Global Politics Film Series: Political Myth and Reality

Tuesday, February 28th, 7 pm in Rausch Auditorium:
The Battle of Algiers

Tuesday, March 20th, 6:30 pm in Wyatt 101:
District 9

Monday, March 26th, 6:30 pm in the Murray Boardroom:
The Whistleblower

Monday, April 23rd, 6:30 pm in the Murray Boardroom:
Persepolis

Grad Fair in WSC on March 1 & 2

Attention graduating P&G Majors and Minors:

Puget Sound Grad Fair will take place on March 1 and 2, from noon to 4 p.m. each day, in the Piano Lounge in Wheelock Student Center. In a festive setting, you can enjoy treats while you order your cap and gown, take professional graduation portraits, learn how to register for LOGGER[net], and access university personnel and resources in preparation for the next chapter of your Puget Sound experience. Grad Fair will be the last chance to order your cap and gown before incurring late fees. General information about Commencement is available at www.pugetsound.edu/commencement.

Summer program in Prague

Dear colleagues,

Let me inform you that EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy - a think-tank that undertakes program, project, publishing and training activities related to the European integration process organizes 10th year of summer school program for university students in July 2012.

In July 7- 19, 2011 the summer school under a title "Europe At The Crossroads" will take place in Prague. You can find further details on our homepage www.europeum.org/ess2012 or you can see the promotion leaflet at http://www.europeum.org/ess2012/doc/poster2012.pdf.

We would greatly appreciate if you could help us spread this information among your colleagues and friends.

Thank you in advance for your kind help.

Best regards,

Radomir Spok
Director of European Summer School 2012

Leah in Athens--a great study abroad blog

Leah Kennebeck has a great blog post on being in Athens in the midst of the turmoil.

Today (Tuesday, 2 days after the rioting) was the first time I ventured out of my neighborhood of Pangrati to see the destruction in Syntagma Square. Though the rubble had been cleared out, there were still fresh reminders of the riots, with burns marks on sidewalks and broken bus stop covers that people had apparently been standing on top of. Charred remains of several buildings were surrounded by policemen about a block off of the main square. The police here are quite unsettling, they linger all over the city center, looking for eye contact, as if daring you to protest...

Read more here:
http://adayinathens.blogspot.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifcom/

Internship for State Representative Race

Professor O'Neil:

I am writing with an awesome opportunity for the students in your classes this spring. I have been asked to take the position of Campaign Manager for Tacoma City Councilmember Jake Fey in his bid for State Representative for the 27th District, Position 2, and am looking for motivated interns to help steer our campaign to victory. As a former student of both UPS and UW, Jake knows the importance of higher education in not only the Tacoma-Pierce County area, but Washington State as a whole. If students wish to know more about Jake, they can visit our campaign website here.

My contact information is below. I am asking that those who wish to apply provide a resume and cover letter no later than March 12th to this email address. I will give applicants a call to set up interviews after that time.

We are looking for students who would be interested in:

Field Coordinator - Organizing and executing an effective field campaign, including the recruitment and management of a volunteer base as well as the maintenance of raw data on voter responses. Applicants preferably have the ability to lead volunteer training seminars, navigate the basics of a field database, and use analytic skills in decision-making
.
Social Media and Web Master - The management of a digital marketing campaign involving Facebook and a unique campaign website. This position ideally involves experience in web design and/or marketing.

Deputy Campaign Manager - Filling the role of a personal assistant and campaign coordinator for myself and Jake Fey. This position involves the ability to respond to needs in a timely manner and facilitate communication among the campaign manager, candidate, and fellow interns. It preferably involves experience or skill in management positions of any kind.


Students should know that these positions are perfect for the fulfillment of an internship credit and are wonderful resume builders. I'd really appreciate it if you could forward this out to your students! Also, feel free to send this to anyone in particular that you feel would be successful in an internship/leadership position.

Thank you very much,

Eric

Eric Mattson
Campaign Manager, Committee to Elect Jake Fey
(253) 509-4401

Internship Opportunity in Tacoma--March 1

This comes from an alum, Nic Van Putten, who runs a campaign consulting organization in town, Progressive Strategies NW. A good way to find out more about running local campaigns if that is something you're considering down the road, and/or if you want to get your feet wet in the world of local politics.

Position Information:

Part-time unpaid internship
Sharon Benson for Pierce County Council #4 (Democrat)
10-15 hours per week
March 1st through May 18th

Description:

The intern will act as the campaign manager during the spring semester. Responsibilities will include managing the campaign calendar, organizing fundraising events, assisting the candidate with other fundraising efforts, organizing volunteers for doorbelling and phonebanking, and assisting in data entry. The work will be split between the campaign office in Tacoma and the intern’s home or dorm. No previous campaign experience is required. We are able to work with the student and university if the intern is seeking course credit for the position. To apply, please send a resume to Nic@ProgressiveStrategiesNW.com.

2/27 Claremont University Recuiter on Campus

FYI--this recruiter focuses in part on their political science graduate program.

Claremont Graduate University will be hosting an Information Table at our campus. We invite you to join Mr. Albert Ramos to learn more about the various degree programs and fellowship opportunities CGU offers.

When: Monday, February 27, 2012
Time: 11:30AM - 1:30PM
Where: Wheelock Student Center
For more information, please contact Albert Ramos at albert.ramos@cgu.edu

Congrats to Peter Russell--Critical Language Scholarship Winner!

Congrats to Peter Russell for his Critical Language Scholarship--he'll be spending two months in the Middle East studying intensive Arabic, paid for by the State Department. Interested in applying? They have intensive language programs in the languages and locations listed below. Deadline will be fall 2012; it's not too early to be thinking about the programs.

http://clscholarship.org/institutes.html

ARABIC
Jordan
Egypt
Oman
Morocco
Tunisia

AZERBAIJANI
Baku, Azerbaijan

BANGLA | BENGALI
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Kolkata, India

CHINESE
Beijing, China
Shanghai, China
Xi’an, China

HINDI
Jaipur, India

INDONESIAN
Malang, Indonesia

JAPANESE
Kyoto, Japan

KOREAN
Jeonju City, South Korea

PERSIAN
Dushanbe, Tajikistan

PUNJABI
Chandigarh, India

RUSSIAN
Kazan, Russia
Ufa, Russia
Vladimir, Russia

TURKISH
Ankara, Turkey
Bursa, Turkey
Izmir, Turkey

URDU
Lucknow, India

Study Abroad Brown Bag Events

From: Roy Robinson
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 5:07 PM

Hi. The International Programs Office will be hosting a number of Study Abroad Brown Bag Events this spring.

Friday, February 24 –Study Abroad in Africa - Noon in WSC 101
Thursday, March 8 – Study Abroad in Latin America - Noon in WSC 101
Thursday, March 24 – Study Abroad in Northern Europe - Noon in WSC 101
Wednesday, April 4 – Study Abroad in the British Isles - Noon in WSC 101
Wednesday, April 18 – Study Abroad in India, Korea and Vietnam - Noon in WSC 101

We hope to see you at the Brown Bags.

Roy Robinson
Director of International Programs
University of Puget Sound
1500 N. Warner St. #1055
Tacoma, WA 98416-1055
T: 253/879-3653
F: 253/879-2648
rrobinson@pugetsound.edu
http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/international-programs/

Academic Conference Call, Wed Feb 22 @ 9 am: Russia's Upcoming Election

On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you and your students to participate in the next Academic Conference Call on Wednesday, February 22, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM in WY 326. Stephen Sestanovich, CFR's George F. Kennan senior fellow for Russian and Eurasian studies, will discuss Russia's upcoming election.

In addition to his position at CFR, Ambassador Sestanovich is the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis professor of international diplomacy at Columbia University. From 1997 to 2001, he served as U.S. ambassador-at-large for the former Soviet Union, where he was the State Department's principal officer responsible for policy toward Russia and the other states of the former Soviet Union. Ambassador Sestanovich is the coauthor or editor of several volumes on international affairs and has contributed articles to the National Interest, Foreign Affairs, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, American Interest, New Republic, and other publications.

All interested students should RSVP to Professor Seth Weinberger (sweinberger@pugetsound) ASAP.

Now Hiring: Regional Campaign Coordinator

From: Stock, Dayna M. <dstock@umsl.edu>
Date: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:09 AM

Subject: JOB OPPORTUNITY: Organizer for the Sierra Club

The national Sierra Club is hiring an Organizing Representative to work in Missouri for the Beyond Coal Campaign.

Click here for details.

If you have any questions, please contact John Hickey directly:

John Hickey
Chapter Director
Missouri Sierra Club
7164 Manchester
St. Louis, MO 63143

Office: 314-644-1011 or 800-628-5333 (toll-free)
cell: 314-800-8171
john.hickey@sierraclub.org
www.missouri.sierraclub.org

Are Graduate Degrees Worth It?

From the Washington Post:

(excerpt; full article here)
In early 2011, Ramsey Day was completing his 21 / 2-year tour as head of USAID’s Montenegro office and evaluating his next job offer. The 36-year-old’s political career trajectory had been steep and fast. Starting in 2003, he had: served as an advance representative for Vice President Dick Cheney; worked on George Bush’s 2004 reelection campaign; won a political appointment to USAID’s Europe-Eurasia Bureau; been promoted to the bureau’s chief of staff, and then promoted again to chief of USAID’s Public Liaison Office.

With that track record, his successful stint in Montenegro, and his deep management experience, Day seemed positioned for advancement by almost any measure — any measure, that is, but his academic credentials. With a bachelor’s degree only, he was shut out of the running for positions at the next level of leadership in the U.S. Agency for International Development. His new assignment felt like it would be a step down: a post as general development officer in a remote area of Afghanistan, which (because it was also a move from civil to foreign service) came with a $50,000 pay cut — half of his Montenegro salary.

“That,” he says, “was not something I intended on doing.”

In a field that relies on technical expertise in specialties such as international economics, agriculture or democratic governance, and is dominated by those with advanced degrees, Day says his management skills took him only so far. He was a skilled problem solver who could identify development goals and assemble teams of experts to execute action plans in his host country, but he was doing it without the academic credentials. “I knew that at some point my lack of a master’s would catch up to me,” he says.

And so, instead of going to Afghanistan last year, Day went to graduate school. After weighing acceptance letters from American University’s School of International Service and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Day left the mountains of Montenegro in August and moved to Cambridge, where he is now halfway through a one-year master’s in public administration....

50+ Fellowship Programs for Social Innovators

Here's an interesting list of "Fellowship Programs for Social Innovators":

http://www.innov8social.com/2011/10/50-fellowship-programs-for-social.html

Fellowship Forum

Graduate and Undergraduate Fellowships

SPRING 2012 FELLOWSHIPS FORUM

This is a special invitation to our SPRING FELLOWSHIPS FORUM on Wednesday, March 28th, at 5:30p.m.p.m. in Wyatt 109. If you are interested in the Goldwater, Fulbright, Rhodes, Marshall, Madison, Soros, Truman, Boren, & Gilman (for study abroad) and many others, you need to be there. You can apply for the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, Goldwater, Udall, Truman, or Boren as a sophomore or junior. There are many other opportunities for juniors and seniors.

There will be paperwork that needs to be completed and these will be available at the FORUM. FREE money available for funding college, overseas travel, research, and graduate school!!

If you are currently studying abroad, please contact me to discuss the application process and deadlines, and confirm your intention to apply for a fellowship or scholarship.

For example, did you know that the Watson Fellowship awards $25,000 and pays your student loans for one year while you are overseas?!!

How will my student loans be repaid?

“The Fellowship Program will supply, as a supplement to the stipend, an amount equal to twelve-month payments of eligible federally guaranteed and/or institutional student loans issued in the fellow's name. The purpose of the loan program is to help ease the financial burden of Watson Fellows during their fellowship year, and to provide encouragement for all students, regardless of student loan debt, to apply for Watson Fellowships.”

Did you know that the Fulbright scholarship will fund a year abroad for you to teach English as a second language (ETA) or conduct research at a university or other institution – up to $33,000 that you do not have to repay!!

Did you know that the Luce scholarship will provide you with a professional placement in any of 13 Asian countries?

Did you know that the Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship awards $50,000 per year and will fund up to 6 years of study? That’s a whopping $300,000!! The possibilities are endless…

Please RSVP at fellowships@ups.edu so we will enough refreshments. For more information please visit our website

http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/fellowships-scholarships/

Campaign internship

Interested in Politics? Want to get involved in the community?

Friends of David Sawyer campaign is seeking energetic interns to help elect David Sawyer to the Washington State Legislature as the 29th Legislative District State Representative, Position 1. David is a law clerk studying to pass the bar and partner of a government affairs firm in downtown Tacoma. Before this, he was an organizer for President Obama in the historic 2008 Iowa Caucuses and has worked on numerous campaigns at the federal, state and local level.

Internship offers extensive, hands on experience in local politics. Students can expect to learn about political fundraising, field work, event planning and coalition building. Internship is unpaid but campaign is happy to work with student/college to grant class credit.

Responsibilities will include:

* Voter outreach through canvassing and calling

* Event coordination and participation

* Database management

* Voter registration

* Research

* Volunteer management

Qualifications:

* Ideal candidate is a detail orientated, independent self-starter.

* Must have access to a car or reliable other transportation.

* Available at least 4 hours a week

Internship is based in South Tacoma with opportunities to work from home and scheduling is very flexible around classes and work. Interns can arrange terms of commitment by semester but help through November 2012 is preferred.

Contact the campaign with questions or interest in applying.

Friends of David Sawyer

info@electdavidsawyer.com

(253) 228-8567

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.)

State Department Internship

From: U.S. Department of State <careers@state.gov>
Date: Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:25 AM
Subject: Reminder: Deadline for Fall 2012 Student Internship Program is March 2, 2012
To: Patrick H O'Neil <poneil@pugetsound.edu>

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Hello,

We are still accepting applications for the U.S. Department of State's Fall 2012 Student Internship Program.

Click here (http://careers.state.gov/students/programs) to read more about the Student Internship Program, and to start the Gateway to State online application process.

Please note that the deadline to submit completed applications is March 02, 2012. You have until 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process and upload/fax all required documents (transcripts, etc).

To be eligible for this program, you must:

• Be a U.S. citizen
• Be a full- or part-time continuing college or university junior (including graduating seniors intending to go on to graduate school), or graduate student .
• Have good academic standing
• Successfully complete a background investigation
• Be able to receive either a Secret or Top Secret clearance.

Please read the entire vacancy announcement carefully for all qualifications and requirements.

You can also visit our Student Programs forum (http://careers.state.gov/engage/forums/student-programs) to post questions or read discussions about this program.

We appreciate your interest in a career with the U.S. Department of State.

U.S. citizenship is required. An equal opportunity employer.

Talk on Social Movements in Chile

From: Rachel DeMotts
Date: Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:07 AM

Greetings everyone,

The director of the SIT program in Chile will be on campus on Friday 17 February, and we are able to take advantage of his presence to have him give a brown bag for us. Please invite your students to Victor Tricot's talk at noon in Wyatt 326.



Chile has usually been characterized by the political science literature as a high quality democracy, being used as a model of development and institutional strength. However, during the last year the country has witnessed the emergence of the biggest social movement seen in democracy. The student social movement has not only questioned the educational system, but it has also shown the weakness of an institutional model that disregards civil society participation. This presentation intends to seek some preliminary answers as regards this ongoing social phenomenon, analyzing the institutional factors (constraints) that may have contributed to the current wave of social discontent.

Thanks,

Rachel

--
Rachel DeMotts
Mellon Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Politics
Department of Politics and Government
University of Puget Sound
1500 N. Warner St. CMB 1052
Tacoma, WA 98416
253.879.2891
rdemotts@pugetsound.edu

World Affairs Council recruiting for Spring internship, deadline March 9

Greetings!

The World Affairs Council is recruiting for its Spring internship term. If you could share this with any interested parties, we’d appreciate it!

Best Regards,
Alex Hall
Administration Intern

World Affairs Council
2200 Alaskan Way, Ste 450, Seattle
E-mail: adminintern@world-affairs.org
p: (206) 441-5910

f: (206) 441-5910

Fuse Washington Internship

W. Washington's Progressive Internship

From: alex epstein
Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:44 PM

Dear Professor,

I hope this message finds you well.

As a UPS alumni and current Senior Organizer for Fuse Washington, I can see how huge of an impact the internships I took part in, while attending UPS had on my career. That’s why it’s exciting to let you know about an open internship we have for this spring and summer.

Fuse is Washington’s largest progressive organization, with over 100,000 members across the state who organize online and on the ground on issues that matter. An internship with Fuse will give your students hands-on experience in political and issue advocacy and an opportunity to network with local experts and see how campaigns really work.

We want to extend this opportunity to more local students and I hope that you can help us find the right students.

I've already posted our listing at Career Services, but I wanted to explain in a little more detail how our opportunities could benefit your students, so that you can help us get the word out.

Fuse interns work with our staff to develop the Progressive Voters Guide (viewed by over 100,000 Washingtonians), develop videos and materials disseminated throughout the progressive online community, and are given the opportunity to work with some of the best, most experienced political minds in the progressive community.

This spring we have several research and writing needs. Our growing research department examines PDC filings, news accounts, and produces issue papers and profiles of candidates and political organizations. Interns would come away with a deep knowledge of the progressive political landscape, as well as get research and writing experience.

Our organizing program is working to grow an offline community of activists building power in their districts with voter contact through phones, doors, house parties, block parties, and other neighborhood and community events. An intern here would gain invaluable experience in direct voter contact and strategy, and would be able to use these skills in other campaign work.

I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about our program. We would be very grateful if you would recommend and forward this opportunity to students that may be interested. Please encourage them to apply, because nothing is more valuable than your recommendation in finding the best candidates. They can send a resume and brief cover letter to alex@fusewashington.org.

Thanks very much for your time,
--

Alex Epstein

Organizer
Alex@fusewashington.org

Twitter: @epsteinalex or http://twitter.com/#!/EpsteinAlex
1402 Third Ave., Suite 310
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 420-0133 x113