreach and Education Program
Graduate Intern: Carrie Loomis
Faculty mentor: Emily Uhrig, Collaborative Project Coordinator, Uº£½ÇÉçÇø
Partner mentor: Amanda DeMusz,
Disaster Dollars – Strengthening Hazard Mitigation Planning Services in º£½ÇÉçÇø
Undergraduate Intern: Jorja Hooper
Faculty mentor: Adam Daigneault
Partner mentor: Sam Roy,
Barriers to outdoor recreation faced by Underrepresented Minority groups in º£½ÇÉçÇøGraduate Intern: Gray Jones
Graduate Intern: Gabrielle Venne
Undergraduate Intern: Erin Ciampa
Faculty mentor: Sandra De Urioste-Stone
Partner mentor: Rex Turner,
Seeking Solutions to Food Waste in º£½ÇÉçÇø
Undergraduate Interns: Colin Smith, Estephanie Baez-Vazquez, Jessica Cleary-Reuning
Faculty mentors: Susanne Lee and Travis Blackmer
º£½ÇÉçÇø Local Energy & Climate Network
Undergraduate Intern: Mads Howorth
Faculty mentor: Sharon Klein
2022 Internship Teams
Tackling an Unsustainable Waste Stream to Protect a National TreasureÂ
Graduate Intern: Jared Entwistle
Undergraduate Intern: Rachel Pellis
Faculty mentor: Cindy Isenhour
Partner mentors: Kevin Sutherland and Valerie Peacock,
Harnessing GIS tools for Community Resilience and Prosperity in the Sunrise County
Graduate Intern: Amy Dowley
Undergraduate Intern: Austin Simmons
Faculty mentor: Tora Johnson, University of º£½ÇÉçÇø at Machias
Partner mentors: Jen Peters and Charles Rudelitch,
Educational and workforce development priorities for training the next generation of º£½ÇÉçÇø’s fishermen and aquaculture farmers
Graduate Intern: Gabriella Gurney
Undergraduate Intern: Emma Brusie
Faculty mentor: Jessica Jansujwicz
Partner mentor: Keri Kaczor, º£½ÇÉçÇø Sea Grant
COVID-19 Impacts on Outdoor Recreation Trends and Management Issues
Graduate Interns: Lucy Martin, MacKenzie Conant, Gabrielle Venne
Undergraduate Intern: Molly Bogner
Faculty mentor: Sandra De Urioste-Stone
Partner mentor: Rex Turner,
Rapid, field deployable method for the detection of fecal contamination of water
Graduate Intern: Casey Schatzabel
Faculty mentor: Jean MacRae
Partner mentor: Hannah Horecka,
Improving Dept. of Environmental Protection Services on Climate Resilient Infrastructure
Undergraduate Intern: Melissa Genoter
Faculty mentor: Jessica Jansujwicz, Lauren Ross, Parker Gassett
Partner mentor: Nathan Robbins,
Resources
Mitchell Center Article
New internship program empowers the next generation of sustainability leaders
Mitchell Center Talk (October 2022)
Jessica Jansujwicz, Assistant Director for Research, º£½ÇÉçÇø Sea Grant and Student Interns