Paid Internship with the Environmental Protection Agency

On September 24 and 25, the Environmental Protection Agency will be on campus at DePaul to interview for its Student Career Experience Program (SCEP). SCEP is designed to provide students with paid work experience that compliments their academic program, and to introduce them to Federal government career opportunities. Upon completion of the required number of work hours, and graduation, students become eligible for direct hire into the Federal government for the type of position for which they have trained.

I will be conducting an Information Session about SCEP opportunities on September 24 at 5 PM at the North Cafe on the 11th floor at 1 East Jackson Boulevard. The Information Session is open to all interested students and faculty. Interviews will be held at the Career Center on September 25. Students may apply through the online Career Center website or by emailing me at miller.roberta@epa.gov. More information is available through the Career Center or on the EPA website at

http://www.epa.gov/careers/stuopp.html#oecascep.

Requirements for SCEP are: U. S. Citizen

Minimum 2.95 GPA on a 4.0 scale

Enrolled at least half-time in a degree-granting program and in good academic standing

Recommended by the university (faculty recommendation)

Basic background investigation

Individual opportunities may require specific majors or additional qualifications.

During the past 5 years that EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) has sponsored opportunities in this program, over 80 students have participated in this program. Recently several other program offices at EPA Headquarters -- the Office of Pollution Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and the Office of Environmental Information -- have partnered with OECA to expand the opportunities available to students.

All participants have exceeded the academic requirements of the program. We pride ourselves in the ethnic and geographic diversity as well as the high quality of our applicants. We select the institutions where we recruit based on those factors. To date, over 60% of our participating students have received offers of permanent employment with the Agency upon graduation and an additional 25% received offers from other Federal agencies. We expect this percentage to increase as more and more of the participants graduate and as more parts of EPA adopt this program.

I have attached job announcements that are applicable to your students as well as a poster announcing our on-campus visit. I would appreciate your publicizing this opportunity EPA is offering through our on-campus visit to your students.

The Federal Government -- and this program -- provide many employment opportunities for liberal arts students.

Please do not hesitate to contact me at (202) 564-4116 or at miller.roberta@epa.gov if you have questions. I look forward to working with you to provide opportunities here at EPA for outstanding DePaul students.

(See attached file: depaul poster.pdf) (See attached file: eps FLYER2.doc)(See attached file: PROGRAM ANALYST FLYER2.doc)

Roberta Miller

Director, SCEP Program

Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training

202-564-4116/202-501-0599 fax