Extracurricular activities that have influenced you in a positive way (include skills you deem valuable for an academic team research setting).Share any important academic or life experiences in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).What do you expect to gain from the SEES internship?.Describe yourself and discuss each of the following as part of your essay. (You may wish to answer the questions on a separate document and then cut and paste your answers into the online application.)ĮSSAY QUESTIONS: Your essay question response should not exceed 1250 words (use 250 words per question as a guideline). The application includes essay questions that you must answer as part of the application. Submit your online application by 15 March 2023. įor more information on this internship opportunity, click here h owever, USE the directions below to apply through U.S.
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Selected interns will learn how to interpret NASA satellite data and work with scientists and engineers at the University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research. This opportunity is ONLY open to current Sophomores and Juniors who are GLOBE students. Interviewee discusses her experience as a female seafood processor worker, how she came to work in the industry, and how government regulations affect her life and her family.The United States GLOBE Coordination Office is accepting applications for a GLOBE intern at the STEM Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) 2023 Summer High School Intern Program. New Bedford Processing Workers, 2007-2010 Wheeler shares two stories from his life as a fisherman and the son of a fisherman. Panteleakos talks about recreational fishing. Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA, Working Waterfront Festival Edwards tells the story of a time his father was thought lost at sea. The regulations have a tremendous impact on how he designs his custom fishing gear. He discusses how fishing regulations have evolved from when he first stated fishing to what they are today. He understands from first-hand experience how fishing gear works and the needs of his customers. He made his first fishing trip at the age of thirteen aboard his father’s trawler.
Tor Bendiksen discusses what it’s like to be involved in a family-owned business that manufactures fishing gear such as nets and trawls for commercial fishermen.
He discusses the changes in the business from when he started, especially the harsh realities of today that are a consequence of strict regulations (so fewer fish being landed) and changes in technology that has taken the jobs of many workers. Eventually, he and his partner worked their way up from nothing to buying Bergies. Not knowing what he wanted to do as a career after graduating from high school, he started buying and selling fish. The son of a scalloper, Mark was introduced to the waterfront early. He describes the dangerous nature of the job and the satisfaction he receives from working in the New Bedford/Fairhaven fishing community. He speaks about the importance of having a diver’s assessment on the bottom of a commercial fishing boat and the process of doing an assessment. In this interview, he enthusiastically describes his job, how he became a commercial fishing boat diver, and why he enjoys his job and the waterfront community so much. Jim Mercer is a 47 year old diver on the New Bedford/Fairhaven waterfront. Some discussion about nicknames and superstitions, loss of the old-timers. Demographic changes in the fishing community, lack of interest among young people.
Description of changes in fishing and scalloping since 1977. Explanation about the benefit of fueling from a barge rather than a truck. Shrader talk about the current regulations affecting the fishing industry and their family.ĭescription of the job of the tankerman, a licensed position on a fuel barge. Shrader, an active commercial fisherman, is joined by his wife, Deb Shrader, the executive director of Shore Support, a fisherman's advocacy organization, in this interview. His wife, Ethel, joins him in the interview. Pederson discusses his experiences in the fishing industry. The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project
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