New Internships!

Springville Museum of Art
The Springville Museum of Art is offering internship opportunities for students and graduates in the fields of  curatorial studies, graphic design, education, and communications. Application deadline is Nov. 21 for winter semester. Click here for more information and to apply.

Social Innovation Projects Internship
The Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance is offering on-campus internships in social innovation projects. Make an off-campus difference by participating in one of these on-campus internships. Apply at power.byu.edu. 

BYU Museum of Art: Curatorial Assistant

The BYU Museum of Art is interested in hiring an outstanding Humanities student to work as an curatorial assistant. This would be a paid internship at the museum, requiring a fifteen hour work week. The student would assist curators with research, writing, and other related tasks.

For more information, including how to apply, click here.

Alisa Hardy: INTERNview

Tell us a little about yourself.
I am a Senior at BYU, graduating in American Studies with a minor in Latin American Studies. I love my major! I have taken classes mostly in History, Political Science, and Religion. I served a mission in Chile, and love speaking Spanish. I like playing the piano, riding motorcycles, and traveling.

Future career plans. Go on; dream big.
I will be starting BYU's MPA program in the Fall. I hope to emphasize in Local Government Administration, and work with policy concerning Latinos in the United States. I want to apply what I have learned as an American Studies major by bettering the community around me.

Where did you intern? How long?
 I interned with the LDS Church Historian, Rick Turley. I am a research intern for a book he is writing about an early church leader, Theodore Turley. I comb through all journals available from the Nauvoo time period, trying to find references to Turley, and contextual information to include in the book. I started in December, and the internship will officially end in April. However, I will continue working on the project as long as I am in Utah.

Provo Pioneer Village: Call for Interns

What is the Pioneer Village?
The Pioneer Village is a rare jewel of Utah Valley history. It is located in Provo's North Park on 500 West and 600 North. Contained in the Village are thirteen structures, among them being the Turner Cabin built in 1853 by one of the first settlers in the Valley. It is oen of the oldest structures in Utah. Other structures include the Haws Cabin (1870), a granary, school, store, woodshop, corncrib, outhouse, a large carriage house, a modern bathroom, and loafing shed. Access to the Village is free to the public and run entirely by volunteers.

Opportunities for interns
Because the Village is operated entirely by volunteers, several important tasks have not been addressed. Below are some suggestions for internship projects, but the scope and subject for each project are flexible. The intern him or herself, with the supervising professor, will be able to write their own job description. 

Tasks range from creating an inventory of the items, to researching the items as to their use, manufacture, and acquisition in the village, to working as a docent, grant writing, website design/update, and new media exposure, etc. For a more complete list of the possibilities click here.

Intern with Salt Lake's Alternative Newspaper: City Weekly

City Weekly is currently accepting applications for its internship program. While these internships are intended for school credit, it is the student's responsibility to determine if a City Weekly internship will qualify for academic credit.

Student applicants/candidates should have interest and ambitions in journalism. However, the internship is not strictly for journalism students. The internship's main objective is to teach students what goes on behind the scenes in an alternative news organization. They will learn what's involved in producing a weekly paper, from pitching a story idea, reporting and story development to editing, layout and proofing by working with and observing our reporters and editors. Interns play an active role and will be expected to assist with ongoing weekly duties.

Springville Museum of Art

Internships at the Springville Museum of Art are offered on a rotating basis. Applicants may apply for a specialization within the following Museum departments: Curatorial, Education, or Operations. Communications & Graphic Design students are also welcome to apply within the Operations department. 

Internship applicants are required to commit to at least one semester of service, preferably longer, and serve a minimum of 6 hours per week. Internships are unpaid, but offer great experience. Interns gain a wide variety of practical experience in Museum work; such as curating and hanging an exhibition, creating and distributing media kits for special events and exhibitions, researching and writing grants, and more. 

Applicants interested in a Spring/Summer Internship must turn in all application materials by 30 March 2012. Visit the website for more information.

http://sma.nebo.edu/museum_info/volunteer/intern.html