Friday, 3/23 Talk at Noon by Professor Patrick O'Neil

Wed, 3/21 P&G Brown Bag at Noon with Prof Matthew Ingalls

Obama 2012 Openings

Many thanks to alum Chelsea Turnbull, who is currently serving as State Director for the Obama Campaign in Washington State, for these posts.

Employers are looking at your Facebook page...

And deciding if you're worth interviewing on that basis alone.
Facebook Can Tell You If A Person Is Worth Hiring
(Forbes Magazine)

Fellowship to study in Indonesia!

Apply for the Darmasiswa Scholarship for Study in Indonesia

The Government of Indonesia provides funding to American students to study Indonesian language and culture at universities in Indonesia. American students may apply now to receive the Darmasiswa Scholarship, and we encourage U.S. institutions to promote this opportunity to students. Students may apply for one year, six months, or three months of study in Indonesia. The scholarship provides free tuition (including fees) at an Indonesian university as well as a monthly living stipend of 2,000,000 rupiah (roughly US$225).

More information can be found from the Darmasiswa website: http://darmasiswa.kemdiknas.go.id/v2/.

Political Fundraising Internship

Colby Underwood
6242 2nd Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98107 – Fax: (206) 364-3430
Email: caitlinfoster@cucllc.net Website: www.cucllc.net

POLITICAL FUNDRAISING INTERN NEEDED FOR WORK ON STATE LEGISLATIVE RACE

Colby Underwood Consulting LLC is a political consulting firm which specializes in all aspects of fundraising, from event coordination & online fundraising, to direct and mail solicitation. One part to full time intern (20 to 40 hours per week) is needed starting immediately!

Opportunities
 Learn how political campaigns are run
 Develop an extremely marketable skill set
 Networking & relationship building, knowledge & experience – many of our past interns have gone on to work at the upper levels of business & politics
 Learn local politics & develop relationships with candidates on a personal level
 Fun & challenging work atmosphere with professional acknowledgements

Qualifications:
 Highly organized & very thorough
 Extraordinarily detail-oriented
 Marketing & business skills
 Self-sufficient; able to work without constant supervision
 Punctual
 Efficient with strong multi-tasking abilities
 Excellent communication skills
 Professional demeanor
 Very familiar with Microsoft Excel, Outlook and Word.
 Genuine interest in fundraising & politics and learning more about how the political world works

This internship is unpaid but Colby Underwood Consulting LLC does offer college credit for completed internships

Email or fax resume and cover letter to:
Caitlin Foster, Hiring Manager
Colby Underwood Consulting LLC
caitlinfoster@cucllc.net
Phone - (206) 364-2344
Fax- (206) 364-3430

Get Published--

From: PSA Journal ;psajournalwm@gmail.com

The Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics is the only nationally published journal for undergraduate research in political science. The deadline for submission for the Spring 2012 issue is March 31st, and we would like to encourage your students to submit high quality papers and theses. We would greatly appreciate it if you could suggest your students to submit to the Journal.

For your students to submit a piece, please email it (as a Word document) to psajournalwm@gmail.com. Please have them include his or her name, university, and contact details (mailing address, e-mail address, and phone number). Submitted manuscripts must include a short abstract (roughly 150 words), and citations and references should follow the APSA Style Manual for Political Science. The maximum page length for submitted manuscripts is 35 double-spaced pages. Please refer to our website, www.psajournal.org, for more information about the journal and the publication process.

Sincerely,
The Editors
The Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics

IHS Summer Seminars

Summer Seminars
Find out how individual liberty and economic freedom have shaped the modern world
For students interested in political science, I recommend the Summer Seminars offered by the Institute for Humane Studies. The seminars are a week of informative lectures and lively discussions where participants explore topics such as non-governmental solutions, public choice theory, and the moral justifications for individual rights.
Discover the classical liberal ideas that have helped to end slavery, inspire women’s suffrage, and give us religious freedom. What’s in store at an IHS Summer Seminar?

• Plenty of discussion about today’s toughest political and social issues
• Top-tier teaching on principles of liberty
• Fun and purposeful interaction with peers from around the globe

The Right Seminar for You: Choose from 11 Options

IHS provides programs tailored to a wide variety of backgrounds. Whether you’re a seasoned libertarian or just getting curious about individual liberty, attending an IHS Summer Seminar geared toward your interests will connect you to rich resources, engaging people, and enriching ideas.

Seminar themes range from liberty fundamentals to challenging advanced topics, to career-specific material focused on public policy, academia, or journalism. Seminar topics include peace, natural rights, individual autonomy, the morality of free enterprise, the role of a free press in society, and more.

Locations
Seminars take place on college campuses located across the United States. All participants receive a full scholarship covering housing, meals, and books. Participants are responsible for travel costs.

Eligibility
Undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent graduates are eligible for most seminars (eligibility requirements vary by seminar; see specific seminar pages for details).
More info at http://www.theihs.org/summer-seminars


Keri Anderson
Student Coordinator
Institute for Humane Studies
www.TheIHS.org

Seniors: Jobs with USPIRG

A Message to Graduating Seniors:

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 field.

U.S.PIRG is a federation of state-based public interest advocacy groups. This year we are hiring 100 graduating college students to determine where this country is going: to solve our energy problems; to reform the campaign finance system; to fight for banking reform and fix the financial crisis; to fight hunger and homelessness; and make an impact on many other public interest issues.

For more information I invite you to check out our website, www.uspirg.org/jobs.

Sincerely,
Irene Jeon
Program Associate, WashPIRG
1402 3rd Avenue, Suite 715
Seattle, WA 98101
(o) 206.568.2854 x2007
(f) 206.568.2858
www.washpirg.org

Democracy Matters Internship

Democracy Matters is accepting applications for paid internships through our Campus Internship Program. We are a non-partisan organization of students and professors working on campuses across the country to educate people about the role of private money in politics, and its impact on democracy. We call for alternatives that can reform and revitalize our political process thereby deepening democracy in the United States. Specifically, we organize around issues of campaign finance reform, full and partial funding of elections, and election reform.
We differ from other political groups on campus in that we are not linked to a political party and we do not concern ourselves with specific election campaigns. Instead, we are concerned with the process of campaigns - especially fundraising - and issues specifically related to political accountability and democracy.

Campus Leaders are expected to work a minimum of 10 hours/week.

Responsibilities:
• Build coalitions of student activists on your campus.
• Create a Democracy Matters chapter that can work with students, faculty and community activists to get private money out of politics and people back in.
• Organize at least four campaigns/events per semester (see Action Campaigns)
Opportunities:
• Receive training and guidance from a Democracy Matter staff link who will work with you each week to develop your skills as an organizer.
• Attend the annual Democracy Matters student summit where you will meet with hundreds of other students from across the country and attend workshops to build your skills and issue awareness.
• Receive Democracy Matters materials – banner, flyers, DVD, t-shirt, stickers, and pins – to spread across your campus.
Compensation:
• $500 per semester
• Additional financial support for campaign/event expenses
• Service learning course credit (depends on college/university)
Applicants should have a commitment to social change and some organizing experience. No expertise in campaign finance reform is required.

For more information go to www.democracymatters.org

Match Corps Teacher Residency for recent graduates

I hope you’ll indulge a short, out-of-the-blue email. I'm the Admissions Director of a great teacher prep program in Boston called MATCH Teacher Residency. Basically, we give recent college graduates one year of intense training designed to make them unusually effective rookie teachers. We then help them find positions in high-need schools, and continue to support them as they begin their careers in the classroom.


Our program has been training teachers for grades 6-12 from the very beginning, and we’re especially excited about our new Elementary teacher training program that launched last year.

All the info on our program can be found here: http://www.matchschool.org/matchcorps/teacher.htm

I have a simple request that seems win-win if indeed you help one of your students find just the "right" opportunity upon graduation: Could you please take the time to forward the following blurb along to the students in your Political Science classes?

If you’d be kind enough to help, I'd be really grateful and send you all the positive karma I have.

All the best,

Colin Bottles
Director of Recruiting
MATCH Corps

To learn more, follow us on Facebook and Twitter!

If this email was an unwanted intrusion, please send me a reply to that effect, and I’ll refrain from contacting you in the future.

Do you want to be an unusually effective first year teacher in a high-poverty charter school?

If so, you should consider MATCH Teacher Residency--a highly innovative, one-year teacher residency program.

Basically, we give recent college graduates one year of incredibly intense training designed to make them unusually effective rookie teachers. We then help them find positions in high-need schools, and continue to support them as they begin their careers in the classroom.

What sets MTR apart from other teacher prep programs? 1) We’re prescriptive, like a sports coach or piano teacher; you learn and practice very specific “Teacher Moves.” 2) Trainees are specifically being prepared to teach in certain charter schools with a track record of “turning around” low-performing kids. 3) We have a very particular approach, which involves building relationships 1-on-1 with kids and parents, then using those relationships to run a tight ship in class, enforcing rules consistently, and pushing/demanding a LOT from our kids.

MTR is no different from the MATCH Corps (our full-time tutoring program) from Monday to Thursday. However, unlike MATCH Corps, MTRs want to go on to become full-time teachers in high-poverty, “No Excuses” charter schools. So on Fridays and Saturdays, MTRs learn about the nuts and bolts of teaching, do tons of practice, and get a lot of coaching.

We’re especially proud of our brand new elementary school, MATCH Community Day, which specifically serves students who speak a language other than English at home. MATCH Teacher Residents have the option to serve at MATCH Community Day, or our previously established High School or Middle School. For more information on MATCH Community Day, have a look at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGUV8Jbeu-c

Does MTR work? Yes—check out this study to see how MTR trained teachers tend to outperform other rookie (and second year) teachers:

http://www.matchschool.org/publications/mtr_evaluation.pdf

For more information about MATCH Teacher Residency, check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32mkkuQnFYU

Or go to our website:

http://www.matchschool.org/matchcorps/teacher.htm

Study Arabic abroad?

Students have asked at times where they might study Arabic overseas. There are programs in Cairo, and in past we've had a student go to Damascus (clearly not an option now). A couple of other options I and students have found that might be worth considering (and can be much cheaper). I can't vouch for the quality of either but they are worth investigating.

Palestine and Arabic Studies at Birzeit University, West Bank

Intensive Arabic Study, Kibbutz Barkai, Israel

Indonesia: 10 week language program

Interesting--open to seniors, $2000 for 10 weeks...
http://www.usindo.org/usindo-grants/summer-language-study

The United States-Indonesia Society (USINDO) runs an intensive ten-week language and general studies program from June to August held at Gadjah Mada University for U.S. students and recent graduates selected in a competitive application process. The deadline for submitting an application is March 15, 2012.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and undergraduate college seniors, enrolled in a graduate or postgraduate degree program, or recent graduates of any tertiary educational institution (within 6 months). Applicants will be judged by the clarity of communication in their personal statements and by their demonstrated interest in Indonesia. A good academic record will be required as well as a demonstrated interest and success in learning languages. Previous foreign travel is desirable but not necessary. Stated career plans will be judged in part on the likelihood that such a career will involve communicating knowledge of Indonesia to a broader audience.

All application documentations must be submitted via email to summerstudies@usindo.org. In addition to the Application Cover Page, students are required to submit a 1-page personal statement, resume, transcripts, and one letter of recommendation.

For complete information on the program, including costs and eligibility requirements, please visit the USINDO website. Additional questions can be directed to summerstudies@usindo.org, or call 202.232.1400.

Forbes Says: There are only three job interview questions

The only three true job interview questions are:

1. Can you do the job?
2. Will you love the job?
3. Can we tolerate working with you?

Read the whole piece here.

Career Positions with Grassroots Campaigns

From: Regan McBride
Date: Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Subject: Career Positions with Grassroots Campaigns
To: Rachel DeMotts

Hello Professor DeMotts,

My name is Regan, and I am a regional recruiter with Grassroots Campaigns. We run on the ground field campaigns for progressive causes and nonprofits. We are currently hiring graduating seniors for career positions running campaigns offices across the country after graduation. I will be on campus this week (2/28-3/1) as well as at the March 1 career fair.

Politics students tend to make some of the best candidates for our work, so please send our job announcement out to your current students. I have pasted the email below. Please BCC me when you send out this email so I know when to expect applicants from your direction.

Also, if you have any specific students that come to mind that you think would be interested in our work, please send me their name and email. I would love to get in touch with them with more detailed info, and they can set up a time to meet with me if they are interested.

People can apply by contacting me directly (rmcbride@grassrootscampaigns.com) or by going online to our website (www.grassrootscampaigns.com) – either way is great!

Thank you.
Sincerely,

Regan McBride
Western Regional Organizer
rmcbride@grassrootscampaigns.com
617-922-1310

TO: Interested Seniors
Subject: Progressive Campaign Job Opportunities for Graduating Seniors – Nationwide!

"The struggle for peace and social justice never ends, and one has to make a greater vow not to be discouraged from the activist path. . ."

Even though countless battles have been won over the past several years, we're still up against similar fights and identical challenges. From efforts towards equal rights for all, protecting the environment and alleviating poverty, now more than ever, we need activists to stand up for what is right.

There will always be easier paths to take, but no path will be more rewarding than the one fighting for these issues.

Grassroots Campaigns is currently hiring Assistant Canvass Directors to run field campaigns on behalf of issue based organizations like Oxfam America, ACLU and The Nature Conservancy.

Grassroots Campaigns is looking to interview top students to join our teams as Assistant Canvass Directors! There is no better time get involved and shape the next generation of activists that will take this country in a more progressive direction and see change on issues that matter now.

Students who are interested should apply directly to:

Regan McBride
rmcbride@grassrootscampaigns.com
617-922-1310

Job Responsibilities:
• Recruitment: Build a team of 15-50 canvassers by recruiting from within the local community.
Interview prospective staff and make hiring decisions.
• Staff Management: Teach canvassing/fundraising skills. Work with your staff in individual and group settings, with a particular eye towards developing leaders.
Cultivate a welcoming and motivating atmosphere.
• Canvassing: Canvass in the field for four days per week, to train new and experienced staff in the field and meet personal fundraising requirements.
• Administration: Carefully track income and expenses. Manage the budget for your office.
Process staff payroll. Maintain records for future organizing efforts.

Qualifications:
Strong communication and motivational skills, work ethic, and desire for political change are essential. Candidates must be able to work within a team, have proven leadership ability and experience handling a lot of responsibility. Strong self-direction and the ability to take initiative are also necessary qualifications. Previous field or canvassing experience is a plus, and may qualify candidates for additional leadership positions.

Training:
Newly hired directors will typically spend three weeks doing field training, working intensely alongside experienced directors and will also attend week-long national classroom training. Additionally, directors receive support from regional management staff throughout their time on staff. After one year in the position, staff will have learned the basics of running a successful grassroots campaign, including, but not limited to, fundraising and donor recruitment, hiring and supervising staff and/or volunteers, and turf management.

Expectations:
Positions last through the 2012 Presidential Election. Campaign hours can run 80-100 hours per week, including work on weekends.

Salary/Benefits:
Annual salary for Assistant Canvass Directors begins at $24,000. Staff may opt into our health care plan (PPO). Paid training, vacation and sick days are included; student loan assistance is available.

Timing and Location:
Positions are available beginning post-graduation, in cities nationwide (MA, NY, PA, OH, IL, IN, NM, MO, NC, CO, CA, WA, OR, TX, FL and Washington, D.C.). Ask Regan for details.

To Apply:
Contact Regan McBride at 617-922-1310 or rmcbride@grassrootscampaigns.com.

Please visit our website, www.grassrootscampaigns.com, for more information about current and past campaigns.

Grassroots Campaigns past and current clients include: Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union, Oxfam America, the League of Conservation Voters, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Equality California, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Animals, VoteVets, the Democratic National Committee, MoveOn.org Political Action, Repower America, Working America, Common Cause, and the Center for American Progress and Save the Children. (Save the Children is an independent organization and is not religiously or politically aligned. Save the Children has no direct affiliation with the organizations Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. partners with.)

House Democratic Campaign Opportunity

I work for the House Democratic Campaign Committee and we are currently looking for energetic, detailed oriented people with an interest in politics to work on Democratic State Legislative campaigns as Campaign Managers in Pierce Country and other parts of Western Washington. We will be attending the UPS Career Fair this Thursday, 3/1, and we are hoping to meet students from the Politics and Government department, as I think these are great opportunities for them. Is there a listserv in your department that you could send our job description out to? Or another way to make sure your students are aware of the opportunity? I have attached our job description and it can also be found on the Logger Jobs Board (job ID # 13392).

Thank you very much for your assistance. We are looking forward to meeting your great students this Thursday!

Mina
Mina Hashemi Mercer
Finance Director
House Democratic Campaign Committee
O: 206-381-1220 | C: 206-661-0281 | F: 206-381-1235
email: mina@hdcc.org | web: www.hdcc.org
mail: 1000 Aurora Ave N, Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98109