Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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.

Friday, March 23, 2012

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.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

State Department Viritual Student Foreign Service

VSFS is part of a growing effort by the State Department to harness technology and a commitment to global service among young people to facilitate new forms of diplomatic engagement. Learn more: http://www.state.gov/vsfs.

VSFS eIntern duties and responsibilities will vary according to the location and needs of each diplomatic post overseas or State Department domestic office and VSFS projects identified. VSFS projects may be research based, contributing to reports on issues such as human rights, economics or the environment. They may alos be more technology oriented, such as working on web pages, or helping produce electronic journals. Selected students are expected to work virtually on an average of 5-10 hours per week on VSFS eInternship projects. Students apply in the summer and if selected, begin the eInternship that fall lasting through spring. Most work and projects are internet-based and some have language requirements. 

Be looking for the application process to begin this summer 2012 to participate in the 2012-2013 program. To look at the past projects click here.  

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

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.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Jennifer Foote: INTERNview

Tell us a little about yourself.
I'm an American Studies major with a French minor. I'm from Reno, Nevada and I'm the middle of 7 kids. I love music, summer, France, Disneyland and wakeboarding.

Future career plans. Go on; dream big.
Law school baby

Where did you intern? How long?
The regional Justice Center in Las Vegas in District Court Department 12 with Judge Michelle Leavitt. 6 weeks.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Willamette Week

News, Politics, Culture + Stuff to do in Portland
Willamette Week, is a Portland area weekly newspaper highlighting news, reader-interest stories, entertainment, art, music, food&drink, movies, and other local stories. They offer a wide variety of three month, unpaid internships to qualified candidates throughout the year. WW news internships require a time commitment of 20 hours a week. In the belief that experience is the best teacher, the internship provides opportunities to write for both wweek.com and the print edition. To apply for a news internship, send your resume and three news clips (or writing samples) to managing editor for news Brent Walth at bwalth@wweek.com.

For other internships (including marketing, editing, and photography) please visit: http://www.wweek.com/portland/flex-220-internships.html