Congressional National Park Internship Program

Since 2001, through participation in the Unilever-SCA National Park Congressional Internship Program, student leaders gain real world experience through summer immersion in a National Park complimented by an internship in a Congressional office on Capitol Hill. Unilever and SCA are pleased to welcome the Spring 2006 National Park Congressional Interns.

January 2006 - August 2006 Interns

Nick Dobric
Congressional Office: Jim Costa, CA
National Park: Alaska region
Nick Dobric a graduate of Northland College in Ashland, WI Nick received his Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies in December 2005.  While a student he served as a Senator for the Student Association and received the Xcel Energy Environmental Scholarship and Service Award.  Nick organized campaigns with the non-profit advocacy group Habitat Education Center that contributed to more sustainable land management practices in the Chequamegon National Forest.  He founded GreenFire on Northland’s campus which engages students in local environmental issues like the delisting of the grey wolf from the ESA.  Nick also has served as a Wilderness Ranger in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and as a Forestry Intern in Ashland.  Nick is from Park Ridge, IL and volunteers as a Helping Hand for Senior Citizens.

Kassandra Hardy
Congressional Office: Steven Rothman, NJ
National Park: Yosemite National Park
Kassandra Hardy studied Environmental Studies and Government at St. Lawrence University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in May 2005. Kass, an SCA alumna, served at Glacier National Park, during the summers of 2003 and 2004.  She interned as a Naturalist and as a Transportation Interpreter receiving an Americorps education award for her service  She has also worked on the Hudson River Project as a Vegetation Processor. Prior to the Hudson River Project, she monitored ground-level Ozone along the Appalachian Trail in Maine.  Over the past year, Kass has been involved with St. Lawrence’s first Environmental Studies Major Club and Reuse Initiative Program. Kass is from Stillwater, New York.  She is skilled in whitewater paddling, mountaineering, orienteering, navigating, and has been a Big Sister for three years.

Stephen Oliphant
Congressional Office: Henry Brown, SC
National Park: Fort Sumter National Historic Site
Stephen Oliphant is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Arts degree at Utah State University, studying Speech and Political Science, with an emphasis in U.S. Government. He is a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, and the Political Science National Honor Society. Stephen has worked in the North Carolina State Legislature for two summers as a Senate page and office assistant. For two years, Stephen served as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Boise, Idaho. Stephen’s hometown is Charlotte, North Carolina where for two years he volunteered as a Varsity leader in a local Boy Scout troop.

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