Externship Proposals for Summer 2019

Thu Jan 17 16:58:44 MST 2019

**DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, JANUARY 25TH***

 On behalf of Mark Apel

Dear County Extension Faculty and Staff:

It’s that time of year again. This is a request for Summer 2019 "Externships in Sustainability" Project Proposals. This past summer, the Green Fund was able to support 9 extern positions in three counties working on a variety of projects. If you are interested in the types of externship projects from this past summer, check out the Extern Reports here: https://arizona.box.com/s/xignk6uywm4eyi66hok4h79fq8teie6y

Once again, we’ve been funded by the UA Green Fund through August of 2019 and our budget will allow for up to 10-15 externs working no more than 35 hours/week for a maximum of 10 weeks (350 hours per extern).

The overall purpose of the Externship Program is to create opportunities for University of Arizona students to bring their experience, skills and enthusiasm to their communities through innovative sustainability projects, by working directly with Extension agents throughout the state. At the same time, those students and Arizona’s communities become more aware of Cooperative Extension’s leadership role in applied research and innovation as it relates to sustainability. Student Externs are also now eligible for a non-credit Student Engagement Experience notation on their transcripts.

 Project area ideas include but are not limited to:

  1.  Rainwater Harvesting
  2.  Recycling
  3.  Composting
  4.  Community/School Gardens
  5.  Farmers’ Market Start-up or Management
  6.  Small-scale renewable energy installation
  7.  Energy efficiency retrofits

This is your opportunity to submit a sustainability project idea for your county that would employ a UA student as an extern for the project. The timeframe for extern projects runs from mid-May to August 30.

If you are interested in an extern to implement a county sustainability project starting in the Summer of 2019:

  1.  Include your capacity to supervise a student as well as provide logistical support such as a desk, phone and computer
  2.  Describe your sustainability project idea.
  3.  Identify the community or facility in your area that would benefit from such a project, including community collaborators.
  4.  Proposals should include a projected measurable impact of the extern’s activities based on project time-frame and project scope.
  5.  Proposals should be no more than 1000 words.

Interns are given a minimum wage stipend ($11/hour). A small pool of funds is available for project-related materials. Projects given preference for the 2019 cycle will be based on:

  1.  A county’s ability to recruit and support a UA student, preferably from their own community.
  2.  If applicable, past Externship performance and compliance with reporting/evaluation requests and deadlines.
  3.  A project meeting the principles of sustainability, i.e. positive impacts on environmental, social AND economic systems.

Please submit your project/extern ideas to Mark Apel (mapel at cals.arizona.edu)<mailto:mapel at cals.arizona.edu)> no later than Friday, January 25, 2019.

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Mark B. Apel
Community Resource Development
Area Agent
University of Arizona
Cooperative Extension-Cochise County
1140 N. Colombo Ave.
Sierra Vista, Arizona 85635
tel: (520) 458-8278, ext. 2181
website:  http://rurallandscapes.extension.arizona.edu/

Bisbee office – Friday 9-3 and by appointment
66 Brewery Avenue (not a mail address)
Old Bisbee, AZ

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