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Interns
The
interns at Upstate Forever work on a multitude of tasks in various
areas. They are always willing and able to take on responsibility
and are a valuable asset to our organization. Whether they are
here just for the summer or for a longer term, we could not do
without them and love having them on our team!
Meet Our Summer 2007-2008 Interns! |
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Above From Left to Right: Kristin Feierabend, a Furman University undergraduate, and Chris Hnatin, a graduate student in City and Regional Planning at Clemson University. (Not pictured, Mary Hays Huguley, also a graduate student in the planning program at Clemson.) |
Meet Our Summer 2007 Interns! |
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Above From Left to Right: Mary Hays Huguley and Shea Airey |
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From Left to Right: Lawson Revan, Chris Tasich and Kristin Feierabend (not pictured: Christy Watson) |
You may remember some of our previous interns and wonder what
they are up to....
Meredith Walker
Where Is She Now? |
 Meredith Walker had just graduated from Washington and Lee University with a BA in
English when she returned home to Greenville for the summer of 2005 to intern with Upstate Forever.
She monitored and researched
conservation agreements for Upstate Forever’s Land Trust program, assisting with an ultimately successful application for funding
to the SC Conservation Bank.
After a stint backpacking through Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji, Meredith relocated to Washington, DC, where she is now Development Coordinator at The Wilderness Society, working with major donors and foundations. She says, “The mission of The Wilderness Society stood out to me immediately, and the staff’s passion and enthusiasm here was contagious,just as it was at Upstate Forever.”
Meredith adds, “During my internship, I learned how important and effective it is to bring several different interest groups together to identify,
inventory, and protect our most special places. We may have different ideas about how best to use open spaces, but, as is often the case, clear communication reveals that, in fact, we really share similar concerns.” |
Hal
Frampton:
Where
Is He Now?
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A native
of James Island, South Carolina, Hal Frampton worked with Upstate
Forever during his junior year at Furman
University. As a major in urban studies, political science,
and math-economics, Hal was keenly interested in the efficiency
of local
governments and their role in the economic aspects of growth
and land use. He was assigned the daunting task of identifying
the more than 100 special service districts in Greenville
County, mapping their boundaries and obtaining annual budgets
for each. Little did we know how difficult that would be!
Hal spent many hours contacting and visiting these districts
and researching their operations. His conclusion: “Our
system of local government is, to say the least, a hyperfragmented
quagmire. No wonder coordination and cooperation are so
difficult.”
After
graduating from Furman in 2002, Hal spent a year at the
National University of Ireland on a George J. Mitchell
Scholarship and earned a masters degree in geography. He
is currently in his third year of Yale Law School and hopes
to return to his home state one day to work on smart growth
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Katie
Dunson:
Where Is She Now? |
 Our
very first intern was Katie Dunson, a Spartanburg native
who worked here during the winter term of 1999 while a
senior at Furman University.
After
graduating from Furman, Katie obtained her law degree from
the University of South Carolina and now works with the
Gallivan, White & Boyd law firm in Greenville where
she concentrates in administrative law. She married David
Phipps in 2005.
Of
her time with us, Katie says, “It was a great experience.
I learned how important it is for us to protect our natural
resources and plan for growth.” |
Francis Gallivan
Where is he now? |
 After graduating from Dartmouth in 2001, Francis Gallivan returned home to Greenville and spent some time in the Upstate Forever office working on research and general office tasks. “At Upstate Forever, I learned about all kinds of important planning issues like green building, land preservation, and smart growth. For the first time I began to think about the possibility of shaping the places that I live, rather than simply inhabiting them,” Francis says. He later spent two years in London at a town planning consultancy. Francis is now completing his master’s degree in city planning at the University of California Berkeley and is volunteering long-distance on a writing project for Upstate Forever. He concludes, “If not for my time at Upstate Forever, I almost certainly wouldn’t be doing what I am now.”
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