A Summer Internship at Tremont…

A summer season at Tremont is unlike anything you’ll experience anywhere else. Our twelve-acre campus is encompassed by a 520,000-acre playground. Hence working at Tremont also means calling a National Park home for a summer. Our classroom consists of over 900 miles of hiking trails, 2000 miles of cool mountain streams, and the most biologically diverse temperate forest in North America.

Our summer programs alternate weekly between camps for child and youth and programs designed specifically for adults. Occasionally children and adults will attend simultaneously, such as during Family Camp. College groups also enliven the atmosphere. No two weeks of the ten-week season are exactly alike.

Much is expected from our summer interns. Along with the rest of our staff, they are the heart and soul of our summer camps. Work hours are long and unpredictable. Programs generally run Monday-Saturday, sometimes longer, sometimes shorter. Interns and other summer staff live on site, sleep in our dormitory, and eat in our dining hall (where the food is honestly pretty great).

The rewards of a successful internship at Tremont are numerous. One can expect to form a close bond with campers and fellow staff. To deepen one’s connection with nature by working outdoors on a daily basis. To grow emotionally, intellectually and professionally in a rigorous but caring work environment. And most important of all, to have influenced the next generation of citizens and environmental educators by helping children connect with nature.

Jeremy Lloyd
Summer Camp Director

 

Environmental Education Summer Intern Position
Position Announcement & Description

 

LEADERSHIP

“Naturalist evening programs, supervising campers, and co-leading backpacking trips were all aspects of my summer internship position. Through these activities, I gained a great sense of place for Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Dealing with kids, learning group dynamics, and keeping participants engaged in worthwhile activities were the most significant parts of my learning experience at Tremont. Being in a position like this, where everyone looks to you for leadership, is a fundamental quest that I will continue to pursue in my future academics and citizenship.”

Will Tarleton
Junior, Warren Wilson College
2006 Environmental Education Summer Intern

 

TEAMWORK

“My favorite time this summer had to be the staff hike to Chimney Tops. We’d just finished two weeks of training in preparation for the next eight weeks of summer. It was so nice to place that on the back burner for the weekend and go out for a pleasant hike together. The view was magnificent and to have experienced that with the people who would be a big part of my life for the rest of the summer was touching and memorable. Because of that excursion together, I felt better about being new here, and that I could trust these people and would be able to make tons of memories that would last forever.”

Shannon Cooper
Junior, Slippery Rock University
2007 Environmental Education Summer Intern

 

LIFE LESSONS

“One of the most valuable experiences I had this summer was during Hiking Week. It was the company I was with that made it an awesome experience. I gained so much insight and life wisdom just by talking to older folks, and I was inspired by how determined they were to keep hiking, to climb a daunting hill, and to express fascination in a wildflower or tree. I realized that I need to slow down sometimes and appreciate things along the trail rather than hiking fast just to get finished. Slowing down in that literal sense is important, but also metaphorically, for life. There is so much to be learned and experienced, there are so many people to interact with. So many wildflowers and snails living close to the ground that deserve to be appreciated.”

Emilee Mroz
Senior, St. Lawrence University
2007 Environmental Education Summer Intern