Experience: These would look great on your resume!

I’ve been talking about what to do if you have (or think you have) “No Experience” to put on your resume. Of course you do! Here are some upcoming Niagara University offerings you might want to consider applying yourself to.

SUMMER INTENSIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM: applications due Fri., Feb. 3, 2012

Niagara University will participate in a summer intensive internship program, uniting student interns from universities that are part of the Shepherd Poverty Consortium with agencies that work to benefit impoverished members of society. A primary goal of the program is to bring together students from leading universities who have a desire to address poverty. All applications are due no later than Feb. 3, 2012.

Following the opening conference which will be held at Washington and Lee University, students then learn first-hand about the multiple dimensions of poverty in the United States by working for eight weeks to strengthen impoverished communities and work alongside individuals seeking to improve their communities. The agencies, located in various urban and rural sites in the United States, focus on education, healthcare, legal services, housing, hunger, social and economic needs, and community-building efforts.  Students will work with agencies that fit their intellectual interests in order to develop their experience and skills for civic involvement and employment. The internship concludes with a closing conference to be held at the Clinton School of Public Policy at the University of Little Rock, Arkansas.

For additional information, contact Dr. Kevin Blair blairkd@niagara.edu or 716-286-8516. You can also visit the Shepherd Alliance webpage at http://www.wlu.edu/x13104.xml.

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Women’s Studies Writing Contest: deadline Mon., Apr. 2, 2012

Susan B. Anthony WRITING AWARDS. Open to any Niagara University undergraduate who writes a critical paper about women’s issues. Two awards will be given: one to a first-year student, and one to a sophomore, junior, or senior.

Criteria for first-year students 

• Length:  4-15 pages
• Paper must exhibit sensitivity to women’s issues.
• Paper must have been written for an undergraduate course at Niagara University within the last three semesters, or be an original piece of writing.
• Paper must exhibit high-quality research and include appropriate documentation; or must closely examine a primary text about women or women’s issues; or must critically examine a woman’s issue.
• Paper must exhibit high-quality writing and include a clear thesis.
• Paper must be of interest to a general audience.
  

Criteria for Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors

• Length:  6-15 pages
• A condensed version of an honors thesis chapter is acceptable.
• Paper must exhibit sensitivity to women’s issues.
• Paper must have been written for an undergraduate course at Niagara University within the last three semesters, or be an original piece of writing.
• Paper must exhibit high-quality research and include appropriate documentation.
• Paper must exhibit high-quality writing and include a clear thesis.
• Paper must be of interest to a general audience.
  

Additional comments:

• Resubmitted papers will not be accepted unless substantially revised.
• Only one submission per student is allowed.
• Do NOT put any identifying information on your paper.  
• You will complete a cover sheet with identifying information.
• Submit four paper copies (double-sided preferred) to Sharon Green, Chair of Susan B. Anthony Writing Awards, Office of Academic Support, Seton Hall, 1st floor.  
• Submission deadline: Monday, April 2, 2012, 5:00 pm.
• For more information, visit http://www.niagara.edu/susan-b-anthony-writing-award/, or contact Sharon Green at 716-286-8071 or sgreen@niagara.edu
• Monetary awards will be given at the Arts & Sciences Day of Recognition on Friday, April 27, 2012.
• Thank-you to Dr. Nancy McGlen, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, for funding these awards.