The following is a list of sponsors who have worked with MES students in the past. A list of completed Internships can be found on the Internship Report page. A list of all MES Theses can be found on the MES Thesis page.

Previous sponsorship is not a guarantee of current opportunities. If one of these sponsors appears to be a match for you, contact your Academic Advisor to discuss the possibility of approaching the Internship contact.

DO NOT contact an Internship sponsor before contacting your Academic Advisor.

Ace Basin Project
Project Contact
Dean Harrigal - Wildlife Biologist
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
585 Donnelley Drive
Green Pond, SC 29446
Phone: (843) 844-8957
www.cooperativeconservationamerica.org

Advent Environmental, Inc.
www.adventenv.com

Alaska Pacific University
4101 University Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: 1-800-252-7528
admissions@alaskapacific.edu
http://www.alaskapacific.edu/

Alliance to Save Energy
1850 M Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:(202)857-0666
info@ase.org
www.ase.org/

American Oceans Campaign
American Oceans Campaign
2501 M Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20037
Phone:(202) 833-3900
Fax:(202) 833-2070
info@oceana.org
www.oceana.org

Barrier Island Ecotours
Phone:(843) 886-5000
info@nature-tours.com
www.nature-tours.com/index.html

Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester Council of Governments
1362 McMillian Ave Suite 100
Charleston SC 29405
Phone:(843) 529-0400
Fax:(843) 529-0305
andreak@bcdcog.com
www.bcdcog.com

British Petroleum
www.bp.com
Note: Internship was performed through the BP Cooper River Plant

Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
5801 Highway 17 North
Awendaw, South Carolina 29429
Phone:(843) 928-3264.

caperomain@fws.gov
www.fws.gov/caperomain/

Caw Caw Interpretive Center
5200 Savannah Hwy.(Highway 17S)
Ravenel, SC 29470
Phone:(843) 795-4386
www.ccprc.com

Center for Sustainable Living
113 Calhoun St.
Charleston, SC 29401
Phone:(843) 727-6497
rdmura@clemson.edu
www.113calhoun.org

Charleston County Dept of Parks & Recreation
861 Riverland Drive
Charleston, SC 29412
Phone:(843) 795-4386
Fax:(843) 406-1015
egrant@ccprc.com
www.ccprc.com

Charleston County Planning
Planning Department
Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building
4050 Bridge View Drive
North Charleston, SC 29405
Phone:(843) 202-7200
Fax:(843) 202-7222
www.charlestoncounty.org/Departments/Planning

Charleston Habitat for Humanity
Charleston Habitat for Humanity
PO Box 21479
731 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29413
Phone:(843) 722-7145
Fax:(843) 722-7142
marika@charlestonhabitat.org
www.charlestonhabitat.org

Charleston Moves
P.O. Box 21625
Charleston, SC 21625
Physical address: 138 St. Philip Street
Charleston, SC 29413
Phone:(843) 579-4100
www.charlestonmoves.org/

Charleston National Weather Service
5777 South Aviation Avenue
Charleston, SC 29406-6162
Phone:(843) 744-0303
www.erh.noaa.gov/chs/

Charles Towne Landing State Park Animal Forest
Charles Towne Landing Foundation
1500 Old Towne Road
Charlesotn, SC 29407
Phone:(843) 852-4200
info@charlestowne.org
www.charlestowne.org/animalforest_list.shtml

City of Charleston Dept. of Design, Development,
and Preservation
75 Calhoun Street
3rd Floor
Charleston, SC 29401
Phone:(843) 724-3765
Fax:(843) 724-3772
reedsa@ci.charleston.sc.us
www.ci.charleston.sc.us/dept/?nid=8

City of Charleston Housing and Community Development
P.O. Box 21163
701 East Bay Street
Charleston, SC 29413
Phone:(843) 973-7285
Fax:(843) 965-4180
hoyt@ci.charleston.sc.us
www.ci.charleston.sc.us/dept/content.aspx?nid=715

City of Charleston Parks Department
823 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29403
Phone:(843) 724-7321
Fax:(843) 724-7300
livingstons@ci.charleston.sc.us
www.ci.charleston.sc.us/dept/?nid=17

City of Charleston Planning and Neighborhoods
75 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Phone:(843) 724-3774
Fax:(843) 724-3772
www.charlestoncity.info

City of Folly Beach Planning Department
Building Department
P. O. Box 48
21 Center Street
Folly Beach, SC 29439
Phone:(843) 588-7010
Fax:(843) 588-7016
www.cityoffollybeach.com/building_planning.html

Coastal States Organization
Hall of the States
444 North Capitol Street, N.W.
Suite #322
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: (202) 508-3860
Fax: (202) 508-3843
swingerter@coastalstates.org
www.coastalstates.org/

The COASTeam Program
The Lowcountry Hall of Science and Math
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC 29424
Phone: (843) 953-7745
Fax: (843) 953-7850
COASTeam@cofc.edu
http://oceanica.cofc.edu/coasteam/

Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress, CRS/LM-107
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington, D.C. 20540-2295
Phone:(202) 707- 5627
Fax:(202) 707-2615
employment@crs.loc.gov
www.loc.gov/crsinfo/

Council of Governments
5290 Rivers Avenue Suite 400
N. Charleston, SC 29406
Phone:(843) 529-0400
Fax:(843) 529-0305
danh@bcdcog.com
www.bcdcog.com

The Deedee Paschal Barrier Island Trust
P.O. Box 20850
152-D Cannon Street, Charleston, SC 29413
Phone:(843) 696-7727 or(843) 727-2111
Fax:(843) 727-2111
www.barrierislandtrust.org

Dewees Island
46 41st Avenue
Isle of Palms, SC 29451-2662
Phone:(843) 886-8783 or(800) 444-7352
Fax:(843) 886-5836
dewees@mindspring.com
www.deweesisland.com

Drayton Hall
3380 Ashley River Road
Charleston SC 29414
Phone:(843) 769-2600
www.draytonhall.org/

Earth Tech
10 Patewood Drive
Building VI, Suite 500
Greenville, SC 29607
Phone:(864) 234-3000
Fax:(864) 234-3069

or

2694 Lake Park Drive
North Charleston, SC 29406
Phone:(843) 572-5600
Fax:(843) 572-5661
www.earthtech.com

Edisto Island State Park
8377 State Cabin Road
Edisto Island, SC 29438
Phone: (843) 869-2756
Fax: (843) 869-4428
http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/1298.aspx

Environmental Journalism
Leslie Gwinn
Phone:(202) 467-5202
leslieg@rtndf.org
www.rtnda.org/resources/ejc.shtml

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental Protection Agency
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:(202) 272-0167
Fax:(202) 260-4095
jbrown4247@aol.com
www.epa.gov/epahome/intern.htm

Fisher Recycling
Fisher Recycling, Inc.
2750 Avenue B North
North Charleston, SC. 29405
Phone:(843) 881-3388
info@fisherrecycling.com
www.fisherrecycling.com

Fort Sumter Tours
360 Concord St
Charleston, SC 29401
Phone:(843) 881-7337
www.fortsumtertours.com

General Engineering Labs
2040 Savage Rd
P.O Box 30712
Charleston, SC 29417
Phone:(843) 556-8171
Fax:(843) 766-1178
www.gel.net

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
5600 US 1 North
Ft. Pierce, FL 34946
Charleston, SC 29417
Phone:(772) 465-2400
Fax:(772) 467-2061
www.hboi.edu/index_05.html

Highlands Biological Station
PO Box 580 - 930 Horse Cove Road
Highlands, NC 28741
Phone:(828) 526-2602
Fax:(828) 526-2797
hbs@email.wcu.edu
www.wcu.edu/hbs

Institute of the North
935 W. 3rd Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99577
Phone:(907) 771- 2444
Fax:(907) 343-2466
www.institutenorth.org/

Town of Kiawah Island
21 Beachwalker Drive
Kiawah Island, SC 29455
Phone:(843) 768-9166
Fax:(843) 768-4764
bknight@kiawahisland.org
www.kiawahisland.org/

Kiawah Island Golf Resort
One Sanctuary Beach Drive
Kiawah Island, SC 29455
Phone:(843) 768-2121
Fax:(843) 768-2736
www.kiawahresort.com

Lowcountry Earth Force
PO Box 22583
Charleston SC 29413
Phone:(843) 720-8525
Fax:(843) 720-1432
charleston@earthforce.org
www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lowcountry

Lowcountry Open Land Trust
485 East Bay Street
Charleston, SC 29403
Phone:(843) 577-6510
Fax:(843) 577-0510
info@lolt.org
www.lolt.org/

Lowcountry Partners for Inquiry Teaching and Learning
www.musc.edu/grad/NSF/nsfhome.htm

Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
1 Rabbit Hill Road
Westboroug, MA 01581
Phone:(508) 389-6300
Fax:(508) 389-7890
www.mass.gov

Mattole Restoration Council
P.O. Box 160
Petrolia, CA 95558
Phone:(707) 629-3514
Fax:(707) 629-3577
www.mattole.org

MeadWestvaco
11013 West Broad Street
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
Phone: (804) 327-5200

Or:
South Carolina CFM
Wood Procurement Dept.
P.O. Box 118005
Charleston, SC 29423-8005
Phone:(843) 745-3122
Fax:(843) 745-3495
www.meadwestvaco.com

Milliken
PO Box 1926 M285
Spartanburg, SC 29304-1926
Phone:(864) 503-2508
patsy.hammett@milliken.com
www.milliken.com

The Mount Pleasant Open Space Foundation
106 Pitt Street
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Phone:(843) 884-1060
Fax:(843) 388-8920
stapleton@mountpleasantopenspace.org
www.mountpleasantopenspace.org/topic.asp?id=1

NASA Stennis Space Center - Environmental Assurance Program
www.ssc.nasa.gov/environmental/

National Environmental Trust
1200 18th St NW, Fifth Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone:(202) 887-8800
Fax:(202) 887-8877
www.net.org

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Pace Wilber - Landscape Characterization and Restoration Program
2234 South Hobson Avenue
Charleston, SC 29405
Phone:(843) 740-1200
Fax:(843) 740-1224
Pace.Wilber@noaa.gov
www.csc.noaa.gov

David Karinshak, Program Manager
Perot Systems Government Services (PSGS)
David.Karinshak@psgs.com

NOAA - Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
NOAA - CCEHBR
219 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, SC 29412-9110
Phone:(843) 762-8511
Fax:(843) 762-8700
www.chbr.noaa.gov/

NOAA Coastal Services Center
NOAA - CSC
2234 South Hobson Avenue
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Phone:(843) 740-1200
Fax:(843) 740-1224
www.csc.noaa.gov

National Ocean Service
NOS/CCEHBR
219 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, SC 29412-9110
Phone:(843) 762-8500
Fax:(843) 762-8700
sylvia.galloway@noaa.gov
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/programs/nccos/welcome.html

National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22230
USA
Phone: (703) 292-5111
www.nsf.gov/

National Weather Service
1325 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

National Wildlife Federation (NWF)
National Wildlife Federation
11100 Wildlife Center Drive
Reston, VA 20190-5362
Phone:(800) 822-9919
www.nwf.org/careergateway/index.cfm

Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Attn: Personnel Office
PO Box 190010
North Charleston, SC 29419
Phone:(843) 820-5834
https://portal.navfac.navy.mil

The Noisette Company
1360 Truxton Ave, Bldg 7
North Charleston SC 29405
Phone:(843) 302-2100
Fax:(843) 302-2101
receptionist@noisettesc.com
www.noisettesc.com/

North Carolina Coastal Federation (NCCF)
Contact: Lauren Kolodij
Program Manager
North Carolina Coastal Federation
3609 Highway 24 (Ocean)
Newport, NC 28570
Phone:(252) 393-8185 or (800) 232-6210
Fax:(252) 393-7508
nccf@nccoast.org
www.nccoast.org

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
P.O. Box 117, MS 36
120 Badger Avenue
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-0117
Phone:(865) 576-3146
science.education@orau.org
www.orau.org

Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach
PO Box 607
1684 Brownswood Road
Johns Island, SC  29457
Phone:(843) 559-4109
olmoutreach@aol.com
www.olmoutreach.org/

The Law Office of Richard J. Paul
4925 Lacross
Suite 207
Charleston, SC 29406
Phone:(843) 744-6565
www.richardjpaul.com/

Presidential Management Intern Program (PMI Program)
OPM Service Center
1900 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20415-1000
Phone:(202) 606-1800
www.pmi.opm.gov

Project Oceanica
Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC 29424
Phone: (843) 953-7846
Fax: (843) 953-5870
http://oceanica.cofc.edu/

Sandlapper Water Tours
Charleston Maritime Center
P. O. Box 21540
Charleston, South Carolina 29413-1540
Phone:(843) 849.TOUR (8687)
www.sandlappertours.com

Santee-Cooper
Cile Spivey, Community Relations Representative
1 Riverwood Drive
Moncks Corner, SC 29461-2901
Phone:(843) 761-8000 ext 5510
Fax:(843) 761-7060
www.santeecooper.com

Savannah River Site
Bernice Bryant, Education Outreach Programs
Building 742-A, Rm. 163
Savannah River Site
Aiken, SC 29808
Phone:(803) 725-8408
bernice.bryant@srs.gov
www.srs.gov/general/srs-home.html

Sewee Environmental Education Center
5821 Highway 17 North
Awendaw, SC 29429
Phone:(843) 928-3368
Fax:(843) 928-3828
http://seweecenter.fws.gov

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201
North Charleston, SC 29405
Phone:(843) 571-4366
Fax:(843) 769-4520
safmc@safmc.net
www.safmc.net

South Carolina Aquarium
Volunteer Services Department
South Carolina Aquarium
100 Aquarium Wharf
Charleston, SC 29401
Phone:(843) 720-1990
volunteer@scaquarium.org
www.scaquarium.org

South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
328 East Bay Street
Post Office Box 1765
Charleston, SC 29402
Phone:(843) 723-8035
Fax:(843) 723-8308
info@scccl.org
www.coastalconservationleague.org

SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone:(803) 898-3432
Fax:(843) 740-1595
www.scdhec.net

SCDHEC - Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM)
1362 McMillan Ave, Suite 400
Charleston, SC 29405
Phone:(843) 953-0200
Fax:(843) 953-0201
www.scdhec.net/environment/ocrm/

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Marine Resources Division (MRD)
217 Fort Johnson Road, PO Box 12559
Charleston, SC 29422-2559
Phone: (843) 953-9300
www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/mrri/mrc.html

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources - Marine Education Program
Elizabeth Vernon, Coordinator
Carolina Coastal Discovery Program
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
217 Fort Johnson Road
P.O. Box 12559
Charleston, SC 29422
Phone: (843) 953-9359
Fax: (843) 953-9353
www.dnr.sc.gov/ccd

South Carolina Marine Association
South Carolina Marine Association
P.O. Box 12187
Charleston, SC 29422
Phone: ( 843) 889-9067
info@scmarine.org
www.scmarine.org

SC Sea Grant Consortium
287 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Phone:(843) 953-2078
Fax:(843) 727-2080
rick.devoe@scseagrant.org
www.scseagrant.org

South Carolina Sustainable Universities Initiative
awlzrmn@clemson.edu
www.sc.edu/sustainableu

Southern Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command
P. O. Box 190010
North Charleston, SC 29419-9010
Phone:(843) 820-5671
http://portal.navfac.navy.mil/portal

Student Action with Farmers
1317 W. Pettigrew St.
Durham, NC 27705
Phone:(919) 660-3652
Fax:(919) 681-7600
ildasant@duke.edu
www-cds.aas.duke.edu/saf

Student Conservation Association (SCA)
SCA Recruitment Office
PO Box 550
689 River Road
Charlestown, NH 03603
Phone:(603) 543-1700
Fax:(603) 543-1828
internships@sca-inc.org
www.sca-inc.org

The Sustainability Institute
1441 East Montague Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29405
Phone:(843) 529-3416
www.sustainabilityinstitutesc.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

The Transects Program
Project Oceania
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC 29424
Phone: (843) 953-7846
http://oceanica.cofc.edu/Transects/home.htm

Trout Unlimited - National Office
1300 North 17th Street
Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22209-2404
Fax: (703) 284-9400
www.tu.org

United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
US Army Corps of Engineers - Charleston District
69A Hagood Avenue
Charleston, SC 29403
Phone: (843) 329-8123
CESAC-PAO@sac.usace.army.mil
www.sac.usace.army.mil/

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture Research Service (ARS)
Jamie L. Whitten Building
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-0003
Phone: (202) 205-8333
www.ars.usda.gov/main/main.htm

University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: (803) 777-7000
http://www.sc.edu/

The Urban Land Institute
1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Suite 500 West
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 624-7000
Fax: (202) 624-7140
www.uli.org/

USDA Forest Service
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-0003
Phone:(202) 205-8333
www.fs.fed.us/

USDA Center for Forested Wetlands Research
2730 Savannah Hwy
Charleston, SC 29414
Phone:(843) 766-0317
Fax:(843) 766-8734
klagasca@fs.fed.us
www.srs.fs.fed.us/charleston

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Attn: Legislative and Public Affairs Division
P.O. Box 2890
Washington, DC 20013
www.nrcs.usda.gov/

USDA Vegetable Lab
2700 Savannah Hwy
Charleston, SC 29414
Phone:(843) 402-5300
Fax:(843) 573-4715
www.usvl.saa.ars.usda.gov

US Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20585
Phone: 1-800-342-5363
www.energy.gov/

US Green Building Council
1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 1-800-795-1747
Fax: (202) 828-5110
www.usgbc.org

US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Tim Hall
Field Supervisor
176 Croghan Spur Road
Suite 200
Charleston, SC 29407
Phone:(843) 727-4707
Fax:(843) 727 4218
tim_hall@fws.gov
www.fws.gov

Wildlife Habitat Council
Contact: Bob Johnson, Executive Vice President
Wildlife Habitat Council
8737 Colesville Road, Suite 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:(301) 588-8994
Fax:(301)588-4629
whc@wildlifehc.org
www.wildlifehc.org/about/locations.cfm

Wild Rockies Field Institute (Classes)
PO Box 7071
Missoula, MT 59807
Phone:(406) 549-4336
wrfi@wrfi.net
www.wrfi.net

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI)
Fellowship Committee
Education Office
Clark Laboratory, MS #31
360 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1541
Phone:(508) 289-2219
Fax:(508) 457-2188
education@whoi.edu
www.whoi.edu/education/#rf

URS
Through Woodward-Clyde International Americas Consulting
10975 El Monte, Suite 100
Overland Park, Kansas 66211-1414
Phone:(913) 344-1000
Fax:(913) 344-1011
www.urscorp.com