College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Center for Urban  Ecology

Opportunities Through The CUE

Butler students are the life of the center. The CUE works cooperatively with local conservation based non-profits to create experiential learning opportunities for students. ,The CUE is now sponsoring some paid student internships within the Indianapolis area. Most of our positions are filled for the Fall 2009 semester, but many are still available. These positions may also be available on a volunteer basis at first and then move into a paid position. For more info, please contact Marjorie Hennessy.

 


 Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc

KIB's Adopt-A-Block program is an on-going block beautification program with a goal of involving more people to help keep their neighborhoods clean, safe and beautified. KIB seeks an intern to help administer this program, improve its effectiveness, and enhance its impact in the community. Responsibilities will include visiting adopted blocks and scoring them, notifying blocks of their scores and upcoming opportunities, recruiting participants and assisting with events.  In addition, KIB would like this intern to asses the preservation success of selected past projects by visiting project sites, evaluating the state of the projects, and notifying neighborhood groups on how the lasting impact of their community project can be improved through maintenance activities.

Central Indiana Land Trust - FILLED SUMMER 2009

Central Indiana Land Trust seeks an intern to accompany staff naturalists to various nature preserves for spot checks, evaluation and management. Office time will be spent doing education and outreach, and assisting in the Wildlands certification program. The ability to commit a full, eight-hour day one time per week is strongly desired due to field work and site visits. 

Indiana Wildlife Federation - FILLED for FALL 2009

To address the increasing threat human development poses on habitat, the Indiana Wildlife Federation (IWF) has developed an incentive-based conservation program that provides assistance to development professionals in implementing conservation plans during the development project. The IWF seeks an intern to assist with this program, the Wildlife-Friendly Certification Program. The intern will perform tasks such as compiling a comprehensive list of environmental BMP's, attending meetings, and writing Wildlife Habitat Plans. He/she will be required to work a minimum of 10 hours per week and at least one day per week at the IWF office. The length of the internship will be 4 months starting immediately. Upon completion there may be additional opportunities to continue the internship working on additional projects. This position is for juniors and seniors, and experience working with GIS is preferred.

Upper White River Watershed Alliance 

The Upper White River Watershed Alliance (UWRWA) is looking for a student intern to assist in its regional planning and educational efforts.  The intern for the Alliance would be expected to work independently, as there is no central office for the UWRWA; however, significant guidance from Alliance staff would be provided via bi-weekly meetings and electronic communication. The number of hours per week are flexible; however, a minimum 15 hrs/week commitment is necessary. Intern will need to have their own transportation to meet bi-weekly with UWRWA staff.

Submit resume to:

jhoffmann@empowerresults.com