{"id":207967,"date":"2024-12-17T12:37:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=207967"},"modified":"2024-12-17T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:31:17","slug":"akamai-internship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/17\/akamai-internship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u02bbi students needed: Apply now for STEM<\/abbr> workforce internship"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Akamai Internship Program<\/a>, a cornerstone of the Akamai Workforce Initiative, is opening doors for college students from Hawaiʻi<\/span> to explore career opportunities in STEM<\/abbr> (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields while contributing to the state\u2019s growing high-tech industry.<\/p>\n

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Applications for the summer 2025 session are now open<\/a>, offering students a chance to earn course credits at University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> while gaining hands-on experience at observatories, tech companies, and research facilities across Hawaiʻi<\/span> Island, Maui, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. The program is open to students enrolled in any UH campus, as well as those that are from Hawai\u02bbi studying on the U.S. continent.<\/p>\n

“The Akamai Program focuses on getting local students into local high-tech jobs\u2014especially with astronomy and space employers. Many kamaʻāina<\/span> (native-born) students study out of state for their undergraduate programs. The program gives them a connection with employers and they gain the skills, experience, and network to land a rewarding job at home,” said Lisa Hunter, director of the Akamai Workforce Initiative. “With a 25-year history, we now have hundreds of alumni employed across the islands.”<\/p>\n

Stipends, mentor matching<\/h2>\n

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The program runs from June 1 to August 8, 2025, offering interns a $4,400 stipend, housing (if needed), and travel support. Participants are matched with mentors in their field and complete a one-week preparatory course at 东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo before embarking on their projects. The summer culminates with a public symposium where interns present their work.<\/p>\n

Local students needed <\/h2>\n

Akamai\u2019s focus on local talent is clear: 80% of interns are either graduates of local high schools or are currently enrolled at a 东精影业<\/abbr> campus, and the program actively seeks to increase participation among underrepresented and underserved groups in STEM<\/abbr>. To date, 37% of alumni are women, 23% are Native Hawaiian, and 47% are from underrepresented minority groups.<\/p>\n

Led by the Institute for Scientist and Engineer Educators (ISEE<\/abbr>) at the University of California Observatories in partnership with 东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo and the 东精影业<\/abbr> Institute for Astronomy (IfA<\/abbr>), the program has supported more than 500 interns since its inception in 2003. Nearly 90% of alumni have continued their STEM<\/abbr> studies or successfully transitioned into STEM<\/abbr> careers, with many contributing directly to Hawaiʻi<\/span>\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n

STEM<\/abbr> opportunities<\/h2>\n

Interns in recent years have been placed at many Hawaiʻi<\/span> Island firms including Canada-France-Hawaiʻi<\/span> Telescope, Hawaiʻi<\/span> Electric Light Company, Gemini North Observatory, Liquid Robotics, Smithsonian Submillimeter Array, Academia Sinica Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Subaru Telescope, IfA<\/abbr>, U.S. Department of Agriculture and W. M. Keck Observatory.<\/p>\n

Maui placements have included Air Force Research Laboratory, Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, KBR<\/abbr>, Maui High Performance Computing Center, Pacific Disaster Center and Privateer Space.<\/p>\n

Opportunities also extend to the University of California Observatories, where interns work on projects related to Hawaiʻi<\/span> telescopes.<\/p>\n

Akamai funders<\/h2>\n

Funded by organizations such as the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the National Science Foundation, the Akamai Internship Program continues to serve as a vital pipeline for Hawaiʻi<\/span>\u2019s STEM<\/abbr> workforce. Applications are due by February 7, 2025.<\/p>\n

For more information visit the Akamai Workforce Initiative website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The program runs from June 1 to August 8, 2025, and offers interns a $4,400 stipend, housing and travel support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[34,35,313,1164,14],"class_list":["post-207967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-astronomy","tag-institute-for-astronomy","tag-stem","tag-telescope","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207967"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208023,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207967\/revisions\/208023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}