An integrated internship, mentoring, and skill-building program promoting the geosciences at the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras: a track 1 initiative

波多黎各大学里奥皮德拉斯校区（UPR-RP）的环境科学方案与波多黎各的州和联邦环境相关机构和非政府组织合作，以及两所美国大学合作创建了地理实习项目。 这是一项独特的努力，旨在通过将UPR-RP的环境科学和地理专业学生暴露在现实生活中的专业经验中，以补充他们的学术发展，从而增加地球科学的多样性。 该项目将允许学生在波多黎各环境相关机构的不同工作环境中开发学期项目。 这些经验将通过与地球科学教师一对一的指导和学生参与现有的环境研讨会系列和同行导师培训计划来丰富。 还将鼓励学生申请佛蒙特大学和科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的暑期研究实习。 在他们的地球实习项目的经验结束时，约30名本科生预计将有一个更现实的看法，他们的潜力，作为未来的地球科学专业人士。 其中，那些继续在地球科学研究生课程将被跟踪。

The Environmental Sciences Program of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (UPR-RP), in collaboration with state and federal environmental-related agencies and non-governmental organizations in Puerto Rico, and two US universities have partnered for the creation of the Geo-Internships Project. This is a unique effort aimed at increasing the diversity in the geosciences by exposing Environmental Sciences and Geography majors from UPR-RP to real-life professional experiences that complement their academic development. This project will allow students to develop semester-long projects in different work settings at environmental-related institutions in Puerto Rico. These experiences will be enriched through one-to-one mentoring with geoscience faculty and by student participation in existing environmental seminar series and in peer mentor training programs. Students will also be encouraged to apply to summer research internships at The University of Vermont and at The University of Colorado-Boulder. At the end of their Geo-Internships Project experience, about 30 undergraduate students are expected to have a more realistic view of their potential as future geoscience professionals. Of these, those that continue on to graduate studies in the geosciences will be tracked.