Students/Recent Grads

The Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands is committed to supporting the next generation of natural and cultural resource management professionals as they build their careers and seek to tackle the environmental challenges of the present and future. CEMML offers paid internship opportunities through our Early-career Development Program (ECDP).

Student & Recent Graduate Opportunities

Student & Recent Graduate Stories

Great Plains CESU Graduate Student Award winner, Levin Brandt

CEMML intern wins 2024 Great Plains CESU Award

Levin Brandt, an intern with CEMML’s Early-career Development Program, was presented with the annual Great Plains CESU Graduate Student Award for his outstanding work supporting ecosystems on Air Force installations in Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, and North Dakota. Mr. Brandt is a graduate student in Biology at the University of North Dakota.

CEMML intern, Alexx Uecker monitors for bats at Offutt Air Force Base.

Spreading the love of monarchs: CEMML intern works with Midwestern pollinators

As part of his CEMML internship, Alexx Uecker’s work for the Midwest Natural Resources Program of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center gave him the opportunity to study bats and support important pollinators like the monarch butterfly. During his six-month experience, Uecker supported monitoring and survey efforts at Air Force bases across the Midwest.

James Fujioka at Lake Mead

A career-changing student finds success through CEMML

With the help of CEMML’s Early-career Development Program, James Fujioka is making a transition from managing kitchens to managing natural resources. After beginning his career in the culinary arts, the added stress of working in the restaurant industry during the pandemic, combined with his love for the outdoors, made him rethink his career trajectory.

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