This past summer, fifty-one students from around the country interned for the Southern California Earthquake Center. Although most interns came from southern California, many were from far away states such as Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ohio, and Texas. What makes the internship program at SCEC so unique is the flexibility and range of opportunity SCEC provides its interns. Spanning across three separate internship programs, SCEC incorporates all fields of college students who range in year from freshman to master's level.

On July 2, 2009, the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) hosted the second Earthquake Education and Public Information Center (EPIcenter) meeting at the University of Southern California. The meeting provided an opportunity for representatives from various organizations to come together and discuss earthquake education and preparedness efforts at their institutions. Current EPIcenters include free-choice learning institutions such as the Rancho Mirage Public Library, the San Bernardino County Museum, UC Riverside, Cal State Los Angeles, Lake Perris State Recreation Area, the California Science Center in Exposition Park, the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, the Kidspace Children's Museum in Pasadena, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the museums at Balboa Park in San Diego.

On May 2, 2009, the Southern California Earthquake Center, in conjunction with the USC Earth Science Department, hosted the first Science and Technology Day at the main USC campus. This event was modeled after the Science and Technology Awareness Days held annually in Exposition Park, just south of the USC campus. Approximately 200 students joined exhibitors for a day of learning, with topics ranging from earth science and earthquakes to optics and gravity.

On Tuesday, April 14th, 2009, Southern California Earthquake Center interns from the University of Southern California submitted their projects to the 11th Annual Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work. Sponsored by the Vice President for Academic Planning & Budget at the University of Southern California, this symposium allows USC undergraduates to exhibit and share examples of their significant research through posters, art exhibits, and electronic media. Over the span of two days, a panel of USC faculty members judged the submissions of more than 160 students under five different categories: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Life Sciences, and Physical Sciences, Mathematics & Engineering.

This summer the Southern California Earthquake Center will open a three-hour earthquake science and preparedness education program to youth between grades six through twelve. The “Take on the Quake!” program is specifically designed for Boy Scout and Girl Scout groups but will be open to any other youth groups who are interested in the program as well. Because California is known as “Earthquake Country” the “Take on the Quake!” program will play an important role in informing students about earthquake preparedness as well as teaching them how and why earthquakes occur.

On Earth Day, April 22, 2009, SCEC held an informational booth at the Sustainability Fair at USC from 11 am to 2 pm. Other vendors included several campus departments such as Acquisitions and the Department of Environmental Studies, and other organizations including Office Depot, and the LA Metro. All of the booths included ways for the students, staff, faculty, and campus visitors who attended the fair to improve personal sustainability practices. Several different booths were distributing eco-friendly, reusable bags for free. Many were offering free items to people passing by while others displayed green products in order to promote their availability, and to encourage people to consider sustainable alternatives in their everyday shopping.

On March 8, 2009, the Southern California Earthquake Center participated in the Sally Ride Science Festival at Caltech. SCEC has been hosting activities and workshops for Sally Ride since 2003. Festivals are held throughout the year across the nation and are dedicated to supporting girls' and boys' interests in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). SCEC hosted five earthquake activities at the Street Fair and two afternoon Discovery Workshops. Both activities played an integral part in distributing earthquake science and preparedness information to students, parents, and educators.