Student research projects and internships are available for undergraduate and graduate college students wishing to learn about research and gain experience in public television. Students receive a specific number of school credits for conducting a research project or for completing an internship project per semester. The number of credits granted to a student is based on the specified course requirements of the school, which the student attends.

Students wanting more information about research projects and internships should contact Dr. María del Pilar Velásquez, Director of Educational Services.

Education Research and Senior Internship Projects

Rhode Island PBS History: Who Are We? was a college student research project conducted over two semesters in 2005-2006 under the supervision of Dr. Velásquez. This was the first student project that researched, organized, and presented the history of Rhode Island PBS in a timeline by decade.

The project required researching the history of public television; identifying key events and people relevant to WSBE's history; sorting through surviving records and photo archives; planning, scheduling and conducting interviews with key people; organizing all the information into a sensible chronology; writing the story.

Title: Rhode Island PBS History: Who Are We?
Year: 2005-2006
Student Name: Daisy García

Student Biography

Daisy García, graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Communication Studies from the University of Rhode Island. For two semesters between 2005-2006, Miss García researched and wrote Rhode Island PBS History: Who Are We?

During her college years, Miss García worked at the summer camp sponsored by the Autism Project of Rhode Island from 2004 to 2005. In the summer of 2005, she also interned at the Providence Center, serving a diverse group of adolescents with mental illness.

Miss García developed great interpersonal skills and attention to detail while working at URI Career Services and URI Feinstein Providence Campus Student Services, creating flyers for college sponsored events, and assisting students.

Currently, Miss García is working as a Case Manager in the Partial Hospital Program at the Providence Center. She is a native of the Dominican Republic with American citizenship.

Title: Rhode Island PBS History: Who Are We?
Year: 2006
Student Name: Michael Lickwar

Student Biography

Michael Lickwar graduated from Connecticut College in 2005 and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology with a concentration in Latin American studies. During the first half of 2006, Mr. Lickwar assisted in the research of Rhode Island PBS History: Who Are We?

Throughout his academic career, Mr. Lickwar's choices in coursework and extracurricular activities consistently reflected an enthusiastic interest in cross-cultural research and social experience. In the summer of 2003, he interned for Project Mexico, working with teams of volunteers to build homes in communities outside poverty-stricken Tijuana. The following year, he was accepted into the School for International Training, and participated in a semester-long program based in Valparaíso, Chile. Mr. Lickwar's experience culminated in an independent study project conducted in the northern-most city of Arica - a month-long investigation into the system of health and medicine of the predominant indigenous group, the Ayamara.

Currently, Mr. Lickwar is arranging to travel to Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, to pursue his anthropological interest in the region.