Co-op/Internship Opportunities
for 2009
for
Pre-Veterinary Medicine Students
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All co-ops/internships listed are PAID,
unless otherwise indicated
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Group Co-op/Internship List
All of the Organizations listed below that have already updated their sites for 2009, or offer opportunities on an annual basis will be indicated by a (2009) after the co-op link
This website has selected co-ops from the larger Biology & Biotechnology Co-op Opportunities on the Web website that meet any of the following criteria - 1. located in a veterinary or agricultural setting, 2. located in a veterinary school, 3. may be of particular interest to pre-vet students.
In addition to the valuable experience and good pay that a Co-op or Internship will give you, very many of the Opportunities listed on this website also provide Travel Reimbursement, Housing and Meals. So, don't let concerns about living expenses or the location of an organization posted on this website prevent you from checking out an exciting and challenging Co-op or Internship position!! If travel support, housing and meals are provided, this information will almost always be included in the details about the Co-op or Internship that can be found by clicking on the co-op website next to the organization's name and location.
Do
you want to Co-op/Intern anytime soon?
1. You'll need to get your resume up to date.
2.
RIT Students - You may also want to consider taking
the optional "Introduction
to Co-op Seminar" course.
3. Students from
other colleges and universities - You are
certainly welcome to use
the Co-op course
links even
if you are not an RIT Student
To view information for any organization listed below:
a. Point
and click with your mouse on the organization's
name to go to its homepage
(for a university or college, you might want to go further to the homepage of
the sponsoring department or program at that university or college,
if it is not already the "homepage" link that is provided here).
b. Point and click with your mouse on co-op
to go to co-op/internship/research
postings for that organization or to the website
from which you can then access the co-op/internship/research postings
Acquarium
of Niagara, Niagara Falls, NY - co-op
(2008) very few details provided - not
sure if these are paid positions
Alaska
SeaLife Center, Seward, AK - co-op
(2008) NO stipend - "internship
program provides complimentary housing and/or a food stipend during the internship
for a certain number of applicants"
Arizona
Game and Fish Department, positions throughout Arizona - co-op
(2008)
not sure if these are paid opportunities
Assateague
Island National Seashore, Berlin, MD - co-op
(2009)
Audubon Center of the North Woods,
Sandstone, MN - co-op
(2009) some positions are for six months
Avila University,
Kansas City, MO - co-op
(2008) Natural
History of the Herpetofauna of Dominica
- The program begins at Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri on 26 May 2008
and terminates on 1 August 2008. The
three-week field trip to Dominica
will be in June 2008
Bald
Head Island Conservancy, Bald Head Island, NC - co-op
(2008)
Chincoteague
National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague, VA - co-op
(2009)
Cleveland
Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, OH - co-op
(2008) not sure if all
of these are paid positions
Dow
Agrosciences, Indianapolis, IN - co-op
(2009)
Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Charles, VA - co-op (2009) "Opportunities available Spring, Summer and Fall"
Harvard
Medical School, New
England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA - co-op,
more
details (2008) "Positions
will be available for one student in each of the following areas...Primate Medicine"
Hawk
Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, PA - co-op
(2009)
"Each
year,
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary offers 12-14 competitive Conservation
Science internships"
- not
sure if these are paid positions
Indiana
University, Center
for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Bloomington, IN - co-op
(2008)
International
Exotic Feline Sanctuary, Boyd, TX - co-op
(2009) "Vehicles, housing
and stipend are available"
International
Wolf Center, Ely, MN - co-op
(2008)
Louisiana State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA - co-op (2008) one participating facility is the School of Veterinary Medicine
Michigan
State University, College of Veterinary
Medicine, East Lansing, MI - co-op
(2008) Vetward Bound Summer Enrichment Program
"Program participants will receive a $50.00/per day stipend to assist in
the defrayment of cost for room and board in assigned university resident facilities.
A partial travel allowance may also be awarded.
Monterey
Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA - co-op
(2008)
National
Wildlife Federation, Vienna, VA (and many other locations) - co-op
(2008)
National
Zoo, Washington, D.C, - co-op
(2008) scroll
down to positions listed immediately under Friends of the National Zoo
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center,
Jamestown, ND - co-op
(2008) "Look for announcements to appear
between December and March each year"
Pocosin
Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Columbia, NC - co-op
(2009)
San
Francisco Zoo, San Francisco, CA - co-op
(2008) "Openings for Summer
internships are posted in early Spring"
Seaworld
Orlando, Orlando, FL - co-op
(2008) not sure if this is a
paid opportunity
Seneca Park
Zoo, Rochester, NY - co-op
(2009) Pre-Veterinary Fellowship
Southwest
National Primate Research Center, San Antonio, TX - co-op
(2008)
Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX - co-op
(2008) Student Summer Internship Program
The
American Bear Association, Orr, MN - co-op
(2008) appears that NO stipend
is provided - "additionally, you will have virtually no living expenses as
your food and housing are provided by the ABA. Accommodations are rustic dormitory
living with no running water, electricity, or telephone." Internship is at
the Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary
in the North Woods of Minnesota
The Institute
for Bird Populations, several locations (most are in California) co-op
(2008)
Tracy
Aviary, Salt Lake City, UT - co-op
(2008) scroll down to Aviculture
Department Job Openings - Internships
University
of Missouri, Division of
Animal Sciences, Columbia, MO - co-op
(2008) Miller Summer Research Internships
in Animal Sciences
US Fish & Wildlife
Service, Washington, D.C. with many
locations nationwide - co-op
(2008) TWO progams - 1. Student
Temporary Employment Program (STEP); 2. Student
Career Experience Program (SCEP)
US Food
& Drug Administration, Center for
Veterinary Medicine, Rockville, MD - co-op
(2008) 2008
Summer Program (SI) "Windows to Regulatory Research"
Vermont
Institute of Natural Science, Woodstock, VT - co-op
(2009) Avian
Care Internships (6 months in length - Spring & Summer or Fall &
Winter)
Wildlife
Rescue & Rehabilitation, Inc., Kendalia, TX - co-op
(2008) two positions listed - "Compensation
includes housing and a $50-per-week stipend"
William
H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, Chazy, NY - co-op
(2008) Summer Experience in Equine
Management
William H. Miner Agricultural
Research Institute, Chazy, NY - co-op
(2008) Summer Experience in Farm Management
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilation
Center, Friday Harbor, WA - co-op
(2009) "our internships are unpaid
positions. However, we will provide small stipends to help cover costs of travel
and food."