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INSIDE THIS WEEK’S NEWS@COMCOL (details below)
+State Senate Winter-Session Internship, Apply by Dec 23
Previously Noted & Still of Interest
+ Citizens Scholars Program Applications thru March 9
+ EU Politics and Business Honors Program
+ Fundraiser for ServiceNet Seeking Volunteers
+ Fellowship Announcement, NASA Graduate Researchers
+ UMass Oxford Summer Seminar
+ Honor Society Scholarships for Juniors & Seniors
+ Native American Congressional Internships
+ New Community Service Learning Courses
+ Sustainable Living Course Offers Honors Colloq
+ Winter Course in Mexico, Honors 397I
+ Alternative Spring Break Culminating Experience
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STATE SENATE WINTER-SESSION INTERNSHIP, APPLY BY DEC 23
Winter-session internship positions are available for the State House office ofSenator Cynthia Stone Creem, a progressive Democrat representing Brookline, Newton, and Wellesley. Senator Creem is looking for reliable, professional, flexible, motivated, hard working individuals with an interest in gaining valuable experience in state government and legislative politics.
Graduate and Undergraduate students in Political Science, History, Communications, Economics, English, Social Welfare, Liberal Arts as well as Law students are strongly encouraged to apply. Preference is given to applicants from Senator Creem’s district. Internships are unpaid and require 8-16 hours per week. To apply, please fax (617-722-1266) or email a cover letter and one-page resume to Erica Mattison (erica.mattison@massmail.state.ma.us). Select applicants will be contacted for interviews. The application deadline is December 23, 2004. For more information, see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/state_senate_internship.pdf .
****** Previously Noted and Still of Interest ******
CITIZENS SCHOLARS PROGRAM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THROUGH MARCH 9
Are you interested in....*Service* *Activism* *Organizing* *Leadership* *Learning* *Justice* *Politics*? Think critically and act creatively for social change! Apply to the Citizen Scholars Program!
The Citizen Scholars Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a two-year, academic service learning program that combines community service and focused coursework on activism and creating social justice. Citizen Scholars build a tight knit community and develop unique tools to make a difference in the world.
This program is open to all majors and scholarships are available for participants. Pick up an application at the Office of Community Service Learning, 610 Goodell, 545-2015 or download an application at http://www.umass.edu/csl/students.html APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MARCH 9, 2005.
EUROPEAN UNION POLITICS & BUSINESS HONORS PROGRAM
An Honors Culminating Experience Option Combining Coursework and Research at UMass and in Europe.
Students selected to participate in the EU Politics and Business Program will combine coursework taught at UMass Amherst and at Denmark’s International Study (DIS) Program with independent research and hands-on international experience. Participants in the program will earn a total of nine credits while completing the Commonwealth College Culminating Experience requirements. For more information see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/euprogram.pdf. Or call the School of Management at 545-5610 or Professor Eric Einhorn (einhorn@polsci.umass.edu) at 545-4079.
FUNDRAISER FOR SERVICENET INC. SEEKING VOLUNTEERS
ServiceNet Inc. is an organization based in Northampton which strives to "provide a wide array of effective, accessible, and sensitive human services" and runs several homeless shelters and drop-in centers in Northampton and the surrounding areas to this end. At this time of year, ServiceNet creates and sells an "Art with Heart" Calendar, which contains art donated by local artists, as a fundraiser for their programs. They would like to get some UMass students involved in this project, selling calendars in the Northampton and Amherst area. Interested students can contact Brooks Reinhold, Administrative Coordinator for the Housing and Shelter Division, at (413) 582-4284. Additional information about the calendars can be found at <http://www.servicenetinc.org/index.php?id=76>.
FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT, NASA GRADUATE RESEARCHERS PROGRAM
Year 2005 NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program
Deadline: February 1, 2005.
Fellowship Overview: The NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program offers fellowships to students attending or planning to attend graduate school who are seeking research-based masters or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering if the student's research perspectives are related to NASA research and development. Each fellowship consists of a student stipend of $18,000, a student allowance of $3,000 and a $3,000 university allowance. Upon satisfactory progress the award may be renewed for a total of up to three years. NASA awards approximately 90 GSRP fellowships per year. For complete information see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/NASA.pdf or visit the NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Web Site at http://fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/gsrp/program/index.cfm.
UMASS OXFORD SUMMER SEMINAR
The Summer Seminar, which will run from July 3—August 12, offers courses in literature, international law, history, film and politics. All students reside in Trinity College, one of Oxford’s most beautiful colleges, and all faculty members are British academics, most of them currently teaching at Oxford. Students may earn up to eight undergraduate credits. Tuition, room and board for the six-week program is $5500. A limited amount of merit-based financial aid is available. For more information about the program, visit http://www.umass.edu/oxford/ or email the program at oxford@english.umass.edu.
[A few additional notes on this program from the Dean: Commonwealth College students who have done this program have given it very high praise. One of the courses you take will carry honors credit. Also, this year for the first time, if there is enough demand, we will organize so that students may use this opportunity as part of their culminating experience, by using one of their Oxford courses as the launching point for a thesis. If you are interested in this possibility, email me (dean@comcol.umass.edu) or the program director, Professor Leheny (jim.leheny@chancellor.umass.edu) so we can judge possible demand.]
HONOR SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED TO JUNIORS & SENIORS
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi offers three scholarships/awards for juniors and seniors:
- A fellowship for the first year of graduate study worth $8,000. Deadline Feb 1.
- A study-abroad award worth $1,000. Deadline Jan 15.
- A teaching literacy award worth $2500. Deadline, Feb 1.
Forms may be picked up in the Office of National Scholarship Advisement, 408 Goodell Building. Additional information about the awards, and down-loadable forms are available from the society's website at http://www.phikappaphi.org/.
NATIVE AMERICAN CONGRESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS
Each year 12 Native American students have the opportunity to learn about the federal government from the inside through a ten-week internship with a congressional office or federal agency in Washington, D.C. Round-trip airfare to D.C., dormitory lodging, a daily allowance and $1,200 Education stipend are provided. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national or permanent resident; Native American or Alaska Native; college junior, senior, graduate or law student, or graduating from a tribal community college; have a minimum "B" average; and have an interest in tribal government. Additional information and application materials are available at http://www.udall.gov/p_internships.asp or contact: Monica Nuvamsa, Internship Coordinator, nuvamsa@udall.gov.
NEW COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING COURSES FOR SPRING
Check out this new course: Honors 397R Mentoring with Big Brothers Big Sisters Become a Mentor, Learn about Leadership and Mentoring, Get Credit, Make a Difference. Find the complete list of CSL courses for spring semester at http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/new_csl.pdf
SUSTAINABLE LIVING COURSE OFFERS HONORS COLLOQUIUM
Turn PLNTSOIL 290S, Sustainable Living, into an honors course by also signing up for one of the associated honors colloquia. Visit the course website at http://www.umass.edu/umext/jgerber/sustliving.htm.
WINTER COURSE IN MEXICO - HONORS 397I
With Professor John Gerber
For more information, see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/mexico.htm
ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK CULMINATING EXPERIENCE
Grassroots Community Development (Anthro 397H) is an intensive four-credit Honors course that includes spending SPRING BREAK in a rural community in VA and working side by side with grassroots organizations there. For more information, see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/anthro397h.htm.