For the first time ever, NOAA Office of Education’s undergraduate scholarship programs hosted virtual internships due to ongoing COVID-19 prevention efforts. While nothing can replace a summer spent tracking salmon in Alaska, monitoring coral reefs in Hawaiʻi, or working alongside meteorologists at a weather forecast office, scholars stepped up to the challenge and came away with a whirlwind of experiences that provided new knowledge, skills, and even moments of self-discovery. As one scholar, Adriana Muñoz, put it, “It has been an exciting roller coaster endured from the comfort of a small corner of my room.”
![EPP/MSI scholar Adriana Muñoz refers to her 2020 summer internship as an exciting roller coaster that she completed from the comfort of a corner in her room. Here, she shows a diagram of a drone that she developed a lightweight winch for during her internship. (Image credit: Adriana Muñoz ) EPP/MSI scholar Adriana Muñoz refers to her 2020 summer internship as an exciting roller coaster that she completed from the comfort of a corner in her room. Here, she shows a diagram of a drone that she developed a lightweight winch for during her internship.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2020/Aug/WorkSpace_NOAA_landscape.jpg?itok=K5E8vOvR)
EPP/MSI scholar Adriana Muñoz refers to her 2020 summer internship as an exciting roller coaster that she completed from the comfort of a corner in her room. Here, she shows a diagram of a drone that she developed a lightweight winch for during her internship. (Image credit: Adriana Muñoz )