{"id":54346,"date":"2025-01-09T22:51:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T19:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/port-of-oakland-kicks-off-2025-paid-internships\/54346\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T22:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T19:51:47","slug":"port-of-oakland-kicks-off-2025-paid-internships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/port-of-oakland-kicks-off-2025-paid-internships\/54346\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Oakland kicks off 2025 paid Internships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<p><strong><em>The Port of Oakland is excited to announce the kick-off of its 2025 paid Summer College Internship Program.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Qualified applicants can competitively apply for summer internships in a variety of professional fields at the Port including Aviation, Communications, Engineering, Environmental Programs &amp; Planning, Governmental Affairs, Human Resources, Technology &amp; Innovation, Legal, Maritime Logistics, and Utilities.<\/p>\n<p>The Port has proudly supported internship opportunities for college students for nearly 20 years. The program has been specifically designed to give college students a first-hand experience of working at one of the nation&#8217;s busiest ports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Port\u2019s College Internship Program is designed to provide meaningful, hands-on experiences that help students grow both professionally and personally, while contributing to a dynamic organization that supports the success of our region,\u201d said Matt Davis, Port of Oakland Chief Public Engagement Officer.<\/p>\n<p>The application deadline is Monday, February 24, 2025 at 5 p.m. PT. The Summer College Internship Program runs from Monday, June 9, 2025 through Friday, August 15, 2025. Qualifications include a minimum GPA of 2.75 and summer residency in one of the nine Bay Area counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma).<\/p>\n<p>The selected interns will gain a comprehensive understanding of the Port\u2019s four business lines \u2013 Aviation, Maritime, Commercial Real Estate, and Utilities \u2013 with intern activities such as meeting the Board of Port Commissioners, a Governmental Affairs roundtable with local elected officials, and brown-bag conversations with Port leaders. Interns will also participate in exclusive tours of the Oakland Airport (OAK) and the Seaport.<\/p>\n<p>For more detailed information about the available Port of Oakland summer internship program opportunities, please visit <a class=\"fr-green\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portofoakland.com\/internships\/\"><strong><em>https:\/\/www.portofoakland.com\/internships\/<\/em><\/strong><\/a> or email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritimeprofessional.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"1162647c7c7463787f6574637f6279786151617e63657e707a7d707f753f727e7c\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a> with questions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Port of Oakland is excited to announce the kick-off of its 2025 paid Summer College Internship Program. Qualified applicants can competitively apply for summer internships in a variety of professional fields at the Port including Aviation, Communications, Engineering, Environmental Programs &amp; Planning, Governmental Affairs, Human Resources, Technology &amp; Innovation, Legal, Maritime Logistics, and Utilities. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/54347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}