The Commitment

Partners will provide Students with a unique, learning-centered, high-impact experience that will last from two to six months. The Students should gain experience in learning outcomes associated with their RWFM degree plan. Some RWFM Content Knowledge and Critical Skills can be found below:

Content Knowledge:

• Identify the drivers of animal populations.

• Implement methods of influencing animal populations.

• Evaluate the effect of natural and human changes on animal populations.

• Describe the basic components of ecological systems and interpret processes at the organism, population, community, ecosystem, landscape, and global levels.

• Identify plants, their uses, distribution, habitats, and relationships with other organisms.

• Develop strategies for dealing with economic, policy, and business environments relevant to ecosystem management.

• Design and/or select management strategies within natural resources.

Critical Skills

• Illustrate critical thinking and demonstrate problem-solving skills. 

• Demonstrate an ability to acquire, interpret, and present conclusions orally and/or in writing.

• Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively in teams and exercise leadership skills on projects.

• Demonstrate environmental stewardship, professional ethical behavior, civic responsibility, and global citizenship.

• Recognize the need for lifelong learning and exhibit the skills necessary to acquire, organize, and reorganize new knowledge.

Required expectations of RWFM Partners include providing a detailed job description, learning-centered job duties (note: not only manual labor or receptionist work), employer-led onbaording or orientation for the student, and an end of experience performance evaluation.

Preferred Partner expectations include articulation of internship/research learning outcomes, ongoing feedback and coaching of the student, mid- and post-experience performance evaluation, and providing housing and/or a stipend to the student.