New This Year
Among the 2009 interns were two program alumni, now university undergraduate students, making a return visit to Scripps Florida as college interns. One of them was University of Florida student Margia Ferrer (pictured here), who first interned at Scripps Florida in 2006.
"For high school students, the hands-on intern program offers a window into what professional scientific research is all about," said Deborah Leach-Scampavia, the education and outreach administrator for Scripps Florida. "For our two undergraduate interns, this was a more rigorous experience, closer to the work they might do as graduate students. We hope that the return of these two former high school interns will help establish a legacy program at Scripps Florida."