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Diversity Internship Program

Interior Participates in
1998 Diversity Internship Program

Interns Jean Kidurski (SCA), Chiumbo Jones (NAFEO), Elizabeth Donovan and Michael Swank (SCA).

 
The 10-week Diversity Internship Program is made possible through a cooperative agreement between the DOI and various educational organizations, including: the Minority Access Inc. (MAI), Student Conservation Association (SCA), National Association of Equal Opportunity for Higher Education (NAFEO), the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU).
Diversity Intern Jean Kuderski successfully completed two oil spill response training courses offered by Clean Seas LLC during her tenure with the Office of Development, Operations and Safety.
 Clean Seas Oil Spill Response Cooperative
 

Supply pier near Clean Seas facility in Carpinteria, California.

 Aboard the vessel Clean Seas.
MMS personnel take the training course to stay current on latest techniques.
 Oil containment boom deployed as part of the training.

Offshore Platform Inspection

Interns visit offshore platform as part of their orientation.
Intern Chiumbo Jones with MMS inspector. "Thumbs up" means that intern is ready for takeoff.
Jean Kuderski joines Wendy Ward, Harold Syms, Ken Piper, ex-MMS employee Peter Raftery, and Drew Mayerson.

30th Anniversary Celebration of the First Production in the Pacific

 Michael Swank joins Region employees Herb Leady, Scott Sorensen and Ralph Snyder for lunchtime celebration.
Channel Islands National Park

tJames Lima, MMS Sociologist and scuba diver, escorts the Diversity Interns and Catherine Chen, MMS intern through the UCLA COMET internship program, to Anacapa.

 Anacapa Island

Anacapa
One of Anacapa Island's secluded coves.
Anacapa Island Lighthouse.
Gaining valuable public affairs experience at the display.
MMS at Year of the Ocean (YOTO)

Setting up the MMS display which emphasized the Year of the Ocean.
Meeting the public and explaining our mission is part of the internship. Interns Michael Swank, Elizabeth Donovan and Chiumbo Jones accompany James McKay and Elverlene Wms.-Flatts to the Annual Youth Motivational Task Force awards dinner held at the Westin Bonaventura in downtown Los Angeles.

Annual Youth Motivational Task Force
Interns on a visit to the Santa Monica pier.
 Interns on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles.

Posing for a photo in front of the waterfall.

Sequoia National Park

 Interns on a visit to the Santa Monica pier.
Sequioa National Park, one of the weekend excursions. Enjoying one of California's lakes.

Hearst Castle

Hearst's Castle in San Simeon, California.

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Annual MMS International Harmony Day
MMS employees, families, interns, and guests enjoy the festivities. MMS employees, families, interns, and guests enjoy the festivities.
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