Physicists advocate for getting community college students involved in research.
internships
Each summer, 10 upper-level university students participate in an internship that exposes them to professional experience in accelerator science and technology.
Fermilab has created the new workforce development program in coordination with the Department of Energy’s Office of Science to offer military veterans and JROTC cadets valuable hands-on training experiences and full-time technical career placement at Fermilab.
Students in the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program hope to use skills they developed at Fermilab to benefit Indigenous communities.
From Community College Daily, July 26, 2021: Moraine Valley Community College in Illinois has six students participating in Department of Science internships this summer, four are at Fermilab. These ten to 16-week internships increase students’ confidence levels, offer professional development, technical writing training and networking with scientists.
In the year-long, highly collaborative program, laboratory staff will work with promising college-level students in minority demographic groups to build the skills they need to be good candidates for STEM internships.
From SDPB Radio’s “In the Moment: Innovation,” July 26, 2019: In this 18-minute radio piece, Fermilab Director Nigel Lockyer discusses experimental particle physics, the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment and the partnership with the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.
From Kane County Chronicle, May 6, 2019: St. Charles East High School sophomore Emma Santos is one of 25 students selected to participate in Fermilab’s six-week paid summer internship program. The TARGET program incorporates both classroom and work experiences that support the science conducted at Fermilab.
From the College of DuPage, September 2016: Through the Fermilab VetTech Internship program, COD students provide technical support in various departments at Fermilab.
Fermilab’s summer interns exchange lazy days for lab experience.