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PORT ECOPORT
The Masonville Cove Links
For the second year, the Masonville
Cove Partnership was proud to host
the Masonville Cove Links WildSTEM
summer internship.
Participants included four college
The interns learned about various
times shaping the program in real time.
WildSTEM: Not Your Average
Internship Experience
interns from local historically Black
colleges and universities, including
Bowie State University, Coppin State
University and Morgan State University.
conservation careers available in
multiple disciplines, practical hands-on
skills, and soft skills like networking,
public speaking and etiquette.
The students successfully built
their networks while receiving valuable
consultations on how they can see them-
selves in the conservation space, some-
Masonville
For this program, the Masonville
ates with The Cove Partnership collaborates with The
Links, Incorporated’s WildSTEM program,
enhancing the program’s impact.
“This summer I had the opportunity
to intern at Masonville Cove. Thanks
to their four partners — Maryland Port
Administration, National Aquarium,
Living Classrooms Foundation,
and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS) — I explored conservation,
environmental, state and federal
spaces. A special thanks to The Links,
Incorporated and Brown Advisory for
their investment in youths such as
myself in achieving our dreams,” said
Irvin Bonsu. “Some of my personal
highlights included the Jonestown tour,
the National Aquarium’s fabrication
lab Patuxent Research Refuge Visitor
lab, Patuxent Research Refuge Visitor
Center, and the warming environmental
campus at Masonville Cove. This
experience has been a very enriching
and powerful statement on the need
for more environmental awareness,
integration in life and justice.”
Participants also provided impor-
tant support for community events at
Masonville Cove and considered the
opportunity to join the growing Friends of
Masonville Cove group, finding a home at
Masonville Cove for years to come.
The 2024 Masonville Cove Links
WildSTEM summer interns are college
students majoring in architecture,
education, biology and management
information systems.
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MARINE SOLUTIONS FOR OVER MARINE SOLUTIONS FOR OVER
100 YEARS 100 YEARS
Subaqueous
Pipeline
Construction
Submarine
Dredging Marine
Cable
Installation
Structures
& Facilities
Breakwalls
&
Revetments
Scott Dauphinais
sdauphinais@kokosing.biz | 240.581.9582
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