Meet PhD Research Fellow Terin Mayer
By Julia Weimer Meet Terin Mayer – a PhD Research Fellow at Freshwater focused on groundwater governance with a fascinating story. Read what he has to say about his journey … Read more
Intern
Meet Freshwater Intern Tali Berkman
By Julia Weimer Talia (Tali) Berkman became a Freshwater intern in January 2022. Throughout her internship, Tali worked primarily on the Adopt a River program to implement effective communication strategies … Read more
Meet IREX Fellow Eddy Andrango
By Julia Weimer Edison (Eddy) Andrango belongs to the Kichwa Otavalo Indigenous group in the north of Ecuador, located in the Andes mountains, two hours north of the capital, Quito. … Read more
A Watery Blue GreenCorps Experience
Alex Van Loh is one of Freshwater’s longest-serving employees. When he started as a Minnesota GreenCorps member in September 2015, Alex never imagined his time at Freshwater would start him … Read more
Meet Research and Policy intern Bri Jol
Bri Jol joined Freshwater’s research and policy team in February 2022 with expertise in biology, environmental studies, geographic information systems, communications, organizing, and fire-fighting! Oh my! Throughout her time with Freshwater, … Read more
From intern to staff member
Today we’re featuring Lila Franklin, who joined Freshwater in December 2019 as a program intern. Her internship continued until January 2021, when she became a program associate.
How an internship helped define career goals
Today we’re featuring Olivia Forsheé, a Freshwater intern and Macalester student. Olivia is majoring in environmental studies and minoring in psychology, and is in her final year of college. She began interning with Freshwater in September, and she’s another fully remote Freshwater intern.
Meet Julia
Julia Weimer is another current intern at Freshwater, helping with communications projects. Julia went to high school in Woodbury and split her college time between the universities of Colorado and … Read more
Freshwater’s freshest interns
Freshwater’s latest and youngest interns, high schoolers Winner Soe and Lala Vang, spent the summer of 2021 learning all about Minnesota groundwater with Freshwater Research and Policy Director Carrie Jennings. The Minnesota Groundwater Association funded this internship to give young, diverse students an opportunity to explore the field of groundwater research and conservation and to increase awareness of potential career paths.