Hugging Trees

Over the summer, I enjoyed interning for the New York City Department of Parks Department. My main responsibility was to go out to different parks in New York City and survey trees. On a regular day, I would go out to a park with a GPS device and collect tree data, such as the trees' location, diameter measurements, species, and condition. The fact that I was going to be identifying trees was really what motivated to apply, especially since I had no forestry experience but was eager to learn!

Oh the PossAbilities!

My internship is with the PossAbilities organization at Hunter. The organizations mission is to basically help get students with disabilities support. I’m super excited to go to my internship Friday! We are going to start working on some sort of public periodical for the organization. Hopefully they love my ideas for the project!

The Urban Intern Launch

Urban Studies can be a broad and complex major. Student interests vary across multiple disciplines. To showcase, the depth and witty talents of the URBS 409 Urban Studies Internship class for Fall 2010, we have taken to the blogosphere.

What follows is a semester long endeavor to highlight the challenges, accomplishments, joys and frustrations of interning in New York City. Whether filing paperwork or leading the charge on a new initiative, students will log their experiences here as they struggle to balance school, work, life and most important, an internship.

Stay tuned...