Overview
This internship provides an authentic virtual (and in person when available) career experience, emphasizing problem solving, decision-making and remote collaboration skills, along with an understanding of leadership roles in a professional space.
We desire to recruit interns who represent our campus diversity in race, ethnicity, experience, age, gender, background, academic and personal interests.
Applications for the Fall 2023 intern cohort are now closed. Internship applications will open again next spring, so check back later!
Example Skills Developed
- Use agile project management tools to maintain a project timeline with deadlines and deliverables, for multiple projects simultaneously
- Effectively translate tasks given in words (for example at meetings or by email) into tangible tasks that involve code.
- Gain experience with varying data collection tools such as using Qualtrics and Google forms
- Improved ability to collaborative work with others on code under version control
- Improved solution-seeking skills (e.g. finding answers on places like Google, Stack Overflow)
- Professionally collaborate and communicate within a remote team setting using various communication systems such as email, Zoom, Slack and task boards.
- Develop, understand and practice how Statistics and Data Science contribute to local and state-wide health programs.
- Begin to understand the reporting, research and evaluation requirements of grant funded projects
Example Responsibilities Include
- Understand and contribute to the file organization and data flow of current projects
- Collaborate with other project staff to understand the background information for current grants and projects, what the needs are, and identify data products that can be developed to fit their needs.
- Assist and support others with programming tasks by writing pieces of, or entire scripts in R
- Assist with data collection, codebook creation, data management, creating visualizations, exploratory and statistical analysis
- Create and contribute to data products including reports, manuscripts, websites, and interactive dashboards.
Details & Requirements
- Campus: Chico State
- Status: Semester Internship (3 Units)
- Time Commitment: 9 hours per week for 16 weeks
- Salary/Wage: $15/hr. (as available)
- Requirements: At least one class in Statistics, basic proficiency in both Excel and at least one statistical programming language (R preferred).
- Academic Level: Graduate and Undergraduate
- Majors: Data-centric majors such as Statistics, Data Science or any majors in areas of Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences
Partner Organizations
In addition to synchronous meetings with the faculty mentor, student teams will work directly with research project staff at one of the organizations listed below. Students will learn about how data is used and contribute to the day-to-day operations of these organizations.
Center for Healthy Communities
The Center for Healthy Communities (CHC) is a leader and connector, striving to provide equitable support to individuals and partners across diverse communities in California by building sustainable access to nourishing food and active environments.
Learn MoreCenter For Regenerative Agriculture And Resilient Systems
The Center For Regenerative Agriculture And Resilient Systems (CRARS) seeks to promote regenerative farming practices to reduce greenhouse gasses, restore soil resiliency, increase the sustainability of farms and ranches, and address food and water insecurity.
Learn MoreInstitutional Research And Strategic Analytics
Institutional Research And Strategic Analytics (IRSA) provides the University with factual data related to university functions including applications, enrollments, degrees granted, test scores, grades, courses, outcomes, and demographics.
Learn MoreCalifornia State University Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
California State University Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (CSU-LSAMP) serves as a comprehensive California State University (CSU) system-wide program dedicated to increasing the number of underrepresented students successfully completing quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Learn MoreWhat our interns have to say about the experience
Questions about this or other opportunities?
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