Working at Stone Lab gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how things operate at the nation’s oldest freshwater biological field station. Part-time positions are available for undergrads taking 5-week courses, and full-time Biological Field Station Assistants are needed from spring through fall. A National Park Service Internship at Perry’s Monument is also offered from early June through late August.
Available positions are listed below. Click on the titles for more information.
| Deadlines | Notifications | |
|---|---|---|
| Summer Student Positions | March 12, 2010 | Early April |
| Biological Field Station Assistant Position | March 12, 2010 | End of March |
| National Park Service Internships at Perry’s Monument | March 12, 2010 | Early April |
Work for Stone Lab three days a week and get free room and board!
Part-time positions are available to college-level students enrolled in five-week courses. Students will work 20 hours per week and have dining hall or student housing responsibilities, in addition to duties in the laboratory, library/bookstore, the Aquatic Visitor Center, or South Bass Island Lighthouse.
When submitting your course application, available to download or request on the Apply Now page, make sure the Stone Laboratory Employment Form is completed before sending it in. That’s it! The Columbus office will call applicants between March 8 - 16 to set up an interview.
Biological Field Station Assistants work full-time to support Stone Lab’s programming, serving as workshop instructors for Stone Lab’s Science Workshop Program in the spring and fall and in various leadership positions during the summer. Because this overlaps with the traditional academic schedule, individuals serving in these positions cannot take classes during spring, summer, and fall quarters.
For the Science Workshop Program, assistants help students sample aboard a research vessel, identify specimens in a laboratory session, participate in specialized island activities, and perform light dormitory housekeeping and routine kitchen duties.
In the summer, each assistant is assigned one or a combination of the following duties:
Assistants must have or be willing to earn a state watercraft boat operator’s license, a background in biology, and a valid driver’s license. SCUBA certification is helpful, but not required.
Job applications must be received in the Columbus office by 5:00 p.m. EST on March 12, 2010. Interviews for employment will be held March 17 and 18, 2010, and decisions will be made by the end of March.
All applicants must submit the following
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As National Park Service Rangers, interns at Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial have the opportunity to interact with the public, explaining the ecology of Lake Erie and interpreting the history of the monument and its surrounding area.
Selected students will work from early June through late August and will take two 5-week term-length courses at Stone Lab. Courses chosen must meet Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to enable interns to work at the monument on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
To qualify, students must be enrolled for undergraduate- or graduate-level classes for fall 2010.
Applications must be received in the Stone Lab Columbus office by 5:00 p.m. EST March 12, 2010. An initial interview will be held in Columbus, with a potential second interview held near Lake Erie.
All applicants must submit the following
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“The REU is real science, and it’s fun. Unlike predetermined labs on main campus, no one knows how the research questions will be
answered.”
“The cutting-edge aspect makes it more interesting, and gives students the freedom to take the projects as far as they want,
according to their interests. And of course, learning anything hands-on in the field is much more memorable than learning in the classroom.”
− Amy Miller
