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Shriver Center Internship Opportunity

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens 

can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has."

-By Anthropologist & Author Margaret Mead 

Foot's Forecast is a partner with the nationally-recognized Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) in Catonsville, Maryland. Students from UMBC whom have recently learned about our team are encouraged to familiarize with the Shriver Center in the Public Policy Building. Not from Maryland? Not a problem. You're here because we know you have a passion for service, so we can help. To learn more, contact us: leadership@footsforecast.org

UMBC Shriver Center Director Michele Wolff, (left, 1st row) with
members of the Foot's Forecast Maryland Team at a college visit

OPPORTUNITIES NOW. Rewarding life experience is available for motivated high school and college students within the following programs on the Shriver Center website. We have summarized the opportunities relevant to our team below:

Forecasters Mike and Connor leading a hurricane exercise
 at the Baltimore County Emergency Operations Center 

Innovative Service-Learning Program. Through this sustained partnership, students build professional relationships across our team, participate in project-based activities aligning with classwork and can earn academic credit if interested in connecting weekly service with a course.

UMBC Environmental Science Intern Greg Jackson with Photocaster Emily
 on a stream monitoring project with the Baltimore Ecosystem Study    

• Rewarding Internship/Co-op Experience that combines classroom study with on-the-job experience, students earn academic credit, and learn valuable career development and professional skills. Shriver Center students consistently earn exemplary reviews from host organizations, often followed by offers of full-time employment when they graduate.

• Expansive Eligibility For Students Undergraduates and even upperclass high school students joining our team can apply for the Shriver Center opportunity. That's right...you can be a high school junior or senior, or a college student at the University of Maryland or in other colleges.

Lead Forecaster Mark from Washington State with Aaron Salter,
Director of Operations, overlooking Seattle from the Space Needle

PROOF OF CONCEPT College students on the Foot's Forecast team, like UMBC Senior Aaron Salter (above) have already benefitted from being Shriver Center interns. Our students have gained free travel and lodging to professional events across the U.S. including  Seattle, New Orleans, Ocean City, MD and activities around the Mid-Atlantic.  

Learn more about how you can get academic credit, right on your transcript, while building career experience with us, send a note to leadership@footsforecast.org. One of our Education Team members will connect with you on next steps, and we look forward to collaborating with you.