California Communities Program

Internships

The California Communities Program (CCP) has a small grants program to support graduate students working on field projects in conjunction with county Cooperative Extension offices. The program's purpose is threefold:

To support county-based projects that reflect the CCP mission to fortify local governance, build citizenship capacity, and enhance economic development;

To provide graduate students with professional experience and skills;

To develop campus-county linkages.

Intern projects involve research or educational activities and each student works directly with a Cooperative Extension advisor who serves as a supervisor and mentor. The application process is handled on-line and it is kept simple to avoid burdensome paperwork. The CCP Advisory Committee reviews proposals and awards $5,000 for each project. For more information contact David Campbell, 530-754-4328; dave.c.campbell@ucdavis.edu

INTERNSHIPS AND PROJECTS 2008-09

H. Steven Dasher, San Diego County
Military Mentors for Youth Development

Richard P. Enfield, San Luis Obispo County
Exploration of Home Based Food Microprocessing in California

Susie Kocher, El Dorado County
Landscape Restoration After the Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe, California

Cathi Lamp, Tulare County
Development of Two School-based Fruit and Vegetable Stands in Rural Tulare County

Shelley Murdock, Contra Costa County
Youth Commission Leadership Program: Building Infrastructure

Fred H. Swanson, ANR Kearney Research and Extension Center
Leveraging of U.C. Expertise and Expanding the High School Outreach Program

PREVIOUSLY FUNDED INTERNSHIPS

Previous CCP Interships (Updated January 2009)

During the past seven years, CCP has funded more than 60 intern projects in 37 different county Cooperative Extension Offices. They are listed by county, with the supervising advisors name in bold and the university from which the intern came in parentheses if known. (The Internship Program Evaluation Report is also available below.)

INFORMATION ON EXTENSION INTERNSHIPS

CCP Internship Program Evaluation Report (June 2002)

Student Internships in Extension: Strategies for Success for the Agent and the Student - http://www.joe.org/joe/2008august/tt3.shtml