Careers > Student and Summer Employment Opportunities The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) hires students in various roles throughout the organization during the school year and each summer.  If you are interested in obtaining information on student or summer employment, please contact the person listed below for each state in which you are interested in working. Information on ARS student and summer programs can be found at:  http://www.ars.usda.gov/careers/docs.htm?docid=1438 Beltsville Area Beltsville, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Robert Serrano 301-504-5392 HunterT@ba.ars.usda.gov Mid South Area Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee Rita Keeling 662-686-5201 rkeeling@ars.usda.gov Midwest Area Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin Marie Bishop 309-681-6632 bishopm@mwa.ars.usda.gov North Atlantic Area Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia Winifred Owens 215-233-6625 winifred.owens@ars.usda.gov Northern Plains Area Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming Kathleen White 970-229-5503 kathleen.white@ars.usda.gov Pacific West Area Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington State Charmaine Scardina 510-559-6076 cscardina@pw.ars.usda.gov South Atlantic Area Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia Tony Edmund 706-446-3614 tedmund@saa.ars.usda.gov Southern Plains Area Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Debra Owens 979-260-9416 DOWENS@spa.ars.usda.gov National Agricultural Library Beltsville, Maryland Joyce Rice 301-504-6575 jrice@nal.usda.gov Headquarters Contacts Washington, D.C. and Maryland Eastern Services Branch Human Resources Division Sybil Rodriguez 301-504-1370 For general information on student or summer employment, you can also contact: Student Employment Program Coordinator Human Resources Division 301-504-1434     Site Map |  Freedom of Information Act |  Statements & Disclaimers |  Employee Resources |  FirstGov |  White House