community engaged undergraduate internship

Community Engaged Internship spotlight: Avery Herrman-Sakamoto

By Sunny Rice | November 17, 2023

Avery Herrman-Sakamoto smiling with autumn leave in backgroundAvery Herrman-Sakamoto smiling with autumn leave in background

Over the past two summers, Avery Herrman-Sakamoto has been helping to educate adults and youth in Petersburg, Alaska, using local and traditional knowledge along with Western scientific information. Herrman-Sakamoto’s work…

Community Engaged Internship spotlight: Joi Gross

By Alaska Sea Grant | August 22, 2023

Joi Gross, an environmental science undergraduate student at the University of Alaska Southeast, is working with Alaska Environment as part of Alaska Sea Grant’s Community Engaged Internship (CEI) program. Joi…

Intern leads efforts to encourage respectful harvest practices

By Alaska Sea Grant | September 27, 2022

Woman holding and talking about seaweed to man and woman in rain gear on a sandy Southeastern Alaskan beach at low tide.

August marked the end of a summer-long Community Engaged Undergraduate Internship in Petersburg with intern Avery Herrman-Sakamoto and local Alaska Sea Grant agent Sunny Rice. The two worked together for…