Students who think they would enjoy an outdoor career complete with benefits may be interested in learning about the National Park Service ProRanger Program.
Information sessions for the program will be at 10 a.m., noon and 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 218 of the nursing and allied health complex.
The service is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Interior and is responsible for staffing 391 national parks, which collectively receive more than 275 million visitors each year.
Through a partnership with this college, the park service will offer students an opportunity to complete a two-year, academic and internship-based intake program.
Frank Francis, director of the law enforcement academy, said,
“It involves degree-seeking students who upon graduation will be eligible to work full time for the NPS.”
A position for an on-campus representative employed by the park service is open.
Francis said the program is scheduled to start in the spring semester but may be delayed if the position has not been filled.
Applicants to the program must be enrolled full time.
Click here for complete program eligibility information.
The site also details requirements for participation in the program.
For more information on the National Park Service, click here.
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