Get Involved with Zoology: beyond the lecture hall

• Build your resume
• Explore your interests in various aspects of zoology
• Learn more about what it's like to do work in zoology
• Build skills, gain valuable experience, and network with professionals
• Share your passion with others
• Integrate your academic learning with your professional goals and everyday life
• Maybe even earn credit or money while you're at it!

1. Directed Study/Research
• On campus - you may be able to earn credit or stipend support for campus opportunities
• Off campus -
  • Local:  DNR, USGS National Wildlife Health Center, WI State Lab of Hygeine
  • Nationwide: 
    National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergrads,
    AAMC GREAT Group,
    US Dept of Energy SULI,
    Env. Protection Agency (EPA) NNMES, and so on.
    
    
• Wisconsin Journal of Science - publish your research here!
• Undergraduate Symposium - present your research here!
  
  
2. Internships
• RIT internship listing - best site so far, includes links to other popular internship posting sites
• NSF Research Experience for Undergrads
• Society for Conservation Biology
• Warnell School of Forest Resources
• Student Conservation Association
• American Zoo and Aquarium Association
• Environmental Careers Organization
• Orinthological Jobs
• NIH Student Programs
• Ecological Society of America
• US Geological Survey
• Environmental Career Opportunities
• Synergy's Environmental and Career
• StudentJobs.gov
• Marine Biology and Oceanography
• Primate Info Net
• Go-Global - intern abroad
• Local  list from Nelson Institute, Four Lakes Wildlife Center, International Crane Foundation
• and so on! Not finding what you're looking for?  Try your own search or see if your advisor can help...
  
  
3. Volunteering
• VolunteerYourTime.org – a collection of volunteer opportunities posted by local agencies.  Search by keyword or interest area.  Some are one-time-only events while others are ongoing.
• Check directly with local organizations:  Henry Vilas Zoo, Humane Society,  Audubon Society, longer list from Nelson Institute, etc 
• UW Zoological Museum – Inquire with Paula Holahan
• UW Global Health - summer opportunities
• Other local opportunities - ecology related
• Don't like what you see so far?  Create your own volunteer opportunity.  Ask someone currently working in your area of interest if you can lend a hand!
  
  
4. Student Work
• Student Job Center
• Go-Global - work abroad
  
  
5. Student Organizations
• Undergraduate Zoological Society - for example
• Student Organization Directory - find a list of all (including pre-vet, health professions society, pre-law, wildlife society, Wisconsin Journal of Science, and more!)
  
  
6. Undergraduate/Peer Teaching Aide
• Some upper-division lab classes in the biosciences look for successful and interested students to be resources in the classroom. Some examples include: Zoology 430, Zoology 504, Physiology 335. While taking the course, check with your instructor about helping out in future terms for course credit (usually 698 - Directed Study).
  
  
7. Service Learning
   
   
8. Study Abroad
• UW Madison programs abroad
  • International Academic Programs - L&S
  • CALS Study Abroad
  • Engineering Study Abroad
• Programs abroad hosted through other schools
  • www.studyabroad.com
  • other UW System schools
    • How to get credit for a study abroad experience not hosted by UW-Madison
• Volunteer abroad - UW Global Health |  Go-Global  |  Idealist.org  | One Small Planet
  
  
9. Summer Field Courses:  Organization of Biological Field Stations (search same list for internships/contact researchers to get involved in a project while you're there)
   
   
10. Alternative Breaks
    
    
11. Informational Interviewing/Shadowing
• Harvard guide see also career exploration letters
• QuintCareers.com
• Florida State University guide
• Univ. Texas guide
  
  
12. Career Fairs

Are you wondering "What about the money or credit you mentioned earlier?" 
For unpaid positions, possible funding sources can be found at:

• Possible Funding Sources for Undergraduate Research/Projects
• FinAid/FastWeb

Credit

• Talk to a faculty member in a related area about receiving credit through course number 699.
  Dr. Stanley Dodson facilitates most "credit related to internship" arrangements within the Department of Zoology.  Find out more by viewing his Info Packet.

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