st. john's college odyssey bound february newsletter

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1 Contact: Career Services 505-984-6066 Fax 505-984-6167 Web address: www.stjohnscollege. edu/admin/SF/career.shtml AGORA: www.myinterfase.com/sjcsf/student Facebook: www.facebook.com/sjcsf careerservices Email: [email protected] Office located in the basement of Weigle Hall, Room 13 Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. or by appointment Career Services Staff: Margaret Odell Director Barbara Lucero Sand Assistant Director Chelsea Allen Internship Coordinator Christine Kng Publications Editor Allen Matsika Research Assistant Melissa Latham-Stevens Art Director INSIDE YOU’LL FIND MAKING EFFECTIVE USE OF SUMMER ALICIA DONDO LEE MUNSON MARGARET ODELL ROME, ST. JOHN’S STYLE SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES Bienvenue, l’été! By Christine Kng Summer is coming! While most of this semester is still ahead, and we still have three months of classes to exuberantly traverse (Aristotle, Shakespeare, Maxwell, Nietzsche), this is the right time to begin thinking about summer, or summer will be here before you know it. You’ll want to be packing your bags at the end of the semester with a destination in mind. To embark with a destination requires plan- ning and timely effort, especially if you intend for this to be the first step of your lifelong career journey. Even looking for relaxation, or adventure, or valuable new experiences such as journeying abroad, volun- teering or simply living in a new place requires some minimal effort. There are many opportunities out there, but many of these are in demand and therefore require prior planning and thought. To help start you off, in this issue we have, besides the usual range of opportunities to spark your mind, three articles on the perils of failing to consider your future. From the indispensable reminder that a St. John’s education qua a St. John’s education isn’t going to land you the job of your dreams, to the chilling statement that Johnnies who spend ten years after graduation with no direction in life disgrace the St. John’s republic, these articles will give aspiring Johnnies some indication of how much work it takes to get to where you want to go. But don’t panic after reading these essays. Knowledge is a good start to action, as some Greeks might say! Read the essays, read about the opportunities available*, spark some thoughts and start planning your summer. *Annapolis’ Career Services publication, Horizons, is just out… with a 23-page feature of internships and summer opportunities. It can be found in the Resource Library section on Agora. Definitely do not miss out on this! Career Services Office CAREER SERVICES AT ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE | SANTA FE | FEBRUARY 2013 Ariel Internship Application Deadline: Friday, February 15, 2013, 5 p.m. DON’T FORGET!!!

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Odyssey Bound Newsletter from the Career Services Office of St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM

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Contact:Career Services 505-984-6066

Fax 505-984-6167

Web address: www.stjohnscollege.edu/admin/SF/career.shtml

AGORA:www.myinterfase.com/sjcsf/student

Facebook: www.facebook.com/sjcsfcareerservices

Email: [email protected]

Office located in the basement of Weigle Hall, Room 13

Office Hours:Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.or by appointment

Career Services Staff:Margaret Odell Director

Barbara Lucero Sand Assistant Director

Chelsea Allen Internship Coordinator

Christine KngPublications Editor

Allen MatsikaResearch Assistant

Melissa Latham-StevensArt Director

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND

MAKING EFFECTIVE USE OF SUMMERALICIA DONDOLEE MUNSON

MARGARET ODELL

ROME, ST. JOHN’S STYLE

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES

Bienvenue, l’été!By Christine Kng

Summer is coming! While most of this semester is still ahead, and we still have three months of classes to exuberantly traverse (Aristotle, Shakespeare, Maxwell, Nietzsche), this is the right time tobegin thinking about summer, or summer will be here before you know it. You’ll want to be packing yourbags at the end of the semester with a destination in mind. To embark with a destination requires plan-ning and timely effort, especially if you intend for this to be the first step of your lifelong career journey.Even looking for relaxation, or adventure, or valuable new experiences such as journeying abroad, volun-teering or simply living in a new place requires some minimal effort. There are many opportunities outthere, but many of these are in demand and therefore require prior planning and thought. To help start you off, in this issue we have, besides the usual range of opportunities to spark your

mind, three articles on the perils of failing to consider your future. From the indispensable reminderthat a St. John’s education qua a St. John’s education isn’t going to land you the job of your dreams, tothe chilling statement that Johnnies who spend ten years after graduation with no direction in life disgrace the St. John’s republic, these articles will give aspiring Johnnies some indication of howmuch work it takes to get to where you want to go. But don’t panic after reading these essays. Knowledge is a good start to action, as some Greeks

might say! Read the essays, read about the opportunities available*, spark some thoughts and startplanning your summer. *Annapolis’ Career Services publication, Horizons, is just out… with a 23-page feature of internships andsummer opportunities. It can be found in the Resource Library section on Agora. Definitely do not miss outon this!

Career Services Office

CAREER SERVICES AT ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE | SANTA FE | FEBRUARY 2013

Ariel Internship ApplicationDeadline: Friday, February 15, 2013, 5 p.m.

DON’TFORGET!!!

After St. John’s

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Tips for a Productive Summer and A Better ResumeBy Alicia Dondo, SF’13

A St. John’s education is very valuable. However, you are not going to land the job ofyour dreams or get into a top law school solely by virtue of being a Johnnie. You needinternships to build a solid resume. Internships will demonstrate that you can use theskills you gain at St. John’s practically. Moreover, you will develop new skills that willmake you a stronger candidate for anything you apply for. Above all, an internship can be the cure to the typical undergraduate syndrome of not knowing what you wantto do. You might discover your passion or your bête noire. I learned all this having secured a great internship in New York this past summer and landed a full-time offerwhen I graduate. So, how do you go about getting that internship?

1. Start researching earlyIt is never too early to start research into internships. I started in my Sophomoreyear, trying to get an internship for that summer. However, in retrospect, I shouldhave started Freshman year. The more you apply for things the better you become atit, even if you don’t get the job first time around. There are plenty of resources at St. John’s such as the Odyssey Bound publication. Also try to get a hold of the Annapolis version of Odyssey Bound, Horizons (available in Agora, hard copiesavailable on the table outside the Career Services office). That way, you will get awider variety of opportunities that are out there. It also never hurts to speak to tutorsor the Career Services staff.

2. Network, network, network!One of the most valuable lessons I learned during one of my internships was thevalue of networking. Networking is developing connections with people who havemore experience than you and can serve as mentors to guide you in developing yourcareer. The best way to network at St. John’s is to attend the events the college or-ganizes specifically for networking such as Homecoming networking breakfasts orthe guest speaker series that Career Services organizes throughout the year. It isworth your time to go to that meeting where an alumni in Neuroscience is speakingeven if you have zero interest in that field. Do not be picky because you never knowwho that person knows that might help you. There is also Agora, developed specifi-cally to help students network with alumni.

3. Get a part-time job Having a job either on campus or off-campus is valuable for developing your resume.Moreover, working will present opportunities to meet people you can add to yournetwork. It can also be very helpful to place yourself strategically in a job where youare most likely to develop skills relevant to what you want to do after graduation ornetwork. For example, some people interested in the Sciences often apply for a labassistance job on campus. Working for the Communications department in Weigleor Conference Services over the summer gives you plenty of opportunities to meetpeople in different careers from all over the world with their summer programs.

4. Get luckyIf all fails, get lucky. In the Spring semester of my Sophomore year, I felt really un-lucky. Nobody had responded to my internship applications in Zimbabwe, except mydad, because I did not have a major (I am from Zimbabwe and I was hoping to get an

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internship with the Ariel Internship Stipend). To add to my low self-esteem, I failed toget the two jobs I wanted the most on campus. Fortune eventually smiled on me as Iended up securing a summer job with the Communications department in WeigleHall. One of the biggest events the office organizes is the Summer Classics Serieswhere people, usually with a lot of money, pay to have seminars with our tutors. Onelunchtime, I sat next to a man who I later found out was a partner at one of the largestinvestment banks in the world. After a conversation with him, he gave me his card andhelped me find an internship the next summer with his firm. Because of that intern-ship, I have a job waiting for me when I graduate. Moral of the story is…you neverknow who you are sitting next to, so make the most of every opportunity.

Preparing to Succeed after St. John’sBy Lee Munson, SF’97; Owner, Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio, LLC

Back in the mid-90’s a tutor was concerned about the proliferation of visible body jew-elry on my face. Remember that this was before you could get a belly ring inserted at themall, let alone have anybody do it for you. She asked me a simple question, “Why don’tyou just read about great adventures rather than live them?” I was shocked. What was thepoint of living an examined life if there is no life to examine? I was a part of the modernprimitive movement – actively searching for a spiritual meaning – me, my spirit, not thewritings of a long dead philosopher. I get it. She was simply suggesting I slow down and not get carried away with body art.

That was good advice! However, but, just a second, we do leave the bubble after fouryears. On top of that, all Johnnies have 3 summers (2 for JFs) to take a break from the pro-gram with nothing but a very long novel to read. You can take those summers to get reallife experience that will help you in the “real world.” I am talking about internships, inter-esting jobs, and outside course material that is designed to get you into a job or careerwhen you leave the mountain cloister. Some inside the college will say it is not the role of the college to encourage you to

think about your life after SJC. Let them. They are on the hill because they want to live inthe bubble. We need people like that to provide an exceptional experience for you, thestudents. I do not live on the hill, and was one of the few people in my class that had em-ployment waiting for me when I got out. Don’t be offended that some love our college somuch they would reject the outside world in terms of you living in it during summer break. What are they afraid of? First, looking towards the future is not exactly the theme of a

college that studies the past. Second, there is a tremendous fear that you will become dis-tracted on the outside and not participate at the same level as those who spend summersrereading Plato. Third, they simply don’t know how to help, so they do the right thing anddon’t.Have no fear! You can translate ancient Greek, and some of you will convince others

you can read Hegel. If you love the school as I did, there is no higher compliment than totake time off in the summer to learn skills that will make you an incredibly interestingmember of society. There is no honor in Johnnies that spend 10 years after graduationwith no direction in life – you insult our republic. Harsh words, and you need to hearthem. Sure, some of us take longer than others to get a life. But, is that simply the symptom of the failure to launch after graduation? I say yes, and others will disagree. Fortunately, we all spent 4 grueling years learning how to discuss our disagreements in aproductive manner.

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Next steps? It’s never too late, even if you are getting ready to graduate. Run,don’t walk to the Career Services office, wave a white flag and say, “I want to live!”Also, you can just make an appointment with Margaret Odell [Director of CareerServices] and chat about all of your dreams and hang-ups. It’s free. If you are juststarting your SJC experience, walk in an orderly manner and use the [Career Serv-ices] office to help you find something totally awesome to occupy your summer so-journ with the masses. Our program is timeless, and will be here in the fall. Also,don’t be afraid to have a goal or desire for a career that isn’t reading classics. Yes,you may not want to discuss this with your classmates – that is what Margaret is for.She won’t rat you out for wanting to be a doctor, work on Wall Street, or doing any-thing that involves modern technology beyond electricity. Johnnies can literally do anything. That is the problem, and the solution. Don’t

hold yourself back because you don’t know what you want to be when you grow up.On the flip side don’t be afraid of rejection from the college community or the out-side world for wanting to focus on a particular career. Just talk it out with people thatare paid to help you. You can talk, right?

A View from the HillBy Margaret Odell, Director of Career Services

Ms. Dondo and Mr. Munson have spoken eloquently about the need to think aboutand prepare for a productive life after leaving St. John’s. Now, as one of those “peoplethat are paid to help you,” I want to add my perspective.I agree with Mr. Munson when he says you can do anything you want once you pos-

sess a St. John’s education. I say the same thing to parents and prospective students. Ido temper that statement, however, by adding, “As long as you make plans and gain ex-periences that complement what you do in the classroom.” I’m an alumna of the col-lege (SFGI’97) and treasure the time I’ve spent in class and extra seminars, but thatexperience alone would have been flat and useless if I hadn’t taken it into the rest of mylife and my work. Experiencing the curriculum for myself, as well as getting to knowthe tutors, has made me more sympathetic to what both undergraduates and GIs arefacing each semester. That experience has made me better at my job and has changedthe way I interact with people both here on the hill and in my larger community.I know you are thinking, “She has to say that, the college is paying her.” Beyond that

obvious fact, though, I truly believe that a St. John‘s education is the best foundationfor whatever students and alumni want to do in terms of vocations and avocations.However, just as with the foundation for a building, the structure doesn’t become ahouse until you add walls, plumbing, electricity and a roof. It is never too early to beginthinking about what outside experiences you can add to your St. John’s foundation sothat there will be a meaningful – and hopefully productive – door to open after you re-ceive your diploma.I know many of you need to work during the summer, but the work doesn’t have to

be simply to earn the next year’s student contribution. There is no reason that youcan’t think about a job or an internship which will allow you to explore a possible ca-reer. In fact, it really has become a necessity in the current job market for recent gradu-ates to have one or two internships or significant job experience on their resumes.Here’s where Career Service can really help you. By speaking with one of our staff, we can help you clarify what you would like to do

After St. John’sContinued from page 3

Margaret Odell counselsGalen Mancino AN’12.

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or try for the summer – jobs vs. internship, in Santa Fe, back home, or a new location, orsummer classes – just to name a few options. We can get to know your hopes and dreamsso that as information about interesting opportunities comes our way, you’ll be amongthe first to know. We can also put you in touch with alumni and friends of the college whoare happy to offer advice, networking or even jobs. As Mr. Munson mentioned, we won’t“rat you out” for wanting to try something on Wall Street, start your own organic farm orget certified to be a hospice volunteer. We also don’t care if your focus changes numer-ous times each semester or over the course of your career at St. John’s. We enjoy seeingand assisting with your discernment process.Right now is an excellent time to be making plans for the coming summer. The applica-

tion for Ariel internship stipends is due February 15. To be able to apply for an Arielstipend, you must have at least started to apply for a summer internship. Having secureda position is even better. Chelsea Allen, our Internship Coordinator, has extensive infor-mation about actual internships and sites you can use to search for internships. She canhelp you prepare both your internship and Ariel applications – including creating/up-dating your resume and writing a letter of interest. Even if you don’t want to apply forAriel funds, Ms. Allen is available to help you find and coordinate applications for intern-ships and summer jobs. The alumni mentors in Agora can also be useful points of contactwhen seeking summer opportunities across the country. To create a new Agora account,go to: www.myinterfase.com/sjcsf/student. This not only gives you access to mentors,but also actual jobs and internships which have been posted for SJC students.This current issue offers some suggestions for summer activities. Take a look and see if

something resonates for you. If not, come directly to Career Services and we can delveinto options for your dream career and life. Our office in the basement of Weigle Hall isopen M-F, 9-5 (even lunch time) and other hours by appointment. The staff also allchecks email frequently: Margaret Odell ([email protected]), Barbara Lucero Sand([email protected]), Chelsea Allen ([email protected]). Welcome backfrom Winter Break and a special welcome to the January Freshman class and new GI stu-dents. I hope this is the best semester ever for all our current students!

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Summer Opportunities

Summer Opportunities USA

Camp CounselingCamp Counseling positions typically include counselors, program coordinators,nature specialists, recreation specialists, outdoor living specialists, kitchen staff,health staff assistants, and more! Here are some camps to look at:Wisconsin Badger Camp serves children and adults with developmental dis-abilities and special needs. They provide a competitive salary package, includingroom and board for the duration of the summer and future internship opportuni-ties. For more information visit www.badgercamp.org

Camp Courageous of Iowa offers various volunteer positions, internships, andpaid positions. Camp Courageous is a year-round recreational and respite carefacility for individuals with disabilities. Please visit the website for more informa-tion about specific positions and deadlines. For more information visit www.campcourageous.org

Little Keswick School is a therapeutic, special-education boarding school forboys located in the southwest mountains of Virginia. The school provides astructured and nurturing environment to children ages 10-15 years old withcomplex learning and emotional disabilities. Immediate paid openings are avail-able for Residential Counselors, Substitute and Full Teachers. For more information visit www.littlekeswickschool.net

The Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC) live and work in the out-doors and, after comprehensive training, complete conservation projects such astrail construction, bridge building, and stone staircase construction. Leadersalso serve as teachers and role models to young people on their crew, by buildingcommunity and teaching both life and job skills. Positions are paid and vary inlength, from 3 to 5 months between April and September, and include threeweeks of training. For more information visit http://www.vycc.org/positions.html

DesignCareer Discovery at Harvard University Graduate School of Design – The Career Discovery program is an opportunity for graduating high school students, college students, and other people interested in exploring an educa-tion in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and urban design. It runs for six weeks in the summer and is located in Boston.Application deadline: April 1, 2013 (International applicants), April 30, 2013(All other applicants)For more information visit http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-pro-grams/career-discovery/index.html

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PublishingPublishing courses typically offer graduating seniors and graduate students exposureto current issues in publishing, learning firsthand from leaders in the field. Some tocheck out include:Columbia Publishing Course – This program in New York runs from June 16 to July 26, 2013. Application deadline is March 18, 2013. \For more information visit http://www.jour-nalism.columbia.edu/page/216-columbia-publishing-course/217

University of Denver Publishing Institute –This program in Colorado runs fromJuly 14 to mid-August, 2013. Application deadline is March 20, 2013, or for Early Admission, February 25, 2013. For more information visit http://www.du.edu/publishinginstitute/index.html

NYU Summer Publishing Institute – This program in New York runs from June 3 toJuly 12, 2012. Application deadline is March 25, 2013 (US Citizens) and March 4, 2013 (Interna-tional applicants). For more information visit www.scps.nyu.edu/spi

LeadershipNational Conference for College Women Student Leaders – The conference takesplace from May 20 to June 1, 2013, at the University of Maryland, College Park. Thetotal cost is about $400, but there is a scholarship available to pay for registration, including lodging and five meals. Application deadline: Scholarship: March 15, 2013; Early bird: April 12, 2013; Regular: May 15, 2013For more information visit www.nccwsl.org, for scholarship information visit ChelseaAllen in Career Services

Summer SchoolUCLA Logic Center Summer School – This summer school is intended to introducefuture mathematicians to central results and techniques from mathematical logic. It isvery intensive, as courses assume little if any background in logic, yet reach graduatelevel material in the three weeks. Courses have problem-solving sessions that exposestudents to current research techniques. They offer a $3,000 stipend, up to $500travel, and free housing at UCLA. Application deadline: February 24, 2013For more information visit http://logic.ucla.edu/

TeachingProgram Assistant for Great Books Summer Program – St. John’s students are emi-nently qualified for this job! Program assistants lead six to eight middle or high schoolaged students, supporting their intellectual and social growth, supervising their activitiesand caring for their emotional and physical well-being. The program is located on thecampuses of Stanford University in California, Amherst College in Massachusetts, andOxford University in England. Each session lasts one to three weeks, but you can sign upfor a longer-term. Applicants should be rising Sophomores and above.Application deadline: Rolling basis, but applications are competitive!For more information visit http://www.greatbookssummer.com/contact/summerjobs/

Teaching Assistant for Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) – TheCTY identifies and develops the talents of themost advanced K-12 learners worldwide. AtCTY, teaching assistants gain valuable expe-rience in a rigorous academic community.Teaching assistants earn $1,150 and residen-tial assistants earn $1,350 per 3-week session. Session 1 runs from late June to mid-July, and Session 2 from mid-July to early-August. Locations of these centers are allover the country, and even in Hong Kong.Application deadline: Applications opened inJanuary – no cut-off dateFor more information visithttp://cty.jhu.edu/jobs/summer/

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Summer Opportunities Abroad

Summer Opportunities AbroadVolunteerAmerican Field Service (AFS) Exchange Program Scholarship – AFS-USA offersinternational exchange programs in more than 40 countries around the world, andhas been doing so for 65 years. They work toward a more just and peaceful world byproviding international and intercultural learning experiences to individuals, fami-lies, schools, and communities through a global volunteer partnership. AFS-USAalso offers the Global Leaders Merit scholarship, which awards $3,000 for year-longprograms to a few selected countries.Application deadline: February 28, 2013 For more information visit http://www.afsusa.org/study-abroad/scholarships/global-leaders-merit/

Studying in GreeceCollege Year in Athens (CYA), Study in Greece – CYA’s summer programs are in-tended for students interested in short-term, intensive study abroad summer courses,which offer experience-based opportunities for learning about Greek culture, bothancient and modern. The summer programs are offered in two consecutive 4-weeksessions that run between May 27 and July 20, 2013. Scholarships are available forthe year-long program in Greece.Application deadline: Rolling deadlineFor more information visit cyathens.org

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London Summer SchoolsTake summer courses in any subject in some of the oldest English-language universi-ties in the world!

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design – Part of the University of theArts, London, they offer summer courses such as art, fashion, and graphics from July2, 2013 to July 20, 2013. Application deadline: May 31, 2013For more information visit http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/courses/study-abroad/sum-mer-study-abroad/

Cambridge International Summer Schools – The Cambridge international pro-gram in England was established in 1923 and takes about 1,000 applicants a year.Students stay in one of Cambridge’s historic Colleges and choose from a variety of in-terdisciplinary and specialist programmes. The course line-up for 2013 includes 165courses and 145 plenary lectures. Application deadline: Late June or early July, depending on the course.For more information visit http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/courses/summer-schools

LSE Summer School – The London School of Economics offers summer coursesboth at the undergraduate and post graduate level, in Management, Economics, Eng-lish and many other subjects. Application deadline: Late MayFor more information visit http://www2.lse.ac.uk/study/summerSchools/summer-School/Home.aspx

ResearchThinkSwiss Research – ThinkSwiss offers scholarships of USD $1,000/month for aresearch stay in Switzerland, for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to do research at a public Swiss university or research institute for 2 to 3 months. The scholarship is open to students of all fields. Applicants must have completed their soph-omore year by the time the research stay begins. The working language will generally be English.Application deadline: March 31, 2013For more information visit http://www.thinkswiss.org/academic-opportunities/re-search-scholarship

TeachingTeach Thailand Corps – The American-Thai Foundation presents opportunities for teaching in under-served schools in Thailand for the short-term (see website forfull-year opportunities). They seek teachers of English at the K-12 level from June toMarch. Applicants must be enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program. Volunteersarrange for their travel and monthly expenses – rent costs $100-150/month, andfood, transport and other expenses cost less than $7/day.Application deadline: Rolling, year-roundFor more information visit http://www.americanthaifoundation.org/teach-thailand-corps/ttc-short-term-volunteer

Verge Magazine on volunteering abroadVolunteering is a delightfully meaningfulway to spend a gap year, or even a fewsummer months. But something you ab-solutely want to avoid, when choosing a vol-unteer program, is joining an adventure tourposing as a volunteer program.

The linked article from Verge Magazine (awealth of information about adventuresoverseas!) gives tips on how to select an or-ganization to volunteer with, or, if you havethe guts, to go at it alone.

How to choose a volunteer abroad program

Step 1 - Define your goals and expectationsfor volunteering abroad

Step 2 - Finding a placement to volunteerabroad

• On your own: show up in the country andtry to find an organization to work with

• Online search for a volunteer programme:find credible websites, get solid recom-mendations from people you trust

• Volunteer abroad through a placement or-ganization. There are different kinds ofplacements: service learning, group vol-unteering, independent volunteering andlong-term volunteering. Part of the chal-lenge is finding an organization that runsyour type of program

Step 3 - Choosing your organization to vol-unteer abroad: contact past participants,figure out insurance and extra expenses(‘true’ cost), how payments are transacted,etc.

For the full article visithttp://www.vergemagazine.com/articles/volunteer-abroad/volunteer-abroad-how-to-choose-a-volunteer-programme.html

Summer Opportunities Abroad

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Rome, St. John’s StyleBy Gabe Pihas, Tutor (Annapolis)

RILA (Rome Institute of Liberal Arts) is a summer program in Rome, Italy, createdand taught by St. John’s tutors, designed for St. John’s students, now in its sixth year.It is not part of St. John’s College, but the classes are run like St. John’s seminars. Wealso accept a couple of students each year from other schools. About 80% of our stu-dents have traditionally been from St. John’s College.RILA is four weeks long, mid-June to mid-July. Classes are preceptorial size, but

led by two tutors. Seminars meet at least four to five times per week, for an hour andtwenty minutes. Since the readings are shorter than our seminar readings at the col-lege, this leaves us time for a variety of lectures and time to explore our surroundings. As for what we see on our excursions: Rome and the surrounding area are packed

with the most important works in Greek, medieval, Renaissance, and baroque paint-ing, sculpture, and architecture. In RILA we try to use these resources both to under-stand what visual arts and architecture are as independent disciplines, and also in theservice of questions in our seminar readings. We go at the art and architecture mainlyas earnest amateurs, but also with some preparation. There are weekly lectures onart/architecture and history in Rome. We do a number of excursions and on-site dis-cussions each week, some just with tutors, some with art historians or classicists to-gether with tutors. These excursions and lectures aim to help you get things out ofRome that you could never get out of Rome as a tourist collecting the sights. We try tomake Rome and its resources a part of your thinking about big issues that extend be-yond Rome, and with the hope that it makes you read the books differently. This year RILA will offer students two classes to choose from. One is designed to

address the art of Rome in an important way, the other is more focused around the history. The first seminar is called “Beauty and the Sacred,” and it focuses on art anderos, and their relation to theological issues. The other seminar is called, “The Virtueof Republics and the Soul of Empire”, in which we focus on ancient and modern viewsof Rome. These readings give you time to get a better handle on the Roman historythat you skip in seminar and therefore to better understand Vergil’s attempt, in writ-ing the Aeneid, to revive republican virtue. But the readings in this course also allowyou to think about what republics and empires look like in modern perspective.

RILA CLASSES“Beauty and the Sacred”Led by Sarah Benson and Gabe PihasPlato’s Symposium, selections from Dante’s Comedy, and Hegel’s Aesthetics

“The Virtue of Republics and the Soul of Empire” Led by LiJun Gu and Joe MacFarlandLivy’s Rise of Rome, Vergil’s Aeneid, Augustine’s City of God, Machiavelli’sDiscourses on Livy, and some of Shakespeare’s Roman plays (Julius Caesar,Antony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus)

ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Cost: $2,800 for tuition$800 - $1100 for housing.

These costs do not include airfare, meals,or other extras.

RILA and its donors provide a fewfull- and half-tuition scholarships for St. John’s students every year. More details about this will be on the website, www.rilarts.org.

Applications for admission are due on February 20th.

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Gonzalo Gamarra, SF’14

“RILA was a wonderful experience. We stayed in an area where most of the poetsand intellectuals live, and where young adults go to hang out on weekends. The streetsand the plazas are always packed with small cars, bicycles, and people walking. Walk-ing is great in Rome – you can walk three blocks from home and see the Coliseum,and in another fifteen minutes of walking in any direction, you’ll see at least one otherlandmark. We had a lot of free time in the afternoons and all weekend to get to knowRome intimately.”

Christopher Johns, AN’13

“Rome was a lot of fun, and the more people who go on the trip, the more fun itends up being. Basically you will live in an apartment, see huge alabaster ladies, not tomention roll thru the night-time streets lookin' cool as heck and etc.. It is literally themost romantic city. It’s like St. John’s without the tutorials, and in Rome. Walkingaround the city is a real treat. And yknow, “when in Rome...” a.k.a. the vino is prettyclutch.”

Christopher Johns and friends rolling through the night streets

Gonzalo Gamarra at a museum in Rome

Omar Esparza taking in Roman sculpture.

Internships

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Internships

Animal Care Internship – Miami Seaquarium’s Animal Care Internships are de-signed for college students and recent graduates who wish to gain valuable experi-ence working with marine mammals and tropical birds. Interns will assist in the dailycare and training of West Indian Manatees, reptiles, and tropical birds. Internshipsare located in Miami, Florida and available for the spring, summer and fall. The in-ternship is a paid position at $7.75/hour, and interns must work full-time, 40 hoursa week for 4-6 months.Application deadline: Summer: March 1, 2013; Fall: July 1, 2013For more information visit http://www.miamiseaquarium.com/AboutUs/Jobs-Intern-ship/Animal-Care-Intern

College Experiential Learning Opportunities (CELO) Internship – The CELOInternship takes place at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. The internship allows stu-dents interested in pursuing careers in animal care opportunities to work alongsidetrained professionals, learning skills and techniques necessary to manage zoo ani-mals. Internships are also available in a variety of non-animal areas including market-ing, mducation, human resources, public relations, horticulture, environment, etc.There are paid and unpaid internships available, and applicants must be rising sopho-mores and above.Application deadline: Summer: February 22, 2013; Fall: July 1, 2013For more information visit http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/CZS/internships

Sustainable Santa Fe Commission Internship – Earth Care New Mexico is in-volved with the St. John’s Sustainability Club, and they want to involve Johnnies inthe work of the Sustainable Santa Fe Commission! Paid/unpaid to be determined.Application deadline: Rolling deadlineFor more information visit http://www.earthcarenm.org/ or directly [email protected]

TT&G Family Fund Environmental Conservation Internship – The TT&G Fam-ily Fund Internship is awarded annually to a deserving student to pursue an internshipthat contributes to awareness, understanding or the preservation of wildlife, wilder-ness or the natural resources essential to the survival of the planet. Internships may in-clude work in the preservation, management or stewardship of wildlife, its habitats orrelated essential natural resources. TT&G provides an award of $2,500 (which can becombined with an Ariel stipend for a combined award of up to $3,600). Studentsseeking these funds must go through the formal Ariel Internship application process. Application deadline: February 15, 2013For more information contact Chelsea Allen at Career Services

RESOURCESGranted – This website includes job postings of entry-level jobs and internships. Search “entry-level” or “intern-ships”, or any other specific categories you have in mind!Visit http://www.granted.com/

JOBipedia – A forum where userscan ask questions ranging from thehiring process to interviewing tosalaries. Questions are personallyanswered by hiring and recruitingexperts. Visit http://jobipedia.org/

Masters in Teaching – This websiterecommends a number of programsoffering a Masters in Teaching.Visit http://www.mastersinteach-ing.net/

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Scholarships

MassMutual Scholars Program – Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is providingscholarships for the 2013/2014 school yearfor high-achieving college students of AfricanAmerican, Asian/Pacific Islander, or Hispanic descent, who are interested in pursuing careers in the insurance and financial services industry. Students of all majorswith a minimum GPA of 3.0 are eligible.Application deadline: May 3, 2013For more information visit http://www.act.org/massmutual/

Scholarship for Photobook Workshop at Radius Books – Award-winning photog-raphers and bookmakers Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb will be joining DavidChickey from Radius Books on March 22 to 24, 2013 for an intensive photobookworkshop in Santa Fe. There is a special scholarship opportunity for photographersand students who are 27 years old or younger. The winners of this scholarship will be selected by David Taylor, University of Arizona Faculty and 2008 Guggenheim Fellow, James Estrin from the New York Times Lens Blog, Stacey D. Clarkson fromHarper's Magazine, and the editors of Radius Books. For more information about the scholarship and deadlines, send your application [email protected] and state that you would like to apply for the scholar-ship; for information about the workshop visit http://radiusbooks.org/6509/book-weekend-at-radius-with-alex-webb-and-rebecca-norris-webb/

Graduate Schools

MBA in Sustainability, Bard College – Located in New York, their curriculum is anintegrated series of 19 courses taught over two years. Classes provide grounding incore business competencies with a focus throughout on the integrated bottom line:economics, environment, and social equity. Students come from a variety of academicdisciplines, and they bring to Bard a passion about their future role as environmentaland business leaders. Both the Bard Center for Environmental Policy (CEP) and theBard MBA in Sustainability offer competitive merit fellowships, project assistantships,and campus employment opportunities for qualified candidates.Application deadline: Regular: March 15, 2013; Final: May 15, 2013For more information visit http://www.bard.edu/mba/program/

Scholarships

GOING BROKE APPLYING TOGRADUATE SCHOOLS?The Hayek Fund for Future Scholarscovers up to $300 in graduate schoolapplication fees! Up to $150 can beawarded for retroactive reimburse-ment. Deadlines are rolling!

Who is eligible?Applicants for full-time doctorate programs to start in the 2013-2014academic year, with demonstratedinterest in individual and economicfreedom.Visit TheIHS.org/AppFees

Photobook Workshop at Radius Books.

Disclaimer:The St. John’s College Career Services Office producesOdyssey Bound as a service to St. John’s College studentsand community members for their career development andeducational and life planning. Any jobs or other opportunitieslisted herein do not indicate an endorsement or recommenda-tion from St. John’s College or the Career Services Office. Students and individuals from the St. John’s College commu-nity are responsible for all necessary precautions when inter-viewing for or accepting these positions or awards. They arealso responsible for checking the credentials and integrity ofall employers or organizations. St. John’s College and the Career Services Office assume no liability for acts or omis-sions by third parties or for material supplied by them. The St. John’s College Career Services Office is not responsible foranything that happens at a given job site. The presence of anemployment listing in Odyssey Bound does not guarantee anygiven employer’s compliance with legal behavior. If a studentor individual experiences discrimination or sexual harassmenton the job or in a job interview, he or she is encouraged to callthe Department of Fair Employment in the state in which the violation occurred. Career Services makes every effort to publish the most current information, but unforeseen publish-ing problems may render some events obsolete. We apologizefor any inconvenience this may cause the reader.

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What’s Happening on Campus??

February 18 Peace Corps RecruitmentPeterson Student Center Hallway, 11:30 a. m. - 1:30 p. m.

Interested in what the Peace Corps does? Find out all the informationabout when and how to apply. Stop by and meet the Peace Corps recruiter. You will read about a current Johnnie’s successful applica-tion journey in the March issue of Odyssey Bound.

February 20 A Scientific CareerSenior Common Room, 3:15 - 4:30 p. m.

Cheryl Rofer and Arvid Lundy, members of the Santa Fe World AffairsForum, will discuss their career choices as scientists working with proj-ects at Los Alamos National Lab and around the world. They will alsodiscuss the benefits of a liberal arts education for future careers.

February 27 Preparing to Launch! Workshop #3Interviewing Skills and TechniquesSenior Common Room, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

A good resume and cover letter will increase the likelihood of gettingan interview. Here, learn the basics of selling yourself in the interview,and then practice your skills.

See Agora for details of these events and further updates!

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