PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Students majoring in fisheries biology at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s Department of Aquaculture/Fisheries have been participating in a variety of exciting internships this summer. The experiences include stints at the National Park Service, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Missouri Department of Conservation.

The students and the internships locations are as follows:

Candace Rodgers, senior, of Dallas, TX – National Oceanographic Atmospheric, Seattle, WA.

Leonardo Matthews, senior, of Bridgeport, CT – North Carolina State University/Puerto Rico
Department of Natural Resources, Rio Abajo, Puerto Rico.

Ryan Fletcher, junior, of Decatur, GA – National Park Service/Buffalo National River,
Harrison, AR.

Marvin Simmons, junior, of Marion, AR – Missouri Department of Conservation, Cape Girardeau, MO.

Brandon Warfield, junior, of Philadelphia, PA – Missouri Department of Conservation, Cape
Girardeau, MO.

Marty Mardis, junior, of San Antonio, TX – Missouri Department of Conservation, Warsaw,
MO.

Barakah Jamison, junior, of Brunwick, GA – Missouri Department of Conservation, Branson,
MO.

Bryan Paul, senior, of Rison, AR – Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Centerton, AR.

Elliott Kittel, senior, of Marion, NC – National Park Service/Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, Gatlinburg, TN.

William Simmons, junior, of Marion, AR – U.S. Department of Agriculture - Animal Plant
Health Inspection Service - Wildlife Services, Stuttgart, AR.


Bobbie Crockett, Extension Specialist - Communications
School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff