Internships, Grants and Research Spring 2009

 
 

 

Post your resume on TCNJ Lions Link!

Join TCNJ's online recruitment system and upload your resume for employers to see!
For more information, please visit the website: Career Services

 

International Relations Jobs in the Federal Government

Foreign Service jobs are always hiring! If you have interest in working for the Federal Government and living abroad, here is your opportunity! Thank you for considering a career as a Foreign Service Officer. This is a career like no other, for Foreign Service Officers represent America to the world, working on the key issues that challenge the world, contributing and making a difference.  The Foreign Service Officer selection process begins with online registration, and for those who succeed, culminates in assignment to the A-100 course, the training course that marks the beginning of every Foreign Service Officer career.

For more information please visit the website at: Federal Service Jobs

Or to apply directly for a Federal Government job, at USAJOBS

 

 

English Opens Doors

Change the World...and Your Resume

With The United Nations Development Program and The Chilean Ministry of
Education!

*Plus Receive International Studies Internship Credit!*
The *English Opens Doors Program* is looking for highly motivated students
and recent graduates to teach English in public schools in beautiful Chile.

Two *FREE* ten-week summer programs provide current and former students with
the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the global community
over summer break, while 4, 6, 8, and 12 month programs offer recent
graduates an extended and in depth experience in the field of international
education development before launching their careers. Plus, all volunteers
receive introductory TEFL training, level specific Spanish classes, access
to our e-blended Spanish class, and cultural immersion activities.

*Summer Program Description:*
Summer I: May 23- August 8
Summer II:
June 13- August 22
Application Deadline: March 23
Application Deadline: April 13th

Volunteers live with Chilean host families and act as English-language
teaching assistants in public schools serving children from 5th to 12th
grades. Volunteers will instruct one half of the course in their own
classroom, while their partner Chilean EFL teacher instructs the second half
in another location. All volunteers dedicate 25 hours a week to teaching
and 10 additional hours a week to planning lessons and initiating
extra-curricular activities. Volunteers also participate in English Opens
Doors Initiatives such as Public Speaking and English Winter Camp. The
Winter Camp takes place during one week of the schools' two-week winter
break in mid-July. Volunteers organize and implement activities during the
week for interested students and then volunteers are free to travel the
other week of winter break.

For more information about summer programs and our 4, 6, 8, and 12 month
programs, visit the national volunteer website at:

http://www.centrodevoluntarios.cl/

Please feel free to contact the English Opens Doors Team with any questions
at: voluntarios@mineduc.cl

All TCNJ students looking to receive international studies internship credit
should contact Dr. Brian Potter at potter@tcnj.edu
Program may also be completed without credit.

*Surprise yourself in Chile; Teach English and Learn Spanish*

 

Summer Language Institute: Arabic, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, and Indonesian

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in collaboration with the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies , the Center for African Studies, CIBER, and the European Union Center is pleased to host the Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW) in summer 2009 (June 15-August 6, 2009).

SILMW will offer intensive courses in a variety of Muslim World languages, including Arabic, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu and Indonesian, by experienced, trained, and highly proficient instructors. Classes will be held four hours per day over a period of eight weeks, for a total of 132 hours. Students will earn credits equivalent to one full academic year of language instruction.

SILMW provides a unique opportunity to explore the languages and cultures of the Muslim World and interact with experts in this region. In addition to classroom instruction, SILMW will offer a variety of extracurricular activities designed to enhance classroom instruction, provide additional channels for language contact and practice, and expose learners to the traditions of the Muslim World communities. These extracurricular activities include research forums, conversation hours, cooking demonstrations, music, film showings, and other cultural activities.

The SILMW at UIUC is being organized by Abdulkafi Albirini (Director), Ercan Balci, Abbas Benmamoun, Peyman Nojoumian, and Peter Otiato, from the Department of Linguistics.
Please feel free to contact us at albirini@uiuc.edu if you have any questions or like to get more information about SILMW, or visit SILMW website at: http://silmw.linguistics.uiuc.edu/

 

United Nations Association of the USA

Visit the UNA-USA website: UNA-USA

Work for UNA-USA in various positions including:

  • Serving as liaison with dignitaries to improve the lives of children living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Working on petitions to rally Congress to support legislative measures that encourage multilateralism; for instance, the Mine Ban Treaty.
  • Co-authoring expert pieces on the International Criminal Court (ICC).
  • Researching and writing articles for the E-Newsletter and our quarterly magazine The InterDependent.
  • Helping with arrangements for more than 26 Model United Nations conferences around the world annually.
  • Providing bi-weekly in-person briefings for UNA-USA staff based on United Nations high level briefings.