If you are doing an unpaid internship this summer of 20 hours or more, you can apply for an LAH internship stipend (typically $1000).  Just fill out the application here by April 20th.

See the attachment for details about this opportunity.

The Liberal Arts Honors Program offers an internship at the Harry Ransom Center (http://www.hrc.utexas.edu) that is designed to provide an LAH senior or advanced junior with experience in the nature and operation of a major humanities research center. The experience gained by interns will benefit them in their own research projects, in possible graduate studies, and even as a career option in such fields as librarianship, museum studies, archival or curatorial work, as well as public affairs, marketing, public programming and event management.

Once selected, interns will choose from a variety of opportunities within the center. These vary from year to year, but will likely include:

processing collections

planning exhibitions

doing editorial and publicity work

working on website enhancement projects

marketing and public affairs

Academic year 2016-2017:

Three LAH internships are available for the academic year 2016-2017. Internships begin the second week of classes and conclude on the last class day. Most interns work in a single department throughout the year, but some choose to change at semester break.

The position is not a benefits-eligible one, but there is a stipend of $1500 per semester, for which the intern is expected to put in a 10-hour work week. The student must be registered for a minimum of six hours of coursework. In addition there is the possibility of academic credit if the student registers for a conference course (either TC or English) with an appropriate supervising professor.

Applying

An applicant should provide the following:

a one-page resumé,

a letter from the student describing his/her interest and qualifications,

a letter of recommendation from a UT faculty member or someone who knows the candidate’s professional qualification pertinent to this internship

Both letters should be addressed to Danielle Brune Sigler, Associate Director for Scholarly Programs, but should be attached to the resumé and delivered to the LAH office.

Deadline for 2016-2017 academic year applications is April 4, 2016 in the LAH Office. 

The Visa User Experience team has a 12 week long paid summer internship that is a fantastic opportunity for social sciences students to learn more about user experience (UX) design and research while getting valuable work experience. (Our successful interns are often offered full-time positions after graduation.) A number of us on the team are psychology, sociology, or anthropology grads and we’ve found that our backgrounds really serve us well in this field, and we wanted to reach out specifically to students in these fields. The Liberal Arts Honors program has an excellent reputation, and we wanted to make sure your students were aware of this opportunity.

We are a team of interaction designers and user researchers located at Visa’s beautiful new campus at 183 and Oak Knoll in Northwest Austin, and we have a state of the art 1200 sq foot usability lab—one of the nicest in the country. Our intern will have the chance to learn about user interface design, user research, design thinking and usability testing and will be working on projects with the whole team throughout the summer.

UX as a whole is a growing field with many job opportunities and the same kind of salary-earning potential as software engineering. It’s a really rewarding career for people who are technologically curious, good communicators who enjoy working with people, and who want to actually use some of the skills learned in social sciences courses in the real world. It’s also a lot of fun!

What we’re looking for: Students who are good writers and good verbal communicators, who can think logically and analytically, and have an interest in design and technology. (They don’t need to know how to code.) Bonus points if they’ve taken research methods courses, statistics, survey design, ethnography, or usability courses.

Requirements: Students must be graduating in December 2016 or May 2017.

Nice to haves: Knowledge of HTML, Adobe products, audio/video editing tools

When, where, what: 12 week long paid internship at Visa’s Northwest Austin office. Pay rate is $22-26/hour based on experience.

Perks: Free garage parking, onsite gym, fitness and yoga classes, game room, cafeteria and Starbucks on campus. Visa offers many extra activities and experiences throughout the summer for interns, including a week-long all expenses-paid trip to the Visa mothership in the San Francisco Bay Area.

INTERESTED? Students can email their resume to me, Charlotte Wise (cwise@visa.com) along with a short writing sample (academic papers are fine) ASAP. We are accepting applications through April 25, 2016.

CASL Language Science Summer Scholarship

The Office of the Vice President of Research at the University of Maryland, College Park is sponsoring the Language Science Summer Scholarship Program for undergraduates, through the Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL; http://www.casl.umd.edu/). This program is entering its fifth summer and has been a great success. 

 UMD is home to the largest and most integrated language science community in North America (http://languagescience.umd.edu/). Given CASL’s status as a university affiliated research center (UARC) – and as the first and only national resource dedicated to addressing the language science needs of the intelligence community (IC) – student projects have the opportunity to demonstrate how the research is relevant to, and has potential impact on, national security issues.

Purpose of this program: 

·         To involve undergraduates in cutting-edge language science research with Maryland faculty.

·         To introduce student scholars to government communities that may use and benefit from basic-plus-applied language science research.

·         To build links between research in language science on the University of Maryland campus and at CASL.

·         To create a small, dedicated forum for students to attend weekly lunches with UMD faculty in language science.

At the end of the program, students will create and deliver a short presentation in the early fall that summarizes their work. Non-UMD students will have the opportunity to video conference in and give their presentations instead of returning to campus.

Award and Application Process:

The program will offer $3000 stipends to approximately 10 students to fund their participation in language science research in faculty laboratories across campus.

CASL Language Science Summer Scholarships are available to undergraduate students with prior training in language science who wish to pursue language science research under close faculty supervision. A minimum commitment of eight weeks is typically expected (but is flexible based on student-mentor arrangements) .

Applicants must be currently enrolled as undergraduates at a US college or university.

 Required Items

Applicants for a CASL Summer Scholarship must submit:

• A cover letter. This should outline the applicant’s background and experience. Cover letters should be in PDF format (please name the file in the following format: firstinitial.lastname_cover.pdf).
• A current curriculum vitae or resume in PDF format (please name the file this way: firstinitial.lastname _cv.pdf).

Deadline

Review of applications will begin immediately, and will continue until the positions are filled. However, for best consideration, completed applications should be received by April 15, 2016.

All application materials should be submitted electronically to Hana Kabashi (hkabashi@umd.edu).

NOTE: Please include “CASL Summer Scholarship” in the subject line.

POC: Hana Kabashi MA, CRA, hkabashi@umd.edu; 301-226-8916

Call for Applications: Internship in Moscow – Fall 2016

The Faculty of Economics Sciences at Higher School of Economics (HSE) is proud to begin receiving applications for semester-long unpaid internships during the Fall 2016. UT students in their junior and senior years as well as recent graduates are invited to apply. The internship comes with a $1,000 travel stipend.

You do not have to speak Russian, but could enroll in a class if you like!

Deadline to apply: April 15, 2016 at 12:00 AM Central Standard Time.

For more information and instructions on how to apply, click HERE!

Paid, summer leadership opportunity with Texas Parents for the 2016 Family Orientation program!  We have extended the application deadline to Friday, March 11 by Noon.

Texas Parents is now accepting applications for the Family Orientation student staff positions: Family Orientation Student Leaders and Membership Recruitment Student Leaders. Our staff equips new Longhorn families with resources and information that assist them in supporting their student through the transition to UT. Visit the Texas Parents website [http://www.texasparents.org/jobs_home.php] for job details and application.