Updates & Stories
What Should Have Been an Ending is Just the Beginning
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow My internship at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency through the Increasing Diversity in Environmental Careers (IDEC) has been an… Read More
Clearing a Path
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow There is so much always around me The bushes are thick with their summer leaves Twigs and branches… Read More
Internship at the MPCA
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow “It’s a great day at the MPCA” Those words couldn’t be any truer. I am currently interning at the… Read More
IDEC Internships
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow If you were to ask me what is one thing that I find incredibly useful for college students, I would… Read More
Things are Falling Into Place
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow Let me first start by saying thank you. Thank you for the amazing opportunities to explore my interests… Read More
My Normal is My Talent
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow Ever since I was a little kid, I always had an inquisitive mind. Ask my mother, she was… Read More
Real World Experience
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow School is fantastic; learning new things, finding your passion, and making friends along the way is what college/university means… Read More
Kindred Spirits
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow I am not Drake, who once said, “No new friends, no new friends, no, no, no.” I, for one,… Read More
Money, Money, Money…Money
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow College and university are expensive. In fact, the average amount of debt a student accrues by graduation is $36,510… Read More
The Mentor I Didn’t Know I Needed
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow ” A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.” – Oprah Winfrey. … Read More