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The Karen
Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue
and Rehabilitation
Center
Internship Program  An internship offers students the opportunity to work hands on with endangered and threatened sea turtles.
Summer Internships
are a minimum of twelve weeks
Housing is provided for the twelve week program Internships are not limited to summer.
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SUMMER INTERNS 2011
 Front:
Amanda Carr, Zoe Goldstone,Taylor Hersh,
Amanda Tanquay
Back: Ken Baughman, Alex Wöhling, Charles Lynch Amanda
Carr
School:
University of North Florida, Sophomore
Major:
Biology, Pre-Vet.
Minor:
Marine Biology
This
little ray of Florida sunshine likes to break out in dance randomly,
and song if you're lucky. She first began her work at the Karen Beasley
Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center as a junior intern in 2009.
She is especially fond of Gillis, a little kemps ridley who was the
2011 interns first admit of the summer. Amanda and Gillis enjoy
exchanging funny faces as Gillis receives his daily treatment. Amanda
wants to be a small animal veterinarian, but hopes to remain involved
in the wonderful world of sea turtles.
Ken Baughman School: Principia College, Senior Major: Environmental Studies and Graphic Design. Ken and Ranger bonded on Ken's
first day at the hospital, he enjoys giving Ranger long luxurious back
scratches and watching Ranger wiggle in delight. He immediately made
friends at the intern house when he unpacked his rice cooker. Ken hopes
to have a chance to work on his watercolors and design work in between
soapy baths and tours. He aspires to one day combine his interest in
design and sea turtles to benefit mankind.
Zoe Goldstone Major:
Environmental Biology
Minor:
Psychology/Animal Behavior
When Zoe
says she likes long walks on the beach she isn't kidding. She enjoys
walking the beach in the morning while looking for turtle tracks and
nests. She has had a passion for marine wildlife since she was very
young, but at the intern house she is the resident expert on all things
X-men and comic book related. When she isn't spoiling the turtles with
back starches, Zoe can be seen reading Harry Potter and exploring the
intern house's Goosebumps collection. Zoe hopes to one day witness an
Arribada and to work in wildlife rehabilitation and conservation.
Taylor Hersh School: Carnegie Mellon University, Sophomore Major: Biology and Psychology Before Taylor moved into the
intern house she had the rest of the interns convinced she was Taylor
Swift. Although Taylor is not the world wide pop sensation that she led
everyone to believe and the closest thing she gets to platinum is her
hair, she is an avid lover of Glee, gummies, and loggerheads. She is
especially fond of Freeman and Oceans 11. Taylor is fluent in English
and Whale and hopes to one day use her linguistic abilities to work in
conservation with North Atlantic Right Whales. Regardless of her
aspirations, the interns will always see her as the pop culture guru of
the house and T-Swift impersonator that she truly is.
Charlie Lynch Pennsylvania State University Senior Major - Community, Environment, and Development Charlie has been with the
Sea
Turtle hospital since the summer of 2007. As the lead intern he gets
very excited whenever the new interns grasp a new vital concept at the
hospital, especially when it comes to the water system. When he’s not
spoiling Lefty (or Leftasaurus) he is tinkering with his yellow
Franken-bike and enjoying the beach because it is wet in some spots and
dry in others. He enjoys playing the sax and accidentally leaving his
facebook open at the intern house.
" This is a place where dinosaurs come to get better, where great strides are made with tiny steps, and where all you need to really succeed is a roll of duct tape and a bucket" charles lynch Amanda Tanguay School:
University of New Hampshire, Graduate
Major:
Zoology
After
straying slightly during her first couple years of college, Amanda
found her way back to her true passion in life, the care and
preservation of animals. A native to the North, Amanda is working hard
on her Southern accent while the enduring ridicule from her fellow
interns in slightly mocking mimics. When she is not at the hospital
cutting squid or feeding her new "project" Durham, she enjoys lounging
on the beach, catching a few rays, and using her detective reasoning
skills while reading encyclopedias. She knew she was exactly where she
wanted and needed to be when she and the other interns witnessed their
first mother loggerhead laying her nest, and unbelievable experience.Alex Wöhling
School: University of Aberdeen,
Scotland, Junior
Major: Environmental
Science
Alex finally joined the 2011 interns, from across the big blue. A citizen of Germany, but having lived in Durham, NC, Alex found the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital and is lucky that he did. He spends a lot of time in our ICU caring for our newest patients, ICie and Major. His hobbies include rowing and cooking delicious German inspired dishes for the native interns. |
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with Wednesday afternoon and Sunday free. A daily schedule always includes morning food and vitamin preparation, and feeding of all sea turtles in residence. Feeding is followed by cleaning the tanks and providing care to the individual sea turtles as needed. This might involve medical procedures, special feeding elements and medication administration. Five days per week the center is open to visitors, two hours
in the
afternoon. Some days will also include beach survey work early in the
morning,
locating and identifying sea turtle tracks, and the relocation of nests
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Permanent Address School address Phone number email address Name of School Length of Internship desired and; Dates available. |
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Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center; and what your expectations are of the experience. |
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One from a community leader (i.e. scout ,church, civic). |
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Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center PO Box 3012 Topsail Beach, NC 28445 |
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