<div dir="ltr"><div>Sent on behalf of <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Chow-Yang Lee</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:chowyang.lee@ucr.edu">chowyang.lee@ucr.edu</a>></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <br></span></p></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><br><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Bob Gilbert <<a href="mailto:BGilbert@blueskypest.com" target="_blank">BGilbert@blueskypest.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Student Internships Available</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">June 13, 2025 at 11:48:16 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">"<a href="mailto:chow-yang.lee@ucr.edu" target="_blank">chow-yang.lee@ucr.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:chow-yang.lee@ucr.edu" target="_blank">chow-yang.lee@ucr.edu</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a name="m_-3852559056567966482__Hlk96353519">Dear Dr. Chow-Yang Lee<u></u><u></u></a></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span>The Urban Pest Management Technical Committee (UPMTC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the field of urban pest management as a career. UPMTC is composed of technical directors working for private pest control companies. Many are entomologists with many years of experience in the industry. We have begun offering an internship for students interested in pursuing this career path. I am contacting you as a possible contact for your university. If there is someone else I should contact, I would appreciate you letting me know.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">UPMTC members and their participating companies will be sponsoring an internship for both undergraduate and graduate students with majors in entomology, toxicology, or other biological sciences for the purpose of promoting urban entomology as a career. Students will apply initially via the UPMTC website (<a href="http://upmtc.org/" target="_blank">upmtc.org</a>) and select a participating member. This may be in their state, the state of the attending university, or anywhere there is a member company. UPMTC will screen the applications and forward promising applicants to the member company the applicant has expressed interested in. The member company will further determine the appropriateness of the applicant to their internship.<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Each company will determine the content of their own internship. Generally speaking, it will be a combination of field work and office learnings through a combination of job shadowing experienced personnel and working independently. Classroom training will also likely be a component. Compensation and support will vary by participating company. Here in Arizona, for example, we are looking at a robust introduction to urban entomology. This internship will include both extensive field experience in a variety of pest situations and classroom studies on pest groups, toxicology, pesticide resistance, IPM, application techniques, IPM in food production and medical facilities, and much more. These programs are meant to stimulate interest in the industry of urban entomology. Programs typically run 6-8 weeks, but shorter programs may be available.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">If you could please share this information with students in your department, any student entomological clubs at your school, and any other outlets available to you we would be grateful.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span>Best,<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></div><span></span><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="837" style="width:627.75pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="172" valign="top" style="width:129.25pt;padding:0in"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;text-align:center;line-height:16.799999px"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(68,68,68)"></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="837" style="width:627.75pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="172" valign="top" style="width:129.25pt;padding:0in"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;text-align:center;line-height:16.799999px"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;text-align:center;line-height:16.799999px"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></td><td width="172" style="width:129.25pt;padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="290" style="width:217.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Roboto Medium";color:rgb(0,89,162)">Bob Gilbert<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(73,75,58)">Board</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><span> </span><span style="color:rgb(73,75,58)">Certified</span><span> </span><span style="color:rgb(73,75,58)">Entomologist</span></span><span style="font-family:"Roboto Medium";color:rgb(0,89,162)"><u></u><u></u></span></div></td></tr><tr style="height:6.5pt"><td width="290" valign="top" style="width:217.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:6.5pt"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:5px;width:219px;height:1px"></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="837" style="width:627.75pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="172" style="width:129.25pt;padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:6.5pt"><td width="290" valign="top" style="width:217.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:6.5pt"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:5px;width:219px;height:1px"></span><span sty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