<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">To help prepare students to be competitive and prepared for employment upon graduation, the MATE Center has developed the At-Sea Technical Internship Program. Interns work as marine technicians aboard sea-going research vessels that are part of the</span><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><a href="http://www.unols.org/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(100,145,41);text-decoration:none">University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS)</a></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">, the United States Coast Guard, and the </span><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><a href="http://www.oceanexplorationtrust.org/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(100,145,41);text-decoration:none">Ocean Exploration Trust</a></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">.</span><div>
<font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19px"><br></span></font></div><div><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px"><span id="page_3" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px">Internship applications for 2014 Six-month internship on the </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px">R/V Thompson</i> at the University of Washington and the <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px">R/V Kilo Moana</i> at the University of Hawaii <span id="page_3" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px">are now open through December 2, 2013. </span></strong></u><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;line-height:19px">Interns will work with marine technicians on shore and at sea, learning how to operate and maintain a variety of scientific and navigational equipment in support of shipboard scientific research. The internship will begin in Apia, Western Samoa, on the</span><i style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;line-height:19px">R/V Thompson</i><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;line-height:19px">. The exact schedule through June will be determined before the acceptance date, but will involve work on the </span><i style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;line-height:19px">R/V Thompson</i><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;line-height:19px"> and the </span><i style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;line-height:19px">R/V Kilo Moana</i><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;line-height:19px">. Internship projects will be dependent on the funded science but previous interns have worked on projects ranging from chemical oceanography, marine biology, GIS/bathymetric surveys (seafloor mapping), geological studies, work with ROVs and much more! The position will last 6 months, and students will receive a stipend of $500 per week, reimbursement for travel expenses, and on station housing while ashore.</span></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19px"><b><u><br></u></b></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19px"><b><u>For more information, see </u></b></span></font><a href="http://www.marinetech.org/internships/">http://www.marinetech.org/internships/</a>.
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