Summer job in DC with Homeland Security

Looking for the mission of a lifetime?

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security headquarters is seeking motivated students looking to contribute their unique insight, skills and talents to support the important mission of securing the homeland.

Apply now for the 2010 DHS Headquarters Student Summer Employment Program.

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, November 27.

New section of P&G 250 opened!

To all majors:

We have opened a second section of P&G 250 for Spring 2010. Professor O'Neil will teach the course on MWF at noon. Professor Haltom's section of 250, also offered at noon, is still on the books. All students who were on the waiting list for Haltom's class have been enrolled in O'Neil's section of the course.

Gilman Scholarships for overseas study

http://www.iie.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Programs7/Gilman_Awards/Home8/Home.htm

Program Overview

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world.

International experience is critically important in the educational and career development of American students, but it can also require a substantial financial investment. The Gilman Scholarship Program broadens the student population that studies abroad by supporting undergraduates who might not otherwise participate due to financial constraints. The program aims to encourage students to choose non-traditional study abroad destinations, especially those outside of Western Europe and Australia. The Gilman Scholarship Program aims to support students who have been traditionally under-represented in study abroad, including but not limited to, students with high financial need, community college students, students in under-represented fields such as the sciences and engineering, students with diverse ethnic backgrounds, and students with disabilities. The program seeks to assist students from a diverse range of public and private institutions from all 50 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico.

Award recipients are chosen by a competitive selection process and must use the award to defray eligible study abroad costs. These costs include program tuition, room and board, books, local transportation, insurance and international airfare.

This congressionally funded program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and is administered by the Institute of International Education through its Southern Regional Center in Houston, TX.

Course addition for Spring 2010: PG 336 Terrorism

Professor Weinberger will be offering PG 336 Terrorism, TTh at 1230-1350; expect to see it in Cascade today.

$10k Fellowships to study in Canada

http://www.killamfellowships.com/

The Killam Fellowships Program provides an opportunity for exceptional undergraduate students from universities in Canada and the United States to spend either one semester or a full academic year as an exchange student in the other country. Students may participate in the program either as a direct exchange student (registering at their home university, paying their home fees, and attend the host university as an exchange visitor) or as a self-placed visiting student (registering at the host university and paying host tuition fees).

The Killam Fellowships Program provides a cash award of $10,000 US ($5,000 US per semester). Further, the Foundation provides all Killam Fellows with an allowance of $500 US to offset health insurance costs. In addition, all Fellows are eligible to apply for a mobility grant in an amount not to exceed $800. The idea of the mobility initiative is to allow students to undertake an educational field trip, providing the Fellows with the opportunity to gain a fuller understanding of the culture of the host country. In exceptional cases, and on a strictly competitive basis, the Foundation may be prepared to offer a modest high-cost allowance. This allowance is available only to those students participating in the direct exchange program.

Approximately forty scholarships will be available for 2010-11. For more information, please select a link from the left panel.

Last minute schedule change in P&G: Terrorism Course

Professor Kessel's Ancient Political Thought class is canceled. In its place, Professor Weinberger will be offering a course on Terrorism, TTh at 1230-1350.

PG 336
Terrorism

This course examines the phenomenon of terrorism on many different dimensions. First, it explores what is meant by the term "terrorism," and the question of "Is one man's terrorist another man's freedom fighter?" Next, the class considers why certain groups turn to terror. What do they hope to accomplish and how does terrorism help them achieve their goals? The course then turns to looking at various examples of terrorism and strategies to combat it. Is terrorism best fought like a military conflict or like an international crime? How can states hope to protect themselves? Ethical issues are also addressed, such as how the needs of national security are balanced against the requirements of civil liberties in a free, democratic society. Finally, the course considers the War on Terror itself, analyzing its strategies and tools and assessing its purpose and efficacy.

Prerequisite: PG 102 or 103.

11/19: Talk on Latin America and the left

Red, Pink or Tutti Frutti: Where is Latin America Heading Politically?
Reflections on the Shift to the Left

Barry Carr
Visiting professor of Latin American History
University of California, Berkeley
Emeritus professor, La Trobe University

Thursday, November 19 at 4:00 Wyatt 101

Sponsored by Latin American Studies, History, and Politics and Government
for more information, contact John Lear at 879-2792

Summer Intership: Defense Intelligence Agency

This would be an incredible learning experience. 11/15 deadline!

https://diajobs.dia.mil/

The DIA Summer Intern Program
DIA's Summer Intern Program provides promising undergraduate seniors and graduate students the opportunity to gain practical work experience during the summer. While specific intern opportunities vary from year to year based on the Agency’s needs, internships are usually available in the following functional areas: Foreign Area Studies, Computer Science, Legal, Information Assurance, Business Administration, Human Resources, International Relations, Public Administration, Political Science, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Engineering, or Intelligence Analysis.

This program is open only to those enrolled as full-time degree seeking students at universities and colleges worldwide.

The Agency offers a limited number of paid summer internships. Interns will be appointed for a 10-week period from June through August, 2010 as full-time temporary employees.

To work as a DIA summer intern, you must be granted a security clearance and must successfully pass a Counterintelligence (CI) Scope polygraph examination and drug test, no later than 30 days prior to June 13, 2010. We will not make a final offer of employment to you until you have met all of these requirements.

Please note that the security clearance procesing, CI Scope Polygraph examination and drug test cannot be conducted if you are overseas. Therefore, do not apply to this program if you are studying or working abroad any time in the 6-9 months prior to the summer during which you wish to work as an intern.

As an intern, you will be paid according to the number of college credit hours you have completed. Since this is a temporary appointment, you will not receive employee benefits.

All selected students are responsible for securing their own travel and lodging accommodations.

Summer Language Workshop: Pashto? How about Uzbek?

From my alma mater. There is financial aid for some of these programs:

Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European
and Central Asian Languages
at Indiana University
June 18-August 13, 2010

SWSEEL ClassroomIntensive language training has been offered at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University since 1950. The Summer Workshop provides up to 200 participants in Slavic, East European and Central Asian languages the opportunity to complete a full year of college language instruction during an eight-week summer session.

Russian Language Programs

* Eight-week session, First to sixth year: June 18-August 13 details
* Four-week session, First to sixth year: June 18-July 16 details

East and Central European Languages (June 18-August 13) details

* First year Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian**
* First year Czech*
* First year Hungarian
* First year Macedonian**
* First year Polish*
* First year Romanian**
* Second year Ukrainian

** Tuition will be waived for graduate students specializing in any field of East European studies.
Languages of Central Asia and the Caucasus (June 18-August 13) details

* First and second year Azerbaijani
* First year Georgian
* First and second year Kazakh
* First year Mongolian*
* First year Pashto
* First through Third year Tajik
* First and second year Turkmen
* First through Third year Uyghur
* First and second year Uzbek

* Pending funding

Utilizing the resources of Indiana University's own specialists as well as native speakers from other universities and abroad, the Summer Workshop has developed and maintained a national program of the highest quality. Allowing all participants to pay in-state tuition fees, the program has as its goal the enhancement of speaking, reading, listening and writing skills through classroom instruction and a full range of extra-curricular activities. Fellowships and funding are available.

SWSEEL ClassroomKnowledge of Slavic, East European, and Central Asian languages prepares students for exciting career opportunities in areas such as government, higher education, not-for-profit institutions, public health, law, international development, the military, journalism, environmental issues, the arts and business.

For summer 2010, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) will fund the teaching of Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Macedonian, Polish and Romanian. Tuition for these courses will be waived for graduate students specializing in East European studies in any discipline.

Application Deadline: March 22, 2010; thereafter, rolling admissions. Deadline for consideration for Fellowships is also March 22, 2010.

APPLICATIONS FOR 2010 WILL BE OPEN SOON

International Youth Conference, Prague

Dear Professor O'Neil:

Greetings from Prague! The 19th International Youth Leadership Conference (January 4th-9th, 2010, Prague) is only 2 months away, and we would like to give you an update on how the conference is developing.

Over 50 participants have already secured their places at the conference. These students represent various universities from 15 different countries, namely Kazakhstan, United States, Singapore, United Kingdom, China, Australia, Netherlands, India, South Africa, Canada, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Viet Nam, Philippines. With new applications coming in each day and accepted participants confirming their spots, we are expecting even more countries to be represented at the conference.

If your students are interested in the opportunity, please encourage them to apply as soon as possible, as the deadlines are approaching and the spots are quickly filled.

Applications can be submitted online at www.czechleadership.com.

Conference Team

We are very keen to present the 19th IYLC Facilitators Team, who will be guiding the participants through the week and making sure they get the best out of this opportunity. The facilitators at this conference are Andreas from Norway, Cathy from Australia, Maryna from Belarus, Matt from the UK, Patrick from the US, Rowan from South Africa, Sangeetha from Singapore, Victoria from the UK. We will soon post their bios on the blog.

Conference Agenda

The up-to-date conference schedule can be found on our web-site at www.czechleadership.com/itinerary.php. To learn more about the subjects we will be discussing and people we will be meeting during the conference, please visit www.czechleadership.com/agenda.php.

Regular Updates

As we are trying to limit the number of mass e-mails we send out, we will be posting more news on our blog at http://czechleadership.com/blog. We will also be increasing our presence on social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. More information is on our web-site’s homepage.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@czechleadership.com.

With best regards,


Ismayil Khayredinov
ismayil@civicconcepts.org
Conference Director
19th International Youth Leadership Conference
www.czechleadership.com
tel: +420 272 730 897

Fulbrights get brighter

...or at least become a beacon for more applicants, including Puget Sound:

The tough job market for college seniors and recent graduates has left millions of twentysomethings unemployed or underemployed and looking for work or some other way to occupy their time.

Among the alternatives that appear to be growing in popularity this fall: State Department-sponsored Fulbright fellowships to study, conduct research or teach English in 140 countries.

In all, more than 8,500 people submitted applications to the Institute for International Education (IIE) – the group that oversees student Fulbrights -- for 2010-11 awards ahead of last week’s deadline, a thousand more than applied a year ago. About 1500 student Fulbrights are awarded each year...

Applications coming from the University of the Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., tripled from 6 last year to 18 this year. Bowdoin College students and alumni submitted 20 applications last year and 28 this year. Muhlenberg College's applications grew from 5 to 12. Franklin & Marshall College's grew from 5 to 11. Applications from Villanova University grew from 12 last year to 18 this year.

Jane Morris, director of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships at Villanova and president of the National Association of Fellowships Advisors, said the economy is one reason why applications are up, but also pointed to efforts by the IIE to “get the word out to increase the numbers.” She pointed to more information sessions, better outreach to colleges and a more robust website describing the fellowship as important factors in drumming up applications...

Read the whole thing here.

ASK Night--PG Alums will be there!

To all Politics & Government Faculty: Help your students connect with Politics & Government alumni…please urge your students to attend ASK Night! You can forward the message below to your students.

“Building and maintaining professional networks is an essential skill required by employers.”

--Dr. Phil Gardner, the national expert on the college job market

Begin building your network by attending ASK Night 2009 and connecting with P&G alumni:

Melissa Hopkins ‘ 04, Development Specialist for the American Red Cross
Estevan Munoz-Howard ’04, Executive Director of the Youth Media Institute
Joshua McDonald ’02, Government Affairs Coordinator for the Washington Restaurant Association
William Stephens, ’84, Assistant Attorney General for the Attorney General of Washington State
Andrea Tull, ’02, Government Relations Director for MultiCare Health System
Robert Wotton, Jr. ’86, Branch Manager of Sterling Savings Bank


Please join these alumni, and others at:
Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK) Night 2009
Thursday, Nov. 5: drop by anytime between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m.
Wheelock Rotunda
Light snacks provided.

Intern for Congressman Dave Reichert

It is a pleasure to inform you that Congressman Dave Reichert's District office on Mercer Island is recruiting to fill three positions of Congressional Intern effective immediately. Go to http://reichert.house.gov/ConstituentServices/internships.htm to download an application form.

We would like to take this opportunity to nominate individuals who are well-suited for this position. We are genuinely interested in recruiting candidates who are interested in policy, and more importantly, who have a desire to serve the United States.


We would appreciate it if you would post, publish and circulate the position announcement. It may be duplicated and distributed as you wish in order to bring it to the attention of students who might be interested and qualified.

I thank you for publicizing this position announcement and informing any persons who might be interested in a new opportunity.


Sincerely,
Jasques Imperial
Staff Assistant for Congressman Dave Reichert (WA-08)

Wintergrass--volunteer?

They've left Tacoma (*sniff*, sad), but Professor Share says why not head up to Bellevue and pitch in?

Those who would like to volunteer can get a free weekend pass to Wintergrass, the nation’s top winter bluegrass festival, which will take place in Bellevue, WA, February 25-28.

Applications and details are available at
http://www.acousticsound.org/wg_volunteers.htm.

More information about the festival can found at www.acousticsound.org .

Washington Center Intern Abroad Program

Depending on the internship, it could be possible to get department credit for this--talk to Professor Sousa if you are considering the program and want to figure out how it can apply to the major.

We hope that you'll help us communicate to eligible students on your campus the many benefits of a Washington Center intern abroad program. Students who take part have the opportunity to combine the adventure of a study abroad experience with the practical advantage of interning in an international setting. They'll begin the semester or summer with a ten-day academic seminar in Washington, D.C. before heading to their destination city where they'll complete coursework and a substantive internship.

Our intern abroad program offerings for 2010 include:

Washington, D.C.-Sydney Internship Program (spring, summer)
Washington, D.C.-London Internship Program (summer, fall)
Washington, D.C.-Oxford Internship Program (summer only)

We're extending our deadline for the spring D.C.-Sydney Program until November 13 in order to give students additional time to apply.

If you'd like to find out more about these opportunities, please visit www.twc.edu/internabroad or feel free to contact us at internabroad@twc.edu or 202-238-7900 any time! We're also happy to provide you with materials you can distribute on campus to promote the programs.

Please let us know if you, your students or colleagues have questions at any time. Thank you for bringing The Washington Center's intern abroad offerings to the attention of students you believe would be strong candidates.

Heather Hendy
Senior Program Coordinator, Institutional Relations
The Washington Center

Email: internabroad@twc.edu
Phone: 202-238-7900 or 800-486-8921
Website: www.twc.edu/internabroad

Critical Language Scholarship--Summer 2010

The United States Department of State is pleased to announce the upcoming
scholarship competition for the 2010 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Program for overseas intensive summer language institutes in thirteen
critical need foreign languages. The on-line application for CLS Program
awards will be available November 9, 2009, and the deadline to apply will be December 18, 2009.

Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) provide group-based intensive language
instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences for seven to ten
weeks. Students may apply for one language, and will be placed at institute
sites based on language evaluations after selection. The 2010 CLS Program
will include new programs in Indonesian and Japanese.

Levels available for each language are as follows:
*Arabic, Persian: Advanced beginning, intermediate or advanced level;
*Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Turkish, or Urdu: Beginning, intermediate or advanced level;
*Chinese, Japanese or Russian: Intermediate or advanced level.

Students of diverse disciplines and majors are encouraged to apply. While
there is no service requirement attached to CLS Program awards, participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers.

For more information on the CLS Program and the selection process, please
visit www.CLScholarship.org. If you would like to receive a program
announcement, please email me directly at sylla.julia@caorc.org.

Julia Phelan Sylla
Assistant Director
Critical Language Scholarship Program
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
Phone: 202-633-7015
E-mail: sylla.julia@caorc.org
Website: www.CLScholarship.org

Hot Dog! Elly Henriksen in the China Daily--

Read the whole thing here--
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-10/23/content_8836940.htm

US college life is in full swing and many young adventurous Americans are still telling tales about their overseas experiences. It's not unusual for foreign students to spend a summer in China interning at various companies but selling hot dogs in a Beijing hutong is way off the beaten track.

US college student Elly Henriksen ran the Bar Uno hot dog stand, located in Nanluoguxiang, for the greater part of the summer and is now back home in Washington state to tell the story.

"I got there on June 1, and was pretty much keeping the place running," said Henriksen.

A student at the University of Puget Sound in Washington state, Henriksen was offered the job by an American businessman and alumni of her school.

"My professor called me on my cellphone and told me I had a job prospect in China, and asked if I was interested," said Henriksen. With less than three weeks left before the semester was to end, she scrambled to get her visa and passport in place so she could come to China.

"I was basically told 'you're going to be running a hot dog stand, and you're going to work a lot'," said Henriksen. The stand, which is still running, is open seven days a week, for at least 12 hours each day. Henriksen was in charge of "establishing regular hours, regular prices, doing some of the hiring; we wanted to use an American business model," she said....

Paper Competition; one grand prize---

Wartburg College Announces

An International Competition

For Undergraduate Research Papers

This competition is supported by a generous grant from the Metanexus Institute

Students from around the world are invited to submit research papers that will focus on the relationships between technology, the natural world, and human identity or spirit.

Submissions are due no later than June 1, 2010. Send papers to lake.lambert@wartburg.edu. All papers must be written in English and will be evaluated by a blind review process. Cash prizes in the amounts of $1,000, $500 and $250 are available to the top three papers. Winning papers will be published at www.wartburg.edu/metanexus. For more information, call 319 352 8684 or email dean.johnson@wartburg.edu

Sample Ideas for Papers

The following paper ideas are illustrative of the projects sought by this national paper competition.

Flood Recovery and the Human Spirit: the activation of Social and Spiritual Resources subsequent to the 2008 flood in NE Iowa. This research project is designed to document and analyze the psycho-social and spiritual strategies and processes that enabled (or failed to enable) recovery after the devastating NE Iowa flood in 2008. Data will be collected primarily through interviews with victims of the flood, city officials and area ministers, as well as through visits to sites where recovery efforts are proceeding. Although economic factors will be evaluated as part of the study, the focus of the project will be the affective challenges that confront flood victims and the psychological and spiritual strategies they have used to meet those challenges.

The Effect of Social Networking Technologies on Volunteerism. This research project will document and analyze the effectiveness of social networking technology within the community of Waverly, Iowa, for promoting and organizing volunteerism in response to specific needs: the NE Iowa flood, the destruction caused by hurricane Katrina, and the Feed My Starving Children initiative. Robert Putnam’s analysis of different modes of civic engagement will provide a paradigm or analyzing the kinds of involvement elicited by social networking strategies.

Music and Mood: Seeing the World through an MP3-Player.This project will focus on the effect of music on mood and perception while moving through public spaces. The phenomenon of living inside a private world of sound while moving through public space has become common in contemporary society. This study will seek to understand how both mood and perception of immediate surroundings are affected by continuous music.


The Use of Machine Metaphors for Representing Humans and Society in Shakespeare, the Bronte sisters, Henry James and Kurt Vonnegut. This is an attempt to document through time how the use of machine metaphors to represent humans and society have changed. Electronic searches of those texts that are available in machine readable format, or for which there exist concordances, will be used to facilitate the discovery process.

Wednesday: The Art of Political Murder

PLEASE COME AND CIRCULATE:
Writer/novelist Francisco Goldman
THE ART OF POLITICAL MURDER
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
4 p.m.
Wyatt Hall, Room 109

A triumphant tale of justice belatedly served in a country where the concept had lost all meaning, of institutional evil unmasked in a place where it had long operated behind a thousand disguises, of plodding police work and personal courage overcoming a culture of impunity and fear.

Goldman will discuss the assassination of a Guatemalan bishop Msgr. Juan Gerardi, whose bludgeoned body was found just days after he and a team of human rights investigators announced the publication of a 1,400-page report blaming Guatemala’s security forces for a 30-year reign of murder, torture, massacres, and disappearances.

Francisco Goldman is a Guatemalan-American journalist, and award-winning novelist. He lives in Mexico City and Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at Trinity College in Connecticut.

Nigerian ambassador and PG alum

PG major George Obiozor ’69, former Nigerian ambassador to the United States, was interviewed in Nigeria’s Daily Champion on Oct. 16. Excerpt:

Speak briefly on the book, "Nigeria and the World, Managing the Politics of Diplomatic Ambivalence Among Nations?"

The issue here is that I will like our people to understand that actually, international diplomacy is not a straight forward game, it's not a picnic, and it's not a pleasure journey. It has to do with, to a great extent, where actors sit on the fence most of the time looking for issues that will indeed put their countries at advantage, which also means putting others at disadvantage.

In other words, they are looking for political, economic and strategic interest of their country by persuading others to yield where they will be strengthened. In fact, if necessary, they may enter to promote conflict, even though they had gone in there to stop the conflict. If it is not in their interest to stop it, they will promote it, but they keep appealing to others on the basis of principle, meanwhile; they are pursuing their interest, regardless of what is happening.

In other words, what I have done in the book is to show that in the study of international relations, you have a constant conflict between power and principle. It has been so for a long time, it will continue and it is so today.

This makes international diplomacy a field of outrageous paradox - selective morality and double standards. You must understand what it takes. It requires pragmatism to know when your interest is at stake, what to give in and what to take, when to retreat and when to move forward. So, this is the issue that is involved in the book.

Many of the articles or lectures I gave in America had to do with Nigerian interests within the international system and then promotion of those interests and then advancing the areas of Nigeria's strength in order to invite our host country and the world, as I said of Washington being almost the centre of diplomacy, and till today, it is still the centre of diplomacy in the world... They have influence, major one, America is still the remaining world power, there is no gainsaying that.

Even though they may have their own problems; they still come first before others in military, strategic position in the world, economic position in the world, diplomatic coverage, that is, actually, political diplomatic spread worldwide. Others come after that, whether you are talking of China... China is moving fast and moving well.

Russia is restoring itself after the Soviet's collapse and they are moving now, but the issue remains: who is number one? And the number one doesn't want to become the number two, so there is a resistance from other competitors. This is the issue, that's what makes America strong or great, because they want to keep their position. It may not be dominant position any more, but it is a preeminent position.

Alum in Ankara

Torey Holderith '09 is in Ankara, Turkey, for the immediate future, learning Turkish and immersing himself in this amazing gateway between Europe and Asia. He's got a blog at http://www.irrelevancy.org/ with a few posts; check it out.

DATE CHANGE 10/26: Afghanistan: Defining the Possibilities

DATE CHANGE--
On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Professor Seth Weinberger invites you to participate in an on-the-record teleconference of "Afghanistan: Defining the Possibilities" with John F. Kerry, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate (D-MA), on Monday, October 26. David E. Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, will preside.

The tele-conference will take plan on Monday, October 26, at 9:30 in WY 226.

Do we matter?

From the NYT, more on the controversy over political science--

After Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, this month proposed prohibiting the National Science Foundation from “wasting any federal research funding on political science projects,” political scientists rallied in opposition, pointing out that one of this year’s Nobel winners had been a frequent recipient of the very program now under attack.

Yet even some of the most vehement critics of the Coburn proposal acknowledge that political scientists themselves vigorously debate the field’s direction, what sort of questions it pursues, even how useful the research is.

Much of the political science work financed by the National Science Foundation is both rigorous and valuable, said Jeffrey C. Isaac, a professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, where one new winner of the Nobel in economic science, the political scientist Elinor Ostrom, teaches. “But we’re kidding ourselves if we think this research typically has the obvious public benefit we claim for it,” he said. “We political scientists can and should do a better job of making the public relevance of our work clearer and of doing more relevant work.”

Mr. Isaac is the editor of Perspectives on Politics, a journal that was created by the field’s professional organization to bridge the divide after a group of political scientists led a revolt against the growing influence of statistical methods and mathematics-based models in the discipline. In 2000 an anonymous political scientist who called himself Mr. Perestroika roused scores of colleagues to protest the organization, the American Political Science Association, and its flagship journal, The American Political Science Review, arguing that the two were marginalizing scholars who focused on traditional research based on history, culture and archives...

ASK Night

Help your students connect with Puget Sound alumni…please urge your students to attend ASK Night! You can forward the message below to your students.

Why network?

Dr. Phil Gardner, the national expert on the college job market recently visited campus. He emphasized two important issues that students need to know as they prepare to enter the job market:
1. “Building and maintaining professional networks is an essential skill required by employers.”

2. “The primary way employers are hiring is through networking.”

So, you’ll need effective networking skills to find a job. And, once you are employed, you will be expected to network as part of your job. Now is the time to build your professional networks.

Practice your networking skills, and make valuable connections with Puget Sound alumni at:

Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK) Night 2009
Thursday, Nov. 5: drop by anytime between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m.
Wheelock Rotunda

Light snacks provided.

ASK Night is an opportunity for students to:

· Make contacts/network with alumni professionals in a wide variety of careers

· Connect with and seek advice from alumni

· Hear about what others have done with their Puget Sound education

About ASK Night • List of participants • Networking tips

We’ll see you there! Kris

Kris Hay
Communications Coordinator
Career and Employment Services
University of Puget Sound

Stephen Souvall '09, Protests in Peru

From Stephen Souvall '09:

I hope all is well in the Department and at UPS! I thought you might find these photos interesting. I spent the past three months in Iquitos, Peru doing a micro credit internship and one day while working I heard a crowd outside.

I went out on the balcony to find a protest for indigenous rights in progress. These protests in Iquitos and throughout Peru's northern rainforests have been relatively common and have sometimes turned violent. They are in response to government action to open up indigenous lands to oil, mining, logging, and agricultural companies.

More information can be found here (scroll down to the second story):

http://www.americasquarterly.org/indigenous-people-protests-peru

10/27: Examined Life

RAUSCH AUDITORIUM, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27TH @ 7PM

FILM SCREENING FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION WITH
ALISA KESSEL (POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT),
JUSTIN TIEHEN (PHILOSOPHY), AND ARIELA TUBERT (PHILOSOPHY)
SPONSORED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, THE PHILOSOPHY CLUB,
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Housing better; hotel good

From Forward Tacoma:

- Hotel Murano ranks 6th in the U.S. in the Condé Nast Traveler: 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards. Read more…

- Tacoma tops the list of the 10 Hard-Hit Housing Markets That Are Ready to Rebound. Read more…

Job Opening in Tacoma, deadline 10/23

Job Title: Constituent Services Representative/Grants & Procurement Coordinator (full-time)
Tacoma District Office of U.S. Congressman Adam Smith

Letter of interest & resume with references must be received by October 23rd Attn: Linda Danforth
* mailed to: U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, 2209 Pacific Ave, Suite B, Tacoma, WA 98402 or
* emailed to: Linda.Danforth@mail.house.gov

The position starts in November.

Core Responsibilities:

Work with constituents regarding casework including the areas of: Medicare/Social Security, HUD, SBA and the IRS; work on inquiries related to grants and federal procurement including drafting letters of support, making inquiries and sending information regarding new opportunities; coordinate forums relating to the assigned areas; contribute to the Bringing Congress to Your Door program; assist with townhall meetings; and support other functions that help run the office and provide customer service to constituents.

Qualifications:

Professional manner; excellent oral and written communication skills; thoroughness and careful attention to detail; ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment; ability to work cooperatively and courteously with others in a fast-paced office; knowledge of the federal agencies and the political process; and compassion and commitment to public service and customer service. Ties to and knowledge of the Ninth Congressional District are desired.

Salary range

$28,000 to $35,000, depending on qualifications and experience, with Federal employee benefits.

The office of Congressman Adam Smith is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

Upcoming Talk: Professor DeMotts, "Soccer Fans on Safari"

From the Political Science Association:

We wanted to first let you know that one of your own, Professor Rachel DeMotts, is giving a lecture this Thursday, October 22 at 7:30pm in WY 101 entitled, Soccer Fans on Safari: The 2010 World Cup and the South African Wilderness. Secondly, we are wondering if you would be willing to announce the lecture in your classes on Wednesday and Thursday. Be sure to tell the students there will be food!

Here is the description of the lecture:
Many conservationists in southern Africa are gearing up to attract soccer tourists arriving for the 2010 World Cup to national parks around the region, especially in South Africa. But what are the local consequences of thousands of fans showing up for soccer matches and then visiting national parks? Who will benefit from this increased tourism, and how is the opportunity for "football and zebras" being marketed?

Thank you for your support!

Lindsay, Heidi, and Katie

For your consideration

From The Monkey Cage:

Political science, even at its best, has few, if any, redeeming aesthetic qualities. We do not offer beautiful theories of how the cosmos came to be; our prose is at best serviceable; if our diagrams convey the meaning they are supposed to and no more, then they have done their job. That means that political science has to justify itself on the pragmatic grounds of its usefulness. But much of political science is not only ugly, but not especially useful. It doesn’t say anything that non-political scientists might possibly care about knowing.

The implication is that political scientists need not only to think about how best to convey what they do to the public; they need to think about doing what...ought to be so conveyed. This is not to say that political science needs to be in the business of pleasing the crowd; many of the truths that political science might want to convey might indeed be somewhat unpleasant to the sensibilities and prejudices thereof. But it needs to see itself as making a useful contribution to public discourse.

Brown bag talk 10/28: Health care reform

In our ongoing series of brown bag talks. See you there--

Obama fights fire with talk

Obama To Enter Diplomatic Talks With Raging Wildfire

Go north, young freshman

We are noted in the NYT as a school forgone for a cheaper option in Canada:

...for some teenagers, Canada might offer a wonderful opportunity.

It has for Jocelyn Berkowitz. At a college fair last year, the 17-year-old was looking for an affordable school with a top-notch art history program -- but she wanted to get out of California. Berkowitz walked up to a University of Alberta table and saw it seemed to have everything she wanted...

Alberta's total costs of $21,500 (U.S.) for tuition, room and board and fees exceed the $18,000 bill Jocelyn would have faced at Humboldt State University, her backup school. But they're significantly less than at the two other schools she considered: Penn State, where she would have paid $28,600, and the University of Puget Sound, where her total costs, even with a scholarship, would have been about $36,000.

(insert snarky comment about Canada here, preferrably with some jibe about hockey)

Puget Sound blasts off

A funny piece in University Business about Puget Sound's recent jaunt into space:

NASA crashed two probes into the moon this morning in an attempt to find water. The University of Puget Sound (Wash.) must be eagerly awaiting the results, considering their admissions office began a recruiting campaign in that region over the summer.
The university had a toe hold in the area through an incoming freshman’s father—American astronaut John Phillips.

Phillips admitted his daughter Alli last fall and volunteered to take the college’s baseball cap with him on the Space Shuttle Discovery’s April 2009 flight to the International Space Station...

The college is getting some earthly good out of this by posting the space photo on its Facebook page and in alumni magazine Arches. So far though, no new enrollment queries have come in from the virgin territory.

How the mighty are fallen--Harvard profs toss their cookies

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Gone are the hot breakfasts in most dorms and the pastries at Widener Library. Varsity athletes are no longer guaranteed free sweatsuits, and just this week came the jarring news that professors will go without cookies at faculty meetings.

By Harvard standards, these are hard times. Not Dickensian hard times, perhaps, but with the value of its endowment down by almost 30 percent, the world’s richest university is learning to live with less.

Read the tragedy here.

DOE Fellowship Program

Department of Energy

The Office of Science

Graduate Fellowship Program

http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/SCGF.html

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) has established the DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) program to provide support for outstanding students to pursue graduate degrees and research in areas of physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, computational sciences and environmental sciences relevant to the Office of Science, and to encourage the development of the next generation scientific and technical talent in the U.S.

Fellows will receive a $35,000 yearly stipend for living expenses, $10, 500 per year for tuition and fees and a $5,000 research stipend supplement for research materials and travel expenses. Fellows will be required to attend the annual DOE SCGF Research Conference to be held each summer at a DOE national laboratory. Travel expenses and accommodations to the Conference will be provided by the DOE SCGF program.

THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30, 2010.

For more information about the program, eligibility, benefits and application visit http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/SCGF.html

The DOE SCGF program is managed by the DOE Office of Science’s Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) and administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE).

Reminder: 10/15 talk: Crude World

Essay contest--significant cash prizes!

From the Intercollegiate Studies Institute:

The purpose of the Culture of Enterprise Initiative is to explore in an interdisciplinary fashion the moral and cultural foundations of humane market systems. The program also sponsors book & article awards, and book & lecture series for older scholars, but this undergraduate essay contest asks students to respond to this question, "Can Character and Community Survive in an Age of Globalization?" As you can see, we challenge students to consider the proper balance between market forces and moral principles when examining the realities of our global economic order.

Here are the prizes for the top essayists:

1st Place - $10,000
2nd Place - $5,000
3rd Place - $2,000
4th Place - $1,500
5th Place - $1,000

Students can download the application form, which outlines the details for submitting essays, via this link http://www.cultureofenterprise.org/content/coe_essay_app.pdf

And students can learn more about the contest and read past winning essays by clicking here: http://www.cultureofenterprise.org/essay.html

The deadline for applicants is December 31, 2009, so students can finish their final exams, if they choose, and then turn to the essay contest. Of course, we welcome and encourage early applications as well.

Two Week Academic Seminars in D.C, in January

The Washington Center offers two, two-week academic seminars in Washington, DC in January. One is entitled "Inside Washington," and focuses on the presidency and the legislative process. The other is entitled "Camp David III: Negotiating the Path to Israeli-Palestinian Peace." You can find more information be emailing seminars@twc.edu, or by calling 1-800-486-8921. The Washington Center's website is here.

Senator Cantwell internship, Tacoma

majors have done this internship in past and liked it--

An internship in the office of Senator Cantwell offers individuals an opportunity to serve the public through the federal government. Throughout the year, the internship programs in offices throughout Washington State allow students to work directly with congressional aides and get an inside view of the way a Congressional office operates. Internships develop professional skills and offer students the opportunity to explore future careers in public service.

In the State offices, interns have the opportunity to work directly with the public and staff members and will learn firsthand about the constituent advocacy process. Responsibilities include fielding constituent requests, communication with federal government agencies, extensive research and interaction with the public and local groups. Interns may attend briefings with concerned citizens and organizations.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must be motivated, organized, and able to work in a team setting. Internships are open to students of any degree program. Responsibility and flexibility are key qualifications as well as an interest in writing, research and interfacing with the public.

PROGRAM OUTLINE: Internships are available throughout the year and applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Commitments based on school schedules, either semester or quarter, can be accommodated. Internships are unpaid, but available for school credit, if approved by the college/university. Hours and schedule are negotiable, but a regular weekly schedule must be arranged.

REQUIREMENTS: For consideration, please contact the intern supervisor. The application requires a cover letter, resume, a one-page writing sample detailing why you are interested in working with Senator Cantwell and two letters of recommendation. Acceptable letters might come from professors, former teachers, employers or community members who know the applicant.

State of Washington Office
Internship Program
Ken Pierce
Internship Coordinator
Jackson Federal Building,
Suite 3206
915 Second Ave.
Seattle, WA 98174

(206) 220-6400 phone
(206) 220-6404 fax
ken_pierce@cantwell.senate.gov

IDEALIST job fairs

I am writing from Idealist with a quick reminder about four events
coming up in Portland and Seattle in the next couple of weeks. Very
briefly first:

1. The Portland Nonprofit Career Fair, on Wednesday, October 14, from
11:00 to 3:00
http://bit.ly/3UhEB3

2. The Portland Graduate School Fair, on Thursday, October 22, from
5:00 to 8:00
http://bit.ly/tIDNJ

3. The Seattle Nonprofit Career Fair, on Tuesday, October 20, from
11:00 to 3:00
http://bit.ly/l9JRm

4. The Seattle Graduate School Fair, also on Tuesday, October 20, from
5:00 to 8:00
http://bit.ly/8SBhO

All of these events are free for individuals. Please click on each
link for more details, to see which organizations or schools will be
there, and to register.

For the Grad-School Fairs, if you, or anyone you know, are thinking of
going to grad-school next year, these fairs are a great place to meet
with representatives from a wide variety of graduate programs in
fields such as Nonprofit Management, Education, Social Work, Global
Health, International Affairs, Law, Business, Public Policy, Urban
Planning, and more.

At our Nonprofit Career Fairs, on the other hand, you can meet with
local organizations that are seeking staff, interns, or volunteers.

Please share this message with friends and colleagues at work, on
Facebook and Twitter, and on any relevant maling lists, and let me
know if you have any questions.

Thanks, and I hope to see you at one of these!

Joe Grant
Nonprofit HR Coordinator
http://www.idealist.org/careerfairs

Kali Bechtold 09 heads to Lesotho

Bon voyage and best wishes to Kali Bechtold, who heads out to Lesotho next month through Peace Corps. All the best, and we hope to hear from her experiences there, technology and time permitting--

WashPIRG Internships

For 35 years, students have united under the national Student PIRGs to
face up to society's big problems, take action, and win concrete changes
that improve the quality of our lives. The student PIRGs are independent
state-based student organizations that work to solve public interest
problems related to the environment, consumer protection, and government
reform. Our student-lead board has set up campaigns around the major issues
students will face when they graduate -- from global warming to endangered
species, from staggering student debt rates to high textbook costs, from
the escalating cost and declining quality of health care to the plight of
the hungry and homeless. Students work closely with trained PIRG staff to
develop their leadership skills, learn to successfully plan and organize
winning campaigns and get national media attention.

The Student PIRGs, and specifically WashPIRG, are now accepting internship
applications for Fall 2009. Our interns earn course credit to make a
difference on issues that matter most to them, by educating their campus,
working with the media and educating decision makers. Students can apply
online at http://www.studentpirgs.org/action.asp?id2=32667.

If you are interested in handing out internship brochures to your class,
please respond to this email with your name, address and how many students
you have in your class, and I will send them along!

Please forward the following message to any of your outstanding student
leaders and other faculty members that you think may be interested!

Thank you for all you do for your students!

Jake Shaffren
Washington Field Organizer
w: (206) 568 2856
f: (206) 568 2858
http://www.washpirgstudents.org/

EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental Study

Interested in environmental policy? Interested in getting paid to work on environmental policy? Check out this fellowship opportunity at the EPA website.

A. Introduction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), invites applications for the Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for undergraduate environmentally related study for bachelor’s level students. The deadline for receipt of applications is December 10, 2009. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 30 new fellowships by July 30, 2010. The fellowship provides up to $19,250 per year of academic support and $8,000 for internship support for a combined total of up to $46,500 over the life of the fellowship. The GRO program enhances and supports quality environmental education for undergraduates, and thereby encourages them to continue their education beyond the baccalaureate level, and pursue careers in environmentally related fields. The actual amount awarded per year will vary depending on the amount of tuition and fees and the number of months the stipend is required. This fellowship is intended to help defray costs associated with environmentally oriented study leading to a bachelor’s degree.

B. Background
The GRO Undergraduate Fellowship program is part of the national effort to help ensure that the United States meets its current and projected human resource needs in the environmental science, engineering, and policy fields (Jackson 2002). The goals of the program are to bolster the environmental generation of tomorrow, bridge to diverse communities, and boost excellent research and development that advance the protection of human health and the environment through education. The program focuses its efforts at stimulating and supporting interest in environmentally related research and development at institutions of higher education that receive limited federal funding, including in particular institutions with substantial minority enrollment (Environmental Career Organizations 2001). By enhancing and supporting quality environmental education for undergraduate students, the GRO Undergraduate Fellowship thereby encourages promising students to pursue careers in environmentally related fields and to continue their education beyond the baccalaureate level. This goal is consistent with the mission of EPA, which is to provide leadership in the nation’s environmental science, research, education, assessment, restoration, preservation, and pollution prevention efforts. The GRO Fellowship program has benefited both public and private sectors by consistently providing the nation with well-trained environmental specialists to meet society’s environmental challenges. GRO supported fellows have provided new environmental research in the physical, biological, health, and social sciences as well as in engineering.

Good source for information about journalism internships, jobs

I ran into an article focused on job opportunities in journalism that noted that entry-level positions in the field almost always go to people who have done (unpaid) internships. The authors worried that students who could not afford to take unpaid work would find it hard to get a leg up in the field. I thought that information about opportunities is always good. Check out Journalism Jobs.

PG Alum Mariner Kemper on Bloomberg TV

Alum Mariner Kemper went on to be noted as one of Forbes' youngest CEOs in America, as head of UMB Financial. Here's a clip of him on Bloomberg talking about the recent economic downturn.

Where the cool alums go--SEA, DC, PDX

Hat tip: Ned Culhane:

The Wall Street Journal recently published a list of "The Next Youth Magnet Cities". Seattle tied with DC in first place; Portland in forth (downside there: high unemployment).

Peter Maass: Crude World, on campus and NPR

Peter Maass will be on campus on October 15 to talk about his book, Crude World. If you want a taste of his talk, he was on NPR’s THE WORLD yesterday, and you can hear him at:

http://www.theworld.org/2009/09/28/crude-world-an-interview-with-peter-maass/

Professor Weinberger on the radio

Professor Seth Weinberger, fresh from the release of his new book, chatted yesterday on Midweek Politics with David Pakman about Iran, the UN, and other sundry issues. Listen here.

500k for Health Sciences at Puget Sound

Philanthropy Magazine reports that "the University of Puget Sound received $500,000 commitment from Carl and Renee Behnke of Seattle for design and construction new Center for Health Sciences."

Exciting: There's more on our university website. Snippet:

The Center for Health Sciences is the centerpiece of both Puget Sound's 20-year master plan for campus development and the academic strategic plan. The venue will combine in one facility the undergraduate research and teaching disciplines of exercise science and psychology with the college's graduate clinical and research studies in occupational and physical therapy. The center will house the interdisciplinary neuroscience program, to be directed by a recently funded endowed chair in that field. It also will provide resources for the university's occupational and physical therapy clinics, which provide more than 300 patients annually with free health care services.

"Through my many years on the board of trustees, I have seen University of Puget Sound grow to become a leading liberal arts college with strong leadership and a compelling vision for preparing students for the future," Carl Behnke said. "Renee and I are very pleased to be able to make this contribution to the new Center for Health Sciences, which will offer extraordinary opportunities for both students and faculty, and support the development of new realms of research and discovery in the health sciences."

Emerging out of the university's comprehensive master plan, the center is being designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson of Seattle. Construction is expected to begin in 2010. The facility will be located at the south end of campus, along N.11th Street, with convenient access for clinic patients who are served by students in the occupational and physical therapy programs. Combined with the Commencement Walk landscape element in the university's master plan, the new center will knit the north and south sectors of campus into a unified whole.

Reminder: US-Canada conference, Seattle

CANADA and the UNITED STATES

North American Economic Competitiveness; Energy Security; the Arctic;
Environmental Sustainability; Cross-Border Trade & Transportation;
Smart & Secure Borders; Emergency Planning & Management; Global Health;
Demographics; Canada-US Security & Defence

Canada and the United States have a unique relationship. Since 2001 over 100 academics from Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington have participated in the 'International Canadian Studies Institute' alternating between Alberta and British Columbia / Yukon. Join more than 50 of these Fellows on Friday 16 October at the University of Washington to hear and discuss the results of their research and work addressing many of the important issues in the Canada-US relationship - and how ICSI has impacted them, their students, universities and communities. Program attached.

Friday, October 16, 2009

8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Walker Ames Room (Room 225), Kane Hall
University of Washington, Seattle
7:00 pm
Women's University Club Ballroom
1105 Sixth Ave, Seattle, WA

Registration Deadline: October 1, 2009

For more information, please call 206-221-6374 or 206-770-4065.

Good jobs at Career Fair

Please encourage your students to attend the Career Fair Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 4-7:00 p.m. in WSC Marshall Hall. Even first-year students can benefit from walking through and checking it out.

Spotlight on organizations that may be of particular interest to your students:

Federal Bureau of Investigation

The FBI is a law enforcement and domestic intelligence agency charged with protecting and defending the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats. Full-time opportunities available with various positions for both the Special Agent applicants and Professional Support applicants that cover investigative, administrative, intelligence, communications, and language skills.

Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program

The Japanese Government invites young college graduates to live and work in Japan for a one-year cultural exchange program. Airfare, housing assistance and remuneration provided. Full-time, international opportunities available as Assistant Language (English) Teachers (ALTs). ALTs are primarily engaged in language instruction and carry out their duties under the guidance of Language Teachers' Consultants or Japanese Teachers of English.

Peace Corps

Peace Corps is an independent agency of the federal government working to promote world peace and friendship by training interested people overseas and fostering cross-cultural exchange. Full-time, international opportunities available where Peace Corps Volunteers work in the fields of the environment, education, health, agriculture, business, at-risk youth, and community development.

World Vision

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. Full-time, part-time, and summer opportunities available for the following: 1. Writer/Researcher Media Relations 2. Event Planning and Production, Experiential Engagement Team 3. Social Networking/Marketing. 4. Grant Researcher, International Programs Group 5. Carbon Footprint Analyst 6. Curriculum Development, Youth Empowerment Program 7. Writing Interns, Media Relations and Special Projects 8. Audit and Risk Management Intern 9. Accounting Intern, Finance Department 10. Database Programmer

For a complete listing of organizations that are attending, visit the Fall 2009 List of Career Fair Employers.

Dog earns online MBA: A cautionary tail

A good deal of online education is valuable, but it appears this is not one of them. Watch for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwd7rSWcND0

Opportunities Redux: Internships, fellowships, jobs, and more

A recap of some of the coolest stuff posted of late on the blog. Check it out or fail to keep up with the cool kids.

• Resolve 2009 Conference on Hunger/Poverty
• Green Corps for recent graduates
• Scoville Fellowship for recent graduates
• Public Policy and International Affairs Summer Institutes
• Paid Internship in Olympia for Spring!
• Alum's got a paid internship in DC
• $20,000 to study abroad
• Koch Foundation Associate Program
• Davies-Jackson Scholarship for Graduate Study
  
• Critical Language Fellowships
• $150,000 in grants for undergrad and grad studies
• NSA Summer Program for Juniors

Global Brigade to Latin America

Professor Share passed along to me the information that PG major Hally Roberts and several other students are planning to go to Latin America (possibly Honduras) this spring or summer to be part of a Global Brigade focused on medical work:
http://www.globalbrigades.org/

If you're interested in joining, contact Hally at hroberts@pugetsound.edu.

9/30 Brownbag talk on Iran

Upcoming talks include:
Professor Sousa on health care reform
Professor Fields on Japan/China (TBD)
Professor Jacobson on immigration reform

For questions about this event, or to recommend a discussion topic for the
future, email Professor Kessel at akessel@ups.edu.

Resolve 2009 Conference on Hunger/Poverty

My name is Will Petrik, and I am with the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness. Our organization is dedicated to ending poverty by engaging the upcoming generation of leaders in fighting poverty in their communities.

I am emailing you, because this fall we have a great opportunity for students at your campus to improve their leadership skills and knowledge on the issue of poverty—Resolve 2009. This conference will get them engaged in a variety of ways they can have an impact in their communities. It will also teach them more about poverty issues, allow them network with other leaders, and develop their skills.

Hundreds of students from across the country will be coming together in Chicago, Illinois on November 5-8 for the Resolve 2009 conference. They will be joined by representatives from leading non profit organizations working to combat poverty domestically and abroad. We're excited to have students from your college attend.

Could you forward the following message to students on your campus? Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to seeing students from your school at our conference in November.

If you would like to learn more about our organization and the Resolve 2009 conference, check out our website:http://www.studentsagainsthunger.org/

Green Corps for recent graduates

This just came in via Ashley Lauth '06, who works as an organizer with Green Corps and is the contact person listed below:

Applications due Oct. 18, 2009 – apply online today at http://www.greencorps.org **
Green Corps 2010-2011 Field School for Environmental Organizing

Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.

In Green Corps’ year-long paid program, you’ll get intensive training in the skills you’ll need to make a difference in the world. You’ll get hands-on experience fighting to solve urgent environmental problems — global warming, deforestation, water pollution and many others — with groups such as Sierra Club and Greenpeace. And, when you graduate from Green Corps, we’ll help you find a career with one of the nation’s leading environmental and social change groups.

For more information, read below or visit our web site: www.greencorps.org.


In your year with Green Corps:
You’ll get great training with some of the most experienced organizers in the field: Green Corps organizers take part in trainings with leading figures in the environmental and social change movements: people such as Adam Ruben, political director of MoveOn.org, and Bill McKibben, author and organizer of the “Step It Up” rallies for climate action.

You’ll get amazing experience working on environmental issues across the country: Green Corps sends organizers to jumpstart campaigns for groups such as Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Greenpeace and Environment America in San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and dozens of other places in between.

You’ll have a real impact on some of the biggest environmental problems we’re facing today: Green Corps organizers have built the campaigns that helped keep the Arctic safe from drilling, that led to new laws that support clean, renewable energy, that convinced major corporations to stop dumping in our oceans and much, much more.

You’ll even get paid: Green Corps Organizers earn a salary of $23,750. Organizers also have a chance to opt into our health care program with a pre-tax monthly salary deferral. We offer paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation and a student loan repayment program for those who qualify.

And when you graduate from the program, you’ll be ready for what comes next: Green Corps will help connect you to environmental and progressive groups that are looking for full-time staff to build their organizations and help them create social change and protect our environment.

In the next few months, we‘ll invite 35 college graduates to join Green Corps in 2010-2011. We’re looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, people who have taken initiative on their campus or community, and people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work for change over the long haul.

If you think you’re one of those people, visit http://www.greencorps.org/apply to submit your application to join the 2010-2011 class of Green Corps’ Field School for Environmental Organizing.

Green Corps’ year-long program begins in August 2010 with Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and continues with field placements in multiple locations across the U.S. Candidates must be willing to relocate.

For more information, visit www.greencorps.org or contact

Ashley Lauth, Green Corps Organizer, at ashley@greencorps.org or 847.340.4570.

Scoville Fellowship for recent graduates

Deadline is October 15 for spring; February for fall 09. Get all the details here.

The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program invites college graduates to apply for full-time, six-to-nine month Fellowships in Washington, DC. Outstanding individuals will be selected to work with nonprofit, public-interest organizations addressing peace and security issues. Applications are especially encouraged from candidates with a strong interest in these issues who have prior experience with public-interest activism or advocacy.

Program and Purpose

Scoville Fellows will choose to work with one of the twenty-five organizations participating in the Program. With the assistance of the Program Director, Fellows will select a placement which best matches their interests and the needs of the host organization. Participating organizations provide office space and support, supervision and guidance for Fellows' work. With the exception of Congressional lobbying, Fellows may undertake a variety of activities, including research, writing, and organizing that support the goals of their host organization.

The purpose of the Fellowship is to provide an opportunity for college graduates to gain practical knowledge and experience by contributing to the efforts of nonprofit, public-interest organizations working on peace and security issues.
Stipend and Benefits

The Fellows receive a stipend of $2,100 per month and health insurance, plus travel expenses to Washington, DC.

Issue Areas Covered by the Scoville Fellowship include the following:

* Arms Control/Disarmament, including Nuclear Test Ban, Ballistic Missile Proliferation/Defense, Conventional Arms Transfers, Weapons Proliferation--Nuclear, Biological and Chemical
* Conflict Prevention/Resolution
* Defense Budget
* Dismantling Chemical and Nuclear Weapons in the former Soviet Union
* Economic Conversion
* Environmental Security, including Environmental Impact/Cleanup of Nuclear Weapons Production Complex
* Export Controls
* International Security
* Regional/Ethnic Conflicts, including East Asia, South Asia, Former Yugoslavia, Middle East, Newly Independent States
* United Nations, including UN Peacekeeping

Selection Criteria

Prospective Fellows are expected to demonstrate excellent academic accomplishments and a strong interest in issues of peace and security. Graduate study, a college major, course work, or substantial independent reading that reflects the substantive focus of the fellowship is also a plus. Prior experience with public-interest activism or advocacy is highly desirable. It is preferred, but not required, that such activities be focused on peace and security issues.

Experience with public-interest activism or advocacy can include the following:

* Organizing a campus forum, letter-writing campaign, meeting with decisionmakers, or rallies
* Working with or joining a campus, local, or national organization
* Active participation in conferences
* Writing and publication of opinion pieces

Candidates are required to have completed a baccalaureate degree by the time the Fellowship commences. Preference is given to United States citizens, although a Fellowship to a foreign national residing in the U.S. is awarded periodically based on availability of funding. The Scoville Fellowship is not intended for students or scholars interested in pursuing independent research in Washington, DC.

Preference will be given to individuals who have not had substantial prior public-interest or government experience in the Washington, DC area.

Luce Fellowship Reminder--no one applies? Why?

This year Puget Sound was invited to compete for the Luce Fellowship in Asia, which provides a fellowship for recent graduates:
http://upspolitics.blogspot.com/2009/09/opportunity-in-asia-for-recent-grads.html

The Luce Scholars Program has invited Puget Sound to participate in their program of international and cultural exchange. Aimed at a highly qualified group of young Americans in a variety of professional fields, it is unique among Asian-American exchange programs in placing emphasis on leaders who have had little prior experience of Asia and who might not otherwise have an opportunity during the course of their careers to come to know Asia or their Asian colleagues. The program consists of a paid internship in an East Asian or Southeast Asian country, not academic study. The basic stipend is sufficient to meet all of the scholars’ normal expenses in Asia, and all costs for travel required by the program also are covered.

The deadline is October 5, and there have been virtually no applications on campus.
I don't understand.

Public Policy and International Affairs Summer Insitutes

Deadline: November 1

Junior Summer Institutes

UC Berkeley | Michigan | Carnegie Mellon | Maryland | Princeton

The PPIA Junior Summer Institutes (JSI) have been the hallmark of the PPIA Fellowship Program for over 20 years. JSI is an intensive seven-week summer program that focuses on preparing students for graduate programs in public and international affairs and careers as policy professionals, public administrators and other leadership roles in public service. The JSI curriculum includes economics, statistics, domestic/international policy issues and leadership topics, all designed to sharpen the students' quantitative, analytic and communication skills. Extracurricular activities are also included. These skills are vital for admission into the top graduate programs in public and international affairs. The successful completion of a summer institute is a requirement for PPIA Fellows.

As a PPIA Fellow you are entitled to the following benefits:

• Full tuition at a PPIA Junior Summer Institute.
• Eligibility to receive assistance with travel expenses.
• Minimum of $1,000 stipend.
• University housing with a meal plan.
• Books and related course materials.
• GRE prep.

The Public Policy and International Affairs Program (PPIA) is a national program that prepares young adults for an advanced degree and ultimately for careers and influential roles serving the public good. PPIA has an outreach focus on students from groups who are underrepresented in leadership positions in government, nonprofits, international organizations and other institutional settings. This focus stems from a core belief that our citizens are best served by public managers, policy makers and community leaders who represent diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Furthermore, international affairs are increasingly mixed with local concerns. Addressing such global issues make diversity a critical goal in professional public service. For over 20 years PPIA has been at the forefront of promoting diversity in public service and nurturing the full potential of students as active citizens, public servants and agents of change.

So what is PPIA?

* A fellowship program that provides student training and financial support for graduate school and facilitates ongoing professional development.
* A consortium of the top public and international affairs graduate programs in the nation.
* An outreach program that seeks to educate and inspire young people of all ages and from all backgrounds about public service.
* An alumni association of approximately 3,000 PPIA Fellows from all across the nation.

Paid Internship in Olympia for Spring!

ICW Legislative Internship
January 12 – mid-April 2009
Be on the front lines of policy making and gain unique job experience. The 2009 session is a critical session for student aid funding. We’re looking for students who want to be part of the process and make a difference for students.

Who may apply:
Juniors and Seniors in any discipline
Apply by November 15
Students may work out course credit with a faculty member if allowed by the college.

Job Requirements:
We’re looking for students with an interest in student aid policy, strong writing and speaking skills. Students who are Washington residents and/or receive some from of state or federal aid a plus. Strong candidates must be flexible and ability to respond to changing circumstances with composure. Desire to learn and make a difference for students is important. Ability to get to Olympia on a regular basis will be critical.

Job Description
Work 10 – 12 hours per week for a minimum of three weeks in Olympia with staff from
Independent Colleges of Washington (ICW) to urge increases in student aid funding. ($12 -$15 / hour). (Monday mornings and Friday afternoons are not good work days)
Assignments will include research, bill tracking, meeting with legislators, attending and testifying in committees.

Interns will receive a capitol campus and process orientation from ICW staff, lessons on the legislature’s bill tracking data base, etc.

Writing assignments will include writing materials to prepare for meetings with legislators and before testimony, and may include opinions pieces for newspapers.

To Apply: Send cover letter, resume, faculty reference letter and essay to
ICW@ICWashington.org. Essay topic should help the selection committee understand why
you’re interested in this position.

Elie Wiesel Foundation Essay Contest

Elie Wiesel Foundation Prize in Ethics Essay Contest 2009

What would education be without its ethical dimension? The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and its corporate partner LRN believe them to be inseparable.

* Do you know an ethical leader who endeavors to make our world better?
* Do you know of a student that can raise questions, single out issues and build rational arguments?
* Do you know of any students who could benefit from the contest's $10,000 in prizes?

Submission deadline is January 8th, 2010

Since 1989, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity has sponsored the Prize in Ethics Essay Contest. This annual competition is designed to challenge college students to analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them in today’s complex world.

Encourage full-time juniors and seniors at your institution to submit an essay. Winning students receive $10,000 in cash prizes, an internship, and a chance for their essay to be published in a nationally recognized publication.

To learn more read the Prize in Ethics FAQ.

The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest is made possible through the generous support of Dov Seidman and LRN. LRN is the exclusive corporate partner of The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Prize in Ethics.

Intern/webmaster think tank DC

COHA seeking Volunteer Webmaster

The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) is seeking a volunteer webmaster to manage our WordPress website and improve our online presence. We are looking for someone who can make an ongoing commitment of a few hours a week to maintain the website and respond to specific issues as they arise. The position is available immediately.
Please visit our website at www.coha.org and send a resume to: coha@coha.org


Internships Available

The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) is looking for qualified interns to join our team in Washington, D.C. for the fall term. Founded in 1975, COHA is a major tax-exempt, nonprofit and nonpartisan national research and information organization established to encourage the formulation of rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America. These internships provide valuable entry level practical experience in dealing with a variety of hemispheric political, economic, diplomatic and trade issues. They also provide young scholars with an excellent opportunity to be exposed to the policymaking process. COHA is seeking highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students, and those who already have earned degrees. Intern candidates should have some knowledge and/or interest in U.S.-Latin American affairs or international relations, and should display impressive research and writing skills. Preference will be given to full-time applicants and to those skilled with computer technology and web design. The position is available immediately.

For more information on COHA and the application process, visit our intern page here: www.coha.org/about-internships/

The Stranger pegs our local colleges

From the Seattle weekly paper The Stranger, always known for its, er, "cheeky" tone:

If you attend the University of Washington, people will think you're dumb, unless you're studying science, in which case people will think you're smart but dorky.

If you're attending the University of Puget Sound, people will assume you're smart, but not smart enough for a fancy East Coast school.

If you're attending Seattle Central Community College, people will assume you have drug and/or achievement issues.

If you're attending Seattle Pacific University, people will assume you're either celibate or a closet case or both.

If you're attending Seattle University, people will think you're relatively intelligent and maybe Catholic but nothing special.

If you're attending Cornish College of the Arts, people who know their local art history will associate you with John Cage and Merce Cunningham. People who don't will think you couldn't—or wouldn't—hack it at a normal college.

If you're attending Pacific Lutheran University, nobody will know what to think of it because nobody's ever met anybody from Pacific Lutheran University. Best to not admit you're from a college at all.

Ow. Read more here, from their "How to be a Person" pullout.

Kammi Sheeler--from Bosnia to Morocco

For some time one of our majors, Kammi Sheeler, has talked about wanting to study the Balkans--a place where we have no study abroad. Settling on Morocco instead, I suggested that she swing through the region on her way to North Africa. And that's just what she did. By way of full disclosure, I think the educational future belongs more to shorter independent trips like this than the traditional study abroad. Anyway, enough of me, here's what Kammi report:

Mostar, Bosnia

Thanks to a LOT of help Professor O'Neil and support from the PG department (for which I am extremely grateful) I just recently finished an amazing three week trip to the Western Balkans. Since Puget Sound does not offer any study abroad options in Eastern Europe I picked another program of interest in Morocco, but I still wanted to spend some time in the Balkans learning as much as I could in order to apply the experience to future opportunities for research, study, internships, etc. so Prof O'Neil helped me with planning and making conacts in the region, and in August I left the US for what ended up being an incredibly educational, fun, and rewarding experience.

I spent about 5 days each in Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, and Serbia (plus a couple days in Hungary) visiting monuments and museums and meeting with local students, families, and university professors to learn more about the region. The meetings with professors were especially valuable in helping me find resources and frame research questions, so I would definitely recommend that students traveling to places of academic interest seek out those kinds of opportunities as well. Personally I got very positive responses and a lot of useful insight.

Overall it was a great experience for me to be traveling independently and learning from first hand experience and the various perspectives of locals. I definitely got more information out of those three weeks than I did out of any of the books I read for research papers before. I also got a lot of ideas for future research and paper topics and plan on pursuing opportunities to return to the Balkans for a longer time next summer.

So thank you again to the PG department and especially Professor O'Neil for helping me get the most out of this opportunity and experience. Again, I'd strongly encourage anyone with a specific geographic area of interest to find a way to spend some time there, even if it is not an option for study abroad. If anyone is interested in the Balkans please feel free to contact me--I'd love to share stories and experiences.

Hope all is well back at Puget Sound!

Kammi Sheeler

Student Campaigners--new campus group to help those interested in working in practical politics!

Nathan Moorman and Chris Sande have been active as interns and workers in local campaigns, and have founded a student group, Student Campaigners, to help students plug into local opportunities and to gain the experience necessary to move up the chain into jobs with more responsibility. Both have made local contacts that will be helpful to interested students. The idea is that Puget Sound students interested in campaign politics can gain vital experience and add to the web of connections that has been built over the years. You can contact Nathan at nmoorman@pugetsound.edu.