Sun Journal reports on student’s work in Maine Government Summer Internship Program
The Sun Journal reported on Farmington resident Emily Rice’s participation in the Maine Government Summer Internship Program. Rice spent 12 weeks working for the Maine Department of Labor’s Research and Statistics Division in the Bureau of Labor Standards as the records keeping assistant, according to the article. Rice, a political science and history major at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, worked on projects ranging from conducting surveys, data collection, editing reports, sorting documents and photos, and writing government reports, the article states. The Maine State Government Internship Program combines paid work experience with education. Administered by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, it is a collaboration involving the Office of the Governor, Maine Bureau of Human Resources and other state government agencies.