Internship & Postgraduate Opportunities
Are you looking ahead to the future and wondering what you're going to do once you graduate? Are you interested in working in an environmental field? Or perhaps you are considering graduate work in environmental studies? If so, the following resources may be useful as your explore your environmental options.
Environmental Careers
Start your career search early by examining environmental job web sites. We've collected many of these on our Nelson Institute's Environmental Careers web page.
Here on campus there also are several resources for job seekers. Visit one or more of the Campus Career Centers.
The Letters and Science/Human Ecology Career Services office is just one of these. Its many useful services include a Resume and Cover Letter Critique Service, available to students in L&S, Human Ecology, and all Nelson Institute Certificate students.
Don't miss the courses offered each semester by The Writing Center, particularly the classes on "Writing Resumes and Cover Letters," as well as "Writing Application Essays and Statements of Purpose for Graduate School," listed on The Writing Center's Course Schedule.
Internships
Internships can be a good intermediate step on your way to that permanent job. For a short list of possibilities, see our listing of
Local Internship Sources. For additional opportunities, see the list of Madison-area organizations compiled by Sustain Dane on their
Green Pages Directory.
Graduate Study
If you have been thinking about graduate studies, you may be interested in Brown University's Center for Environmental Studies and their extensive collection of web links to
Environmental Studies Programs at Other Institutions. Most of these are domestic but there are some international institutions included as well.
For information about our own programs see the
Nelson Institute graduate programs.
Funding for Graduate Study
If you are considering graduate study, either at UW-Madison or elsewhere, you will also want to explore ways of funding your graduate education. Our web site for graduate funding opportunities is called
Paying Your Way, and it includes information on graduate assistantships, fellowships, and grants. For funding opportunities for incoming graduate students at the Nelson Institute, see our list of
Funding and Fellowships, and especially
Fellowships and Awards.
