Agency Sponsor: Gizelle Hurtado, gimhurta@ucsc.edu
If interested, submit the Norris Center Internship Application Fall 2025. This is an unpaid internship.
# of Interns:
Agency Description:
The Norris Center offers a variety of internships; including curating and organization collections of; fungi, insects (entomology), plants (herbarium), and vertebrates (i.e. birds and mammals). The Norris Center also offers internships preparing animal specimens for museum taxidermy, and preparing animal specimens for skeletonization and re-articulation. In these internships you will learn about taxonomy, identification, life history, natural history museum techniques, and much more!
Intern Responsibilities:
Depends on the specific internship. There are Fungi, Entomology, Herbarium, Taxidermy and Mammal Interns. See the Norris Center website for details.
Other Requirements:
5-unit internships will only be considered for students that have successfully completed a 2- unit internship with the Norris Center.
Intern Shifts:
Yes there are specific shifts for each internship offered through the Norris Center. Student should view the website for most updated information.
Location: UCSC Natural Sciences 2, Room 239
Key Words: Ecology/Natural History, Insects/Wildlife
