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As a grassroots environmental nonprofit, the Maryland Sierra Club offers many internship opportunities for those passionate about advocating for a safer, healthier planet. At our office conveniently located on Route 1, students can take advantage of diverse openings in office management & administration, outdoor education, political environmental advocacy, communications & marketing, web design, community organizing, event planning, and policy research. Our interns become part of the office team and are essential to accomplishing many of the Chapter’s environmental conservation goals. Working side by side with staff and lead volunteers, interns get the opportunity to see how a grassroots non­profit works, gain valuable real world experience, and become the next generation of activist leaders. For Fall 2018, we have the following internships available: Administrative Assistant Chapter Coordinator Clean Energy Beyond Natural Gas Organizing (Western Maryland only) Communications /...

The ICONS project has two opportunities available for students to join their team as an intern during the Fall 2018 semester. ICONS, or the International Communication and Negotiation Simulations Project, is a unit of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland, College Park. The first internship opportunity is specifically geared toward working with researching and updating simulations created by the ICONS project. The second will be working with the International Crisis Behavior Project (ICB). More information can be found via the links below: ICON Internship http://start.umd.edu/ careers/international- communication-and-negotiation- simulations-project-icons- internship-fall-2018 ICB Internship   http://start.umd.edu/ careers/international-crisis- behavior-project-internship- fall-2018 The deadline to apply for these positions is July 1st.  Note: On-campus internships are not eligible for credit through ...