AWRI offers internships/scholarship

The Annis Water Resources Institute in Muskegon is accepting applications for a fall scholarship and summer internships.

A student research scholarship is made possible by a gift from Bill and Diana Wipperfurth. The Wipperfurths started this scholarship because of their love of water and wanted to support promotion of water quality, particularly in the Great Lakes. A $1,500 scholarship will be awarded to a full-time student entering his or her junior year, senior year, or at the graduate level. Students must have a minimum of 55 earned credit hours. For this scholarship, the student will be involved in academic research activities under the supervision of faculty or staff at AWRI.  .

The Allen Hunting Internship will be awarded to an undergraduate student engaged in efforts aimed at improving and enhancing the water quality in the greater west Michigan region. The purpose of this internship is to broaden the student’s perspective in his or her chosen discipline through practical application of classroom learning. The recipient of the internship is expected to work an average of 40 hours per week with an AWRI faculty member for 14 weeks during the summer semester, and will be compensated up to a maximum of $5,000.

AWRI is offering up to four competitive summer semester internships made possible by a gift from the D. J. Angus-Scientech Educational Foundation, located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The internships will be awarded to students majoring in the sciences, including engineering, computer, health, natural resource management, biological, chemical and physical sciences. The recipient is expected to work up to 40 hours per week on AWRI projects for 14 weeks during the summer semester, and will be compensated up to a maximum of $5,000.

The deadline for applications for the scholarship and the internships is 5 p.m. on March 14. For more information, contact Roxana Taylor at X13749.