Internships: A Taste of the Working World

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Internship Insights: It's All About Science

Written by Laura Uhlmansiek

Christy Turner

What’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys? An entire house of them-or so Agricultural Science major Christy Turner discovered when she interned at the St. Louis Zoo primate house last summer. This internship was the perfect way for her to see what happens behind the scenes of a zoo and to gain valuable experience with the animals. .... to read more

Samantha Jordan

“I have seen dead bodies, smelled them, and cut up their organs.  I’ve taken pictures of them in their positions at death; I’ve slept near them, and I’ve transported them to the morgue for their last doctor’s appointment,” said Justice Systems major Samantha Jordan.  These experiences were all part of her internship.... to read more

Anna Gannet Hallar

During the summer between my junior and senior year of undergraduate work at Truman State University, I had the opportunity to participate in a joint internship program between the National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Kansas City and the Truman State Physics Department...to read more