{"id":1339,"date":"2013-03-25T20:42:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T20:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/experience\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2013-03-25T20:42:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T20:42:36","slug":"nfs491","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/nfs491\/","title":{"rendered":"NFS 491: Special Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While engaged in the supportive environment of an internship, apprenticeship or special project, you can test career goals, enhance professional skills, develop self-reliance, self-esteem, and responsibility. Furthermore, these opportunities encourage networking with professionals and will provide increased marketability for employment after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Below are your options for earning experiential credits. Please meet with your academic advisor before making a final decision regarding which option is best for you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chunk\">\n<h3>NFS 491: Special Projects<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Permission of Instructor<\/li>\n<li>Senior Standing (90+ credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Logistics <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced work under supervision of a staff member. Arranged to suit individual requirements of student<\/li>\n<li>Earn 1-3 credits; may be repeated for a max of 6 credits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marta Gomez-Chiarri<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:gomezchi@uri.edu\">gomezchi@uri.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>401.874.4590<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"opps\">\n<h3>Explore Past Internship Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>The following list is a <strong><em>SAMPLE<\/em><\/strong> of placements in which environmental, marine, health and economic-related students have participated for experiential credits. <strong>This list is not exhaustive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[themify_col grid=&#8221;2-1 first&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Rhode Island Internships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>American Cancer Society, New England<\/li>\n<li>Bioactive Botanical Research Lab<\/li>\n<li>Blue Cross &amp; Blue Shield of Rhode Island<\/li>\n<li>Environment RI<\/li>\n<li>Institute for the Study &amp; Practice of Nonviolence<\/li>\n<li>Metcalf Institute for Marine &amp; Environmental Reporting<\/li>\n<li>Narragansett Bay Research Reserve<\/li>\n<li>Newport Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Norman Bird Sanctuary<\/li>\n<li>Ocean State Clean Cities<\/li>\n<li>RI Department of Environment Management<\/li>\n<li>RI Department of Health<\/li>\n<li>RI Hospital<\/li>\n<li>RI Eye Institute<\/li>\n<li>Roger Williams Park Zoo<\/li>\n<li>Save the Bay<\/li>\n<li>Sport and Spine Physical Therapy<\/li>\n<li>URI Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America<\/li>\n<li>URI Recreational Services<\/li>\n<li>US Environmental Protection Agency<\/li>\n<li>West Bay Family YMCA Athletic Training<\/li>\n<li>Westerly Animal Hospital<\/li>\n<li>WPRI\/WNAC-TV-Meterology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/themify_col] [themify_col grid=&#8221;2-1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Out-Of-State Internships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>American Orthopedics<\/li>\n<li>Berkshire Botanical Garden<\/li>\n<li>Cabbage Hill Farm<\/li>\n<li>Cape Cod National Seashore<\/li>\n<li>Chatham Shellfish Company<\/li>\n<li>Fairfield Animal Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Groundwater &amp; Environmental Services<\/li>\n<li>Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Marine Conservation Biology Institute<\/li>\n<li>Marine Environmental Research Institute<\/li>\n<li>Marine Fish Conservation Network<\/li>\n<li>Mystic Aquarium &amp; Institution of Oceanography<\/li>\n<li>Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association<\/li>\n<li>New York State Institute for Research<\/li>\n<li>New England Wild Flower Society<\/li>\n<li>Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Phipps Conservatory &amp; Botanical Gardens<\/li>\n<li>Prehab Sports Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Student Conservation Association, INC<\/li>\n<li>Students for a Just &amp; Sustainable Future<\/li>\n<li>UC San Diego Institute of Oceanography, Marine Physical Lab<\/li>\n<li>Ullucci Sports Medicine<\/li>\n<li>University Orthopedica, INC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/themify_col]<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources: End-of-year-report pages 34-37: Internship Placements from Fall 2010, Spring 2011, &amp; Summer 2011, and Explore Internship Opportunities by Major Archives 2009-2011 <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earn 1-3 credits; May be repeated for a max of 6 credits<br \/>\nAdvanced work under supervision of a staff member. 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