Marine Research (Marine Studies) Internship

They gave me a nice choice of job duties doing event planning, working in their herb garden, and assisting in stream conservation. Any time the lab needed help, I would also help there with things like sediment samples and coral disease research. This internship put me in the field and let me see how other researches do their jobs. It was a really good experience, and I am glad I got the opportunity to do it. I am really glad I chose this internship.

It was neat working with a nearly all-female staff of professionals. They gave me a nice choice of job duties doing event planning, working in their herb garden, and assisting in stream conservation. I really appreciated their mission of helping to educate the community and to conserve the fragile freshwater ecosystems in the mountains above Auckland. They were super helpful and I am really glad I chose this internship.

I took this internship for me. I didn’t take it for hours or credits. Even though, I did get some animal husbandry hours that counted toward my degree, I really just wanted to see what the field was like, and I really got that from this internship. The Institute found a house to rent for me. My flight and transportation were a smooth, easy process. It all worked very well. In my job, I gave a lot of tours. I helped maintain the touch tables in the education department. Any time the lab needed help, I would also help there with things like sediment samples and coral disease research. My favorite day including snorkeling to collect samples of an invasive species of seaweed. This internship put me in the field and let me see how other researches do their jobs. It was a really good experience, and I am glad I got the opportunity to do it.

I had a great time in Hawaii. I worked in Waikiki at the beach information desk. I also worked at the Moana Surfrider Resort. Along with this, I did activities such as working with the aquarium and taking the Ocean Awareness training test. I learned a lot and even produced a power point to teach others about water quality issues. I’m really thankful that the institute has gotten me here. I couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity.

Hawaii has been awesome! The house is super nice and tidy, and the people are really friendly. I went on the field trip this week, snorkeled with dolphins and helped out the people taking the water quality samples. Super fun! Overall it has been a great experience and I have a feeling it will stay this way. Oh and also I got to know 2 girls from Puerto Rico, so I don’t feel so far away from home!

It was neat working with a nearly all-female staff of professionals. They gave me a nice choice of job duties doing event planning, working in their herb garden, and assisting in stream conservation. I really appreciated their mission of helping to educate the community and to conserve the fragile freshwater ecosystems in the mountains above Auckland. They were super helpful and I am really glad I chose this internship.