2020-2021 KCSC Student internsHIP

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Kauai Community Science Center is excited to offer our first Student Internship Program during the 2020-2021 school year. 

• You can make a difference right in your community.
• It will make a great addition to your resume and college applications.
• Improve your communications skills by interacting with a wide array of people in a wide array of activities. 
• Learn about other Makerspaces and Science Centers around the country.
• Build your network by meeting professionals from the mainland, in Hawaii and on Kauai.  
• Get exposed to a wide array of jobs that you may someday choose to pursue.
• See what it is like to start and grow your own business and you can learn about everything that is involved.

Students ages 15 - 25 are eligible for our 2020-2021 Student Internship.

Here is a list of some of our Collaborators that KCSC and Interns will be working with.

• BNY Mellon Fab Lab at Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA
• Chaminade University, "I am a Scientist" Program, Honolulu, HI
• County of Kauai
• Fujita & Miura Public Relations, Lihue, HI
• Hawaii State Library System
• Kauai Makerspace
• Kauai Planning & Action Alliance, Lihue, HI
• STE(A)M Truck powered by Community Guilds, Atlanta, GA
• The Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY
• WCMS PTSA
• WHS PTSA
• West Kauai Complex DOE Schools

We have A LOT going on at KCSC this year with our KCSC HOTspot, Sharing Science and Climate Connect Programs and the opportunities for our Interns are diverse. We want to work with you to create an internship that fits your interests and skills and supports KCSC at the same time. Here are some of the things we are offering.

Help us bring KCSC HOTspot, a mobile WIFI hotspot, Makerspace, STEAM** resource to West Kauai.

• Be part of selecting and leading maker & STEAM activities for the KCSC HOTspot.
• Help us develop the Neighborhood Hubs in West Kauai from Kekaha to Eleele. 
• Help support students, teachers and parents to support distance learning and provide fun science related activities.
• Add new skills or build on what you already know related to CAD software, laser cutting, 3D printing, coding, climate science, drones, the natural world around us and all kinds of maker tools and activities. 
• Practice your communication and teaching skills with other students.
• Receive training from Carnegie Science Center FAB Lab professionals and share your skills.

Help us build Kauai Community Science Center

• Support KCSC social media, website, communications, graphic design and promotions.
• Learn or improve your skills with Adobe Creative Cloud software suite, PREZI and Mentimeter.
• Grow the KCSC YouTube channel.
• Design and build hands-on science center activities and exhibits.
• Explore other tools and software to help the organization grow.
• Learn about nonprofit grant writing, fundraising, membership, board activities and organizational development.

Virtually & In Accordance with Social Distancing Guidelines

We are looking forward to being creative in how we work together during these unique times of COVID-19. Part of our KCSC HOTspot project is to develop, with help from our interns, a Neighborhood Hub Network, NHN.  We will be developing NHs in each town from Kekaha to Ele’ele where the KCSC HOTspot will operate on a rotating basis.  

We expect to have activities in West Kauai associated with this work, but we have a lot of other opportunities and we don't want to limit participation by geography. With all of the virtual and remote working options these days, our internship is a great way to work on those skills and improve our virtual working tools as well.