Earn $4,000 Working a Professional Intern Scholarship Position in Flagstaff
2023 Intern Scholar
The Flagstaff chapter is pleased to announce that the 2023 Charles Avery Intern Scholarship awardee is Micah Fennessy-Butters.
Micah grew up in Flagstaff and is currently a senior at Northern Arizona University pursuing a degree in geology with a potential path toward grad school. Micah is interested in biology and in learning more about river sciences, river and stream monitoring and restoration, and the impacts to riparian and aquatic habitat by natural-and humancaused changes to stream and river geomorphology.
He recently worked with the Grand Canyon Trust to restore springs along the Echo Cliffs on the Navajo Reservation, and he also volunteered for the National Forest Service to replant trees after fires.
Information for Students
Applications for the Flagstaff Chapter Avery Intern Scholarship Program close April 15, 2024 for 2024. Please see this website in Spring of 2025 to apply. Recipients are chosen after a rigorous selection process and serve their internship with consultant or agency hosts typically located in the Flagstaff area. The Intern is required to complete 200 hours of service commonly with three organizations of his or her choice in government, private industry, environmental consulting, and water-resources consulting. The host organizations provide meaningful training and job experience that will better prepare the intern for employment in their chosen careers. A $3,500 scholarship is included as part of the award. The Phoenix and Tucson chapters also offer similar internship programs. Applicants must be in their Sophomore, Junior, or Senior year as an undergraduate, or a graduate student, at a northern Arizona college at the time of application.
Information for Interested Employers
The Flagstaff Chapter of the Arizona Hydrological Society is seeking interested employers from government, private industry, and environmental consulting firms in northern Arizona to participate as a host to the Intern Scholar. The selected student recipient of this award will be in pursuit of a college degree in hydrology, geology, environmental science, civil engineering, environmental engineering, or a related field of study. The awarded student will have the opportunity to complete 200 hours of service between the dates May 1 and September 1 with at least three government or private industry organizations in the environmental, geological, or water resources field of study. The selected student will be required to complete a minimum of 40 hours of service at each organization. Part of the 200 hours of service will include the opportunity for the student to obtain their HAZWOPER training for entrance on hazardous waste sites. The scholarship program also provides a monetary award to the student FULLY funded by the Arizona Hydrological Society.
This is an excellent opportunity for government or private industry organizations to try out a potential employee. Participating host organizations reserve the right to have the scholarship recipient sign a liability and confidentiality waiver. The Intern Scholarship Recipient will have the opportunity to choose from a list of interested government or private industry organizations that are in line with the student’s career goals. For this reason, the Intern Scholarship Committee wants any interested organization to respond by completing the Employer Interest Survey Form and e-mail it to Don Bills at info@azhydrosoc.org
