The first of its kind at USC, the President’s Sustainability Internship Program connects students with co-curricular learning opportunities that advance university sustainability. Beyond the deliverables that interns produce through their individual positions, the goal of this paid internship program is to build a community of students who come away better equipped to advocate for sustainability at USC and beyond.
Throughout the academic year, the full cohort of interns are brought together to build community, share knowledge across their different project teams, and gain the skills to grow as sustainability champions.
Applications for the 2024-2025 cohort of the President’s Sustainability Internship Program are now closed. Please stay tuned to the Supdate, @GreenUSC Instagram account, or the Office of Sustainability email newsletter for announcements about future internship opportunities.
Meet the 2023-2024 Cohort
Alexa Avila | Social Media Content Manager Intern | Alexa creates content and strategizes ways to grow the social media presence of the Office of Sustainability. |
Alison Chen | Sustainability Data Intern | Alison assists in mapping USC research and curriculum to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as well as creating dashboards to display these data in an interactive manner and contributing code and data to the Assignment: Earth dashboard. |
Ankita Gupta | Scope 3 Emissions Intern | Ankita is completing an assessment of USC’s purchasing-related scope 3 emissions and developing a proposal for a related reduction goal. |
Arian Tomar | Video Production Intern | Arian creates various educational and promotional videos to increase awareness and engagement. |
Cheska Pangilinan | Sustainability Hub Programming and Events Intern | Cheska helps run the Sustainability Hub by greeting guests and educating them about sustainability at USC, as well as supporting events and programming happening in the Hub. |
Ciara Anderson | Sustainability Hub Programming and Events Intern | Ciara helps run the Sustainability Hub by greeting guests and educating them about sustainability at USC, as well as supporting events and programming happening in the Hub. |
Elisa Xia | Sustainability Hub Programming and Events Intern | Elisa helps run the Sustainability Hub by greeting guests and educating them about sustainability at USC, as well as supporting events and programming happening in the Hub. |
Jerrod Rabenbauer | Investment Responsibility Intern | Jerrod supports USC’s Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility, performing research on a variety of responsible investment practices and matters relating to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). |
Lila Aspin | USC Peace Garden and Events Intern | Lila supports engagement initiatives and efforts to transform an unused space into a garden to be used for education, research and programs serving the community. |
Lillian Wei | Facilities Dashboard Intern | Lillian supports FPM by updating and maintaining energy usage dashboards. |
Mia Fong | Embodied Carbon Intern | Mia works on modeling the embodied carbon of the existing physical campuses. |
Mikayla Hisamoto | USC Peace Garden and Events Intern | Mikayla supports efforts to transform an unused space into a garden to be used for education, research and programs serving the community. |
Olivia Heffernan | Senior USC Peace Garden and Events Intern | Olivia supports efforts to transform an unused space into a garden to be used for education, research and programs serving the community. |
Sage Wheeler | Student Sustainability Communications Council Intern | Sage works with student groups and campus partners to create the tools and processes necessary for effective communication of sustainability updates and opportunities. |
Soulenne Githumbi | Sustainability Hub Programming and Events Intern | Soulenne helps run the Sustainability Hub by greeting guests and educating them about sustainability at USC, as well as supporting events and programming happening in the Hub. |
Xinyi Zhang | Assignment: Earth Data Analyst | Xinyi collects and visualizes data related to our Assignment Earth Goals and creates content in our Asgmt: Earth Dashboard in PowerBI. |