The Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation is proud to welcome entries for the Young Native Writers Essay Contest, which we organize each year in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian.
This essay contest for Native American high school students is designed to encourage young Native Americans to think about the most important issues affecting their tribal communities, as well as ways in which challenges can be addressed.
Hundreds of Native American high school students participate each year. While all participants receive a Certificate of Honor for submitting their essays and adding their voices to this important dialogue in Indian Country, the five first-place winners are awarded an all-expenses-paid "Scholar Week" trip to Washington, D.C., accompanied by a teacher or mentor nominated by each winner, to visit the National Museum of the American Indian and other prominent Washington, D.C. sites. Each winner also receives a $2,500 college scholarship.
Please help us spread the word about this year’s contest by forwarding this email to groups and individuals who might be interested in submitting an essay.
The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2012.
We look forward to reading this year’s essays!
For more details please visit: http://www.nativewriters.hklaw.com/
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Announcing 2012 National Park Service George Wright Climate Change Internships
This program provides paid 12-week internships related to various aspects of climate change in national parks -- research and monitoring, communication, interpretation and education, adaptive management, mitigation, etc. The internships are for 18-25 year olds, and generally have a requirement of undergraduate academic achievement or promise.
This year we are funding 26 internships in parks and central offices all around the National Park system -- from Alaska to Florida, and New Hampshire to Guam. The internships pay $12/hour in the parks, and $14/hour in Washington DC program offices. Most internships are during the summer months, though some will occur in the fall and early winter.
Students can now apply for these positions. The project descriptions, eligibility requirements, and application
materials are available on the website of our partner, the National Council for Science and the Environment:
http://ncseonline.org/program/Campus-to-Careers
We are committed to recruiting and hiring talented students around the nation and are actively seeking applicants from diverse communities who historically have been under-represented in the parks and in the various disciplines represented by these internship projects.
This year we are funding 26 internships in parks and central offices all around the National Park system -- from Alaska to Florida, and New Hampshire to Guam. The internships pay $12/hour in the parks, and $14/hour in Washington DC program offices. Most internships are during the summer months, though some will occur in the fall and early winter.
Students can now apply for these positions. The project descriptions, eligibility requirements, and application
materials are available on the website of our partner, the National Council for Science and the Environment:
http://ncseonline.org/program/Campus-to-Careers
We are committed to recruiting and hiring talented students around the nation and are actively seeking applicants from diverse communities who historically have been under-represented in the parks and in the various disciplines represented by these internship projects.
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