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*** For the most up-to-date listing, go to the "Political Science Dept Updates" Moodle page. This current page provides a somewhat outdated listing of deadlines for scholarships, paid and unpaid
internships and externships, courses, conferences, publication opportunities,
and other assorted opportunities. In addition to being a bit outdated, it is also very incomplete. It is a listing of whatever has been sent to the
political science faculty. ***
The best way to keep updated with a more complete and current
listing of such opportunities is to sign up with K-Connect
at www.kzoo.edu/career
. This way, you will receive updates on these opportunities by email.
Paid opportunities after graduation:
11 month, paid fellowhip through California State University.
Deadline: March 31. Fellows will be selected to serve as full-time
staff in the Legislature or other branches of government in
Sacramento. The members of the California Latino Legislative
Caucus established the California Latino Caucus Institute
(CLCI) as a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization
dedicated to developing the next generation of public policy
leaders in California.
Environmental jobs with the PIRGs (Public Interest
Research Group) & Environment Michigan
Subject: job posting
Professor Lipson,
Please circulate to students you think might be interested
in learning more about job opportunities with the state PIRGs.
Thanks again for your past help.
* * * * * *
As a graduating senior you are no doubt trying to decide
what you will do next year, or even for the next 5 years.
I want to let you know more about opportunities in the public
interest and social change field.
The state Public Interest Research Groups (the
state PIRGs) are a
nation-wide network of state-based public interest advocacy
groups. This year we are hiring 150 graduating college students
to determine where this country is going: to solve our energy
problems; to protect our national forests; to reform the campaign
finance system; to clean up our air; to safeguard individuals
from identity theft; and make an impact on many other public
interest issues.
For more information I invite you to check out our website.
The Philadelphia Center: www.philactr.edu
. Many K students -- including several political science majors
-- have taken advantage studying for an academic quarter at the
Philadelphia Center.
U.N Foundation:
www.unfoundation.org/about/about_internship.asp
feel free to contact Tieneke van Lonkhuyzen '06 <Tvanlonkhuyzen@unfoundation.org> - see her email offering advice about D.C. internships
Center for American Progress
www.americanprogress.org/aboutus/intern
ONE Campaign
www.one.org
contact Weldon Kennedy <weldon@one.org>
New Organizing Institute
www.neworganizing.com
Learn more:
www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/neworganizing/content.jsp?content_KEY=2473
Public Radio International Capitol Hill Bureau Internships:
News Internship, Operations and Finance Internship, Audio/Radio
Technology Internship, Technical Internship
www.pri.org/capitolhillbureau
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Weaver
Justice Weaver offered an unpaid internship in Traverse City office. To see if she offers this internship
in the future see K-Connect at www.kzoo.edu/career/students.html for more info or the pre-law bulletin board outside of Dewing 212F. For more information about the Court, see http://courts.michigan.gov.
The Capital Experience via the Institute for
Experiential Learning: www.ielnet.org
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) 951
International Union AFL-CIO & CLC: www.ufcwlocal951.com
Todd Regis, Union Representative, Grand Rapids, tjr@ufcwlocal951.com,
800.999.0951
Resources For the Future (RFF) Summer Internship
Program:nonprofit organization sepciallizing in research,
policy analysis, and public education on environmental, energy,
and natural resource issues. Has sevreal paid summer internships.
http://www.rff.org/rff/About/Fellowships_and_Internships/Summer/Summer-Internship-Program.cfm
Project Vote Smart: intern at the Great Divide
Ranch research Center in Philipsburg, Montana, for organization
devoted to improving voters' political knowledge. www.vote-smart.org
Academic Classes, Seminars, and
Trainings:
DART Organizers Institute
UNITE summer internships: www.unitehere.org/jobs
for union organizing summer jobs.
Public Policy and International Affairs (UCPPIA)
Junior Summer Institute:
Four locations: UC Berkeley, Michigan, Carnegie Mellon, &
Maryland
$1000 stipend, assistance with travel exepnses, university
housing with a meal plan, books, and related course supplies
and otehr campus related benefits. Additionally, all student
participants receive a minimum $5000 graduate fellowship to
pursue a graduate degree at one of 40 graduate schools of
Public Policy or International Affairs across the nation.
Application deadline is Monday, February 10,
http://www.ppiaprogram.org/programs/jsi.php
Tomorrow's Political Leaders via the Institute
for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) at Michigan
State University, www.ippsr.msu.edu
International Mission Diplomacy
www.internationalmissions.org
Graduate/Professional Scholarships:
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation:
"to find
and recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership
potential who are committed to careers in government, the
nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the
public service; and to provide them with financial support
for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with
other students who are committed to making a difference through
public service." www.truman.gov
Child and Family Advocacy Fellowship Program via
Hofstra University School of Law: www.hofstra.edu/law/childfellowship.html
Fellowships for Advocacy for the Equality of Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered People via Hofstra
University School of Law: www.hofstra.edu/law
Child and Family Advocacy Fellowship Program:
www.hofstra.edu/law
Dwight L. Greene Memorial Scholarship, "awarded
annualy to one student who has demonstrated a commitment to
advocacy on behalf of minority groups". Full tuition
and fees for each year of law school. An annual stipend of
$5,000 to offset living expenses. www.hofstra.edu/law
Opportunities for
Students of Color or Low-income students:
Council on Legal Education Opportunity's (CLEO's)
Sophomore Summer Program
----- Original Message -----
From: Kalamazoo College Center for Career Development
Subject: For 'K' Faculty: Great Internship & Job Opportunities
Dear Pre-Law society members,
At the Center for Career Development, we receive notification
of great internship opportunities every day. Frequently,
the CCD sends out targeted emails like this one when a
truly outstanding internship or job opportunity becomes
available.
There are several worthwhile opportunities that we hope
you encourage your members to explore:
Be sure to check out the eRecruiting website for information
about the Council on Legal Education Oppotunity's (CLEO's)
Sophomore Summer Program. The program targets minority,
low-income, or otherwise disadvantaged students. Benefits
of the program include a chance to sharpen critical thinking
and legal writing skills, intensive LSAT preparation,
and much more - all at no cost to the student. We encourage
you to share this information with students whom you feel
may be interested and may fit the criteria. Just visit K-Connect
and look for CLEO under "employer search".
Please feel free to contact the CCD with any questions!
Best Wishes,
The CCD Staff
From: "Diane Kiino" <dkiino@kzoo.edu>
Dear Colleagues,
The Fulbright Program is encouraging minority applicants (see
below).
Please refer appropriate students to me or Ms. Sylvain. Thanks!
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Dear Ms. Kiino,
I hope this message finds you in good spirits. I
have recently been appointed to work on diversity outreach
for the U.S. Fulbright Program. I understand that
you are the Fulbright Program Advisor at Kalamazoo College.
I am writing in hopes that you help me communicate with
professors and students of color on campus to spread the
word on the existence of Fulbright. As you may know,
we are targeting a number of schools, Kalamazoo included,
to help boost up the number of minority
applicants. How can I get in touch with these students
and active professors?
I also hope to obtain information about any campus events,
meetings and general conferences that shall be taking place
so we can notify the
students of color, and create an opportunity to strongly
encourage them to apply for the grant.
I hope that we can work together. I thank you in
advance and hope to
hear from you soon.
Regards,
Didier Sylvain
Project Officer, Fulbright Student Program Outreach
Institute of International Education
809 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017
(212) 984-5382
Millennium Momentum Foundation, Inc. will
be awarding $10,000.00 in academic scholarships for the 2005-2006
academic school year to ethnic minority undergraduate and
graduate college students attending Southern California 4-Year
collegiate universities and pursuing careers in public administration,
public policy, or related public service fields (i.e. political
science, public affairs, etc.).
www.millennium-momentum.org
Student Conferences
and Student Publication Opportunities:
Lux Esto Law Review: K College's undergraduate
law review: www.kzoo.edu/prelaw
Critique: a worldwide student journal of politics:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Klass" <gmklass@ilstu.edu>
To: <RACE-POL@LISTSERV.ilstu.edu>
Subject: Critique: Call for papers
rom: Ali Riaz <ariaz@ilstu.edu>
Critique: a worldwide student journal of politics
http://lilt.ilstu.edu/critique
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline: October 15
The Editors of Critique welcome submissions from undergraduate
and graduate students for the Fall 2005 edition of the journal.
We encourage articles from any field of political science, especially
those that consider new possibilities for democracy and justice,
as well as national and international public policy.
Critique is an online journal of critical analysis by students
of politics.
It is hosted by Illinois State University s Department of Politics
and
Government.
Ali Riaz, PhD
Editor, Critique
Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Government
Illinois State University, Campus Box 4600, Normal, IL 61790-4600
Tel: 309-438-8071; Fax: 309-438-7638
www.ilstu.edu/~ariaz
Dartmouth College Undergraduate Journal of Law
The Dartmouth College Undergraduate Journal
of Law is a publication that provides undergraduate students
with a public forum for law-related ideas and discussion. In
addition to publishing top undergraduate scholarship, we provide
our contributors with a collaborative editorial process designed
to help improve and refine their work. We encourage you to invite
your students to submit their law-related essays and editorials
to our publication by email at DCUJL@Dartmouth.edu. Please contact
us with any questions or comments at DCUJL@Dartmouth.edu, and
please visit our website at http://rockefeller.dartmouth.edu/students/dcujl/.
Michigan Journal of Political Science Call
for Papers. "The Michigan Journal of Political Science
(MJPS) is one of the premier undergraduate political science
journals in the country. The Journal is published biannually
and has been in existence for over twenty years. Articles appearing
in the Michigan Journal of Political Science are annotated and
indexed in Historical Abstracts, America: History and Life,
and International Political Science Abstracts."
http://www.umich.edu/~mjps
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