Internships
You can create an internship at any institution that is willing to host you and that a faculty member agrees to oversee. The following places have expressed an interest in partnering with UMaine students for HTY 597 course credit. They might be the best places to start!
1) Bangor Museum and Center for History
Contact: Michael Melochick, Executive Director
Email: info@bangorhistoricalsociety.org; Telephone: 207-942-1900
2) Bangor Public Library
Contact: Greta Schroeder, Local History and Special Collections Librarian
Email: greta.schroeder@bangorpubliclibrary.org; Telephone: 207-947-8336, ext. 106
3) Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan
Contact: Chris O’Brien, Executive Director
Email: cobrien@mcslibrary.org; Telephone: 207-474-7133
4) Penobscot Maritime Museum, Searsport
Contact: Jeana Ganskop, Education Director
Email: jganskop@pmm-maine.org, 207-548-2529 ext. 213
5) Penobscot Theatre, Bangor
Contact: Amy Roeder, Director of Education
Email: amy@penobscottheatre.org; Telephone: (207) 947-6618 ext. 107; Website: https://www.penobscottheatre.org/volunteer/
6) Special Collections, Fogler Library, UMaine, Orono
Contact: Greg Curtis, Head of Special Collections
Email: gregory.t.curtis@maine.edu; Telephone: 207-581-1688
7) Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation, Holden, Maine
Contact: Amanda Larson, Executive Director
Email: director@masoniccharitablefoundation.org; Telephone: 207-843-1086
8) Cole Land Transportation Museum, Bangor, Maine (2025)
Contact: Jennifer Munson, Director, please
Email: jmunson@colemuseum.org
Please send your Resume/CV to Jennifer by March 15th, 2025. Please include your tentative availability and if you have Summer Federal Work Study.