I've decided to not do the Aquarium internship. I just don't think it's a best fit and the internship description just isn't that interesting for me since it's surveying, working with partners about the Seafood Watch Program, etc. Sustainable Seafood is part of what I'm interested in, but it's definitely not something I want to focus on for an internship. It could be a nice step into the door at the Aquarium, but I'm just not jazzed about it and I don't think it's fair to send in an application, have my references and application people go through everything, and not be excited for it. It might also be nice to work with someone else since I already have the Aquarium on my resume for volunteering. :)
Funny enough, Dave Parker (the head of our Career Development Team) sent me the contact info of a former Bren student is an ocean policy research analyst at the Aquarium! I was tempted to e-mail him directly, but since I've already been in contact with the Manager of Volunteer Resources, I don't want to go behind her back on the internship. It'd especially look bad since I kind of bypassed the general route anyway and went directly to her. Plus, I think I'd end up having to go through her eventually anyway and it'd be kind of awkward. So...That's out.
I did email the Development and PR person for Oceana, which has an office in Monterey. We'll see what comes of that. I also e-mailed someone with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to see if she has a contact for me to contact at the Monterey office. I'm almost desperate enough to e-mail Adina back (she used to work with COMPASS) and ask if there are any opportunities at the Center for Ocean Solutions. I know she won't really mind, but it seems kind of "weird" to have e-mailed her about COMPASS (received contact info too), not given it any thought after knowing she's at the COS, and then a month later e-mail her again asking for an internship at the COS...Maybe I'll get desperate enough that it won't feel weird. LoL I am glad I started early on this internship thing...
I got an A- on my paper for 257, which I'm pretty proud of. I didn't do horrible on my econ midterm, but I didn't do fantastic either. It's a good point, though, and nothing to be really worried about. The final is take home, so that definitely makes it better. I did my 202 presentation today on ocean acidification and climate change with my group of 4 others. It's nice to have that over with! We're definitely getting down to the wire. In some ways it's getting more relaxed and in other ways it's just getting more tight. Oh, I also sent in a "I'm interested" to one of our profs about helping his post-doc student with modeling. It'd be only 5-7 hours a week, but any money inflow is better than nothing! Plus, it'd be interesting and be nice to add to the resume. Don't know if I'll get it and not sure when/if I'll hear about it. I might ask him tomorrow about it tomorrow since we have class with him.
With that...need to write my homework paper for 202...ugh. I am SO looking forward to next quarter when there's no enviro biogeochem! Stats, econ, marine processes, law, and group project -- excellent!
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