Student applications for the Summer & Fall 2025 have closed.

The Career Exploration Internship Program is a paid program hosted by the Career & Employment Hub. These internships allow students to directly apply their classroom learning and build on-the-job skills in a professional setting. ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ student interns gain valuable workplace experience and make connections in their field.

Students have the opportunity to apply for internships at Maine community partners. Student interns complete a minimum of 120 hours of work (min. 10 and max. 20 hours/week) over the course of a semester and are paid $18.50/hour. To be eligible, students must: 

  • Be matriculated at USM as full-time or part-time student
  • Have at least a 2.7 overall GPA and a minimum of 30 credits prior to the internship
  • Commit to the >120 hours and 10-20 hours/week outlined above
  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US (international students on F-1 visas may apply) 

The Career Exploration Internship Program supports USM students from all backgrounds in building on their prior education, life experience, and skills through meaningful internship opportunities. All students who meet the above eligibility criteria are encouraged to apply.

Detailed information for students regarding the Career Exploration Internship Program can be found here.

For questions, please contact hubinterns@maine.edu

Program Timeline


February 3 –
March 13
 March 13
First-round interviews with Career & Employment HubMarch 24 –
April 7
Second-round interviews with host sites April 14 – 25
Internship matches announcedMay 6
Summer internships startMay 19
Summer internships endAugust 29
Fall internships startSeptember 2
Fall internships endDecember 19
For more information, please contact hubinterns@maine.edu

Applications for this program are being accepted through 11:59pm on Thursday, March 13th, 2025.

Applicants must complete ALL FOUR REQUIRED STEPS IN ORDER before the deadline:

1. Decide which positions you’d like to apply for (no more than 3).

2. Fill out and submit to indicate your intent to apply.

3. Meet with a and bring a laptop to your meeting to:

    a) Develop/review your resume
    b) Develop/review one cover letter tailored to each position (no more than 3)

**We strongly recommend planning ahead to book your appointment with the Peer Career Guides before the deadline. Although they offer appointments every weekday, please book with them AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to ensure you meet with them before the deadline.**

***UPDATE 3/11: All Peer Career Guide appointments are now full. If you would still like to apply, please submit your resume and cover letter(s) by the deadline using the resume and cover letter guidance on this page. ***

4. Email your resume and cover letter(s) to hubinterns@maine.edu IN PDF FORMAT.

Note: completing this application does not guarantee that you will be matched with an internship through the program.

Advanced Technologies for Forestry and Agriculture

Growing to Give –

Stone Farm –

Aquaculture and Marine Technology

Aphrodite Oysters LLC –

Bangs Island Mussels –

Kelson Marine Co. –

Arts

Center for Maine Contemporary Art –

George Marshall Store Gallery –

Indigo Arts Alliance –

Indigo Arts Alliance –

Janna Ahrndt, New Media Artist –

Lights Out Gallery –

Mill Pond Ceramics Studio –

Ogunquit Museum of American Art –

Opera Maine –

Portland Pottery –

Biotechnology

Advanced Instruments –

IDEXX –

IDEXX –

IDEXX –

Marin Skincare –

Environmental Technology

2nd Harvest Partnership –

Environmental and Energy Technology Council of Maine –

Orange Bike Brewing Company –

Humanities

Bristol Seafood LLC –

City of Biddeford –

House of Languages –

Victoria Mansion –

Information Technology

Gorham School Department –

IDEXX –

ReVision Energy –

ScanPower –

ScanPower –

SlicPix Inc. –

SoulBeing –

VividCloud –

Nonprofits

Biodiversity Research Institute –

Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine –

Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine –

Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine –

Cultivating Community –

Democracy Maine –

Educate Maine –

Healthy Acadia –

Hope Acts –

Iris Network –

Ketcha Outdoors –

Kinonik –

Lake Region and Fryeburg Area Adult Education –

LearningWorks AfterSchool –

Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce –

Maine Food Convergence Project –

Maine International Trade Center –

Maine Mobile Health Program –

Maine Timber Research and Environmental Education Foundation (Maine TREE) –

MHIR Lyme and Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory –

Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program –

New England Arab American Organization –

New England Arab American Organization –

New England Arab American Organization –

Portland Buy Local –

Portland Housing Authority –

Portland Public Schools –

Root Cellar –

Root Cellar –

Special Olympics Maine –

Special Olympics Maine –

STRIVE –

STRIVE –

Sweetser –

Sweetser –

Sweetser –

Sweetser –

Telling Room –

Trinity Jubilee Center –

Trinity Jubilee Center –

Trinity Jubilee Center –

United Way of Mid Coast Maine –

United Youth Empowerment Services –

WindowDressers –

World Affairs Council of Maine –

World Affairs Council of Maine –

Precision Manufacturing Technology

ELMET Technologies –

Green Gean’s LLC –

Green Gean’s LLC –

IDEXX –

IDEXX –

LaCasse & Weston –

LaCasse & Weston –

LaCasse & Weston –

Muskie Resiliency Internships, a Maine Climate Corps Program

These internships are designed for Muskie School of Public Service students who have completed coursework on community resilience building and sustainability planning. Interns will enhance their skills, developing adaptive management expertise while also supporting Maine’s climate efforts and local organizations’ resilience needs.

Camoin Associates –

City of Saco –

Friends of the Presumpscot River –

Grandy Organics LLC –

Maine Aquaculture Association –

Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center –

Midcoast Council of Governments –

Sunrise County Economic Council –

Thompson Lake Environmental Association (TLEA) –

Advanced Technologies for Forestry and Agriculture

Maine Timber Research and Environmental Education Foundation (Maine TREE) –

Aquaculture and Marine Technology

Aphrodite Oysters LLC –

Bangs Island Mussels –

Kelson Marine Co. –

Pelagic Fisheries Lab –

Arts

Center for Maine Contemporary Art –

Indigo Arts Alliance –

Indigo Arts Alliance –

Janna Ahrndt, New Media Artist –

Lights Out Gallery –

Mill Pond Ceramics Studio –

Ogunquit Museum of American Art –

Opera Maine –

Portland Pottery –

Biotechnology

Advanced Instruments –

IDEXX –

IDEXX –

IDEXX –

MaineHealth Institute for Research –

Marin Skincare –

Environmental Technology

2nd Harvest Partnership –

Environmental and Energy Technology Council of Maine –

Maine Timber Research and Environmental Education Foundation (Maine TREE) –

Orange Bike Brewing Company –

Humanities

Bristol Seafood LLC –

City of Biddeford –

Community Social Services –

House of Languages –

Victoria Mansion –

Information Technology

IDEXX –

Maine Connectivity Authority –

SlicPix Inc –

SoulBeing –

VividCloud –

Nonprofits

Biodiversity Research Institute –

Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine –

Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine –

Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine –

Democracy Maine –

Hope Acts –

Iris Network –

Iris Network –

Iris Network –

Lake Region and Fryeburg Area Adult Education –

LearningWorks AfterSchool –

Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce –

Maine Food Convergence Project –

Maine International Trade Center –

Maine Mobile Health Program –

MaineHealth Food Pantry Portland –

MHIR Lyme and Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory –

Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program –

New England Arab American Organization –

New England Arab American Organization –

New England Arab American Organization –

Portland Buy Local –

Portland Housing Authority –

Root Cellar –

Root Cellar –

Special Olympics Maine –

STRIVE –

STRIVE –

Sweetser –

Sweetser –

Sweetser –

Sweetser –

Telling Room –

Telling Room –

Trinity Jubilee Center –

Trinity Jubilee Center –

United Way of Mid Coast Maine –

United Youth Empowerment Services –

WindowDressers –

World Affairs Council of Maine –

World Affairs Council of Maine –

Precision Manufacturing Technology

ELMET Technologies –

Green Gean’s LLC –

Green Gean’s LLC –

IDEXX –

IDEXX –

LaCasse & Weston –

LaCasse & Weston –

LaCasse & Weston –

Muskie Resiliency Internships, a Maine Climate Corps Program

These internships are designed for Muskie School of Public Service students who have completed coursework on community resilience building and sustainability planning. Interns will enhance their skills, developing adaptive management expertise while also supporting Maine’s climate efforts and local organizations’ resilience needs.

Friends of the Presumpscot River –

Midcoast Council of Governments –

The Career Exploration Internship Program is a USM-funded internship program hosted by the Career & Employment Hub. 

To support the workforce needs of Maine, USM sponsors project- and research-based internships in industries and businesses in a range of fields. These internships allow students to directly apply their classroom learning and build on-the-job skills in a professional setting. Student interns gain valuable workplace experience and make connections in their field.

Becoming a host site for a Career Exploration student intern offers the host site community partner the opportunity to connect with, guide, and evaluate talent that may contribute to your business.

For more information, please contact Lindsey Freeman at lindsey.w.freeman@maine.edu or at (207) 228-8268. 

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Current Internship Host Sites

Support for this program comes from the Maine Economic Improvement Fund, and from the Harold Alfond Foundation as part of .