{"id":407,"date":"2025-03-26T13:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/ccsc\/?page_id=407"},"modified":"2026-07-01T20:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:14:03","slug":"student-internships-graduate-assistantships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/ccsc\/?page_id=407","title":{"rendered":"Student Internships &amp; Graduate Assistantships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Catamount Community Schools Collaborative (CCSC), through funding from a Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships Seed Grant, has established an interdisciplinary internship program. The CCSC Internship Program acts as a central, coordinating hub for UVM students (undergraduate through doctoral) from various programs and departments to gain access to partnership opportunities with Vermont Community Schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As partnering Community Schools identify student\/family needs, community engagement projects, or initiatives to be implemented, the CCSC faculty work to identify high-caliber UVM students in programs or disciplines across the UVM campus whose experiences and interests align with those school-identified needs. Those students are then placed (for a semester or academic year) with the partnering Community School to work collaboratively with Community School Coordinators and Administrators to work directly with students, families, or community members; to implement new programs or initiatives; or to conduct community-based, participatory research in support of school, district, or supervisory union goals.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information on the UVM CCSC Student Interns, their school placements, and content\/expertise areas can be found below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/ccsc\/files\/2026\/03\/CCSC-Student-Internships_2026-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/ccsc\/files\/2026\/03\/CCSC-Student-Internships_2026-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/ccsc\/files\/2026\/03\/CCSC-Student-Internships_2026-1-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:64% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/ccsc\/files\/2026\/07\/intern_radio_12-240p.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Catamount Community Schools Collaborative<\/strong>, in partnership with the <strong>UVM Office of Engagement<\/strong> and the <strong>Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships<\/strong>, supported a summer residential internship program that brought UVM undergraduates to Bethel, VT, for the summer to work with <strong>White River Valley Supervisory Union<\/strong> and its community partners on various community-based collaborative projects and work-based learning opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch this video to learn more and hear about students&#8217; experiences firsthand!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>UNDERGRADUATE<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>MASTERS<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>DOCTORAL<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Ada Gardner<\/strong><br>Critical Place-Based Education Major \/<br>Food Systems + Community Development minors<br>Internship with White River Valley Middle School (Bethel, Vermont)<br>[Spring 2025 &#8211; present]<\/td><td><strong>Kat Gainer<\/strong><br>Higher Education and Student Affairs graduate student<br>CCSC Structural Support<br>[Fall 2025, Spring 2026]<\/td><td><strong>Barbara Collette<\/strong><br>Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health and Inclusive Education (SHIE) doctoral student<br>Graduate Assistantship with the Catamount Community Schools Collaborative (Burlington, VT)<br>[Fall 2024- present]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Nadiya Becoats<\/strong><br>Food Systems Major \/ Childhood Studies Minor<br>Internship with Newport Town School (Newport Town, VT)<br>[Spring 2025 &#8211; present]<\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Cynthia Herbert<\/strong><br>Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health and Inclusive Education (SHIE) doctoral student<br>Graduate Assistantship with the Catamount Community Schools Collaborative (Burlington, VT)<br>[Fall 2024 &#8211; present]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Maya Caplan<\/strong><br>Psychological Sciences Major \/ Law &amp; Society Minor<br>Internship with Burlington School District (Burlington, VT)<br>[Fall 2025 &#8211; present]<\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Parker Goss<\/strong><br>Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health and Inclusive Education (SHIE) doctoral student<br>Graduate Assistantship with the Catamount Community Schools Collaborative (Burlington, VT)<br>[Spring 2026]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Cora Benardot<\/strong><br>Biology Major \/ Cell and Developmental Biology Concentration \/ Double Minor in Health and Society &amp; Nutrition and Food Science<br>Internship with Essex North Supervisory Union (Canaan, Vermont)<br>[Spring 2026]<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catamount Community Schools Collaborative (CCSC), through funding from a Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships Seed Grant, has established an interdisciplinary internship program. The CCSC Internship Program acts as a central, coordinating hub for UVM students (undergraduate through doctoral) from various programs and departments to gain access to partnership opportunities with Vermont Community Schools. 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