Geography senior Jacqueline Karsten is one of only 11 students worldwide to be accepted as a fall 2008 intern at the National Geographic Society.
Karsten, a native of Mankato, will work for four months at the Education and Children’s Division in the National Geographic Society’s Washington, D.C., headquarters beginning in August 2008.
Karsten has used her Geography major and Art minor to develop expertise in cartography (the science and art of map-making) and photography. As a National Geographic intern she will combine her academic training with her love of education by designing and making maps, graphics and curricular materials for Geographic Society publications and electronic media used by children and K-12 educators.
“This is indeed an honor for Jackie, for the Geography and Art Departments, and for the University,” said Geography Department Chair Donald Friend. “She is only the second such intern from Minnesota State Mankato. We are very proud of her and her accomplishments.”
Karsten’s academic advisor, Geography faculty member Ginger Schmid, said “Jackie is one of our most enthusiastic and devoted students. It is wonderful that she has been chosen as a National Geographic intern. I know she will do well.”
Karsten said the National Geographic internship opportunity is “my dream come true.”
“I love to learn. I love to share that knowledge with others,” Karsten said. “I have a passion for photography, so I’m hoping to incorporate my love of science and the arts in my career. The National Geographic internship means my dreams are within reach even more so than before.”
She is an honors student who recently was nominated for the 2008 Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. After her internship, Karsten plans to pursue a doctorate in Geography.
The National Geographic Society is one of the world’s largest nonprofit educational and scientific organizations.
The Society’s Education and Children’s Programs motivate and enable children to be geographically literate, offering geography learning opportunities for young people in and out of the classroom, online resources for students and teachers, and national teacher training. It also supports a grassroots network of state teacher alliances. The National Geographic Bee, a nationwide contest, attracts nearly 5 million fourth-through eighth-graders each year.
Minnesota State Mankato’s Geography Department offers bachelors and master’s degrees and geographic information science certificates, educating students in a full range of emerging technologies and regional geographic understanding. The department includes one of the nation’s finest Geographic Information Science training facilities, where students learn about and analyze complex global and local issues.
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