Odyssey Bound Newsletter for May 2012

CAREER SERVICES AT ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE | SANTA FE | MAY 2012

Inside You’ll Find Where Everyone is Going – Grad School Announcements Graduate Programs with Early Fall Deadlines Summer Advice for Juniors

Career Services Office

Graduation is just around the corner and our grads are up to some great things!

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: careerservices@sjcsf.edu 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 Terrance Manning, II Internship Coordinator Jillian Burgie Publications Editor Melissa Latham-Stevens Art Director

Congratulations, Seniors and Graduating GIs!!

Paula Bernett, MALA ’12 – her poem “G is for Grief” has been nominated for the 2012 Pushcart Prize David Bumpus – JET Program; teaching English in Japan Colin Colby – Great Hearts Academies; teaching in Arizona Russell Coniff – St. John’s College EC; MA in Eastern Classics Julia Coursey – Smithsonian Museum; Internship in Historic Art Archives Mary Creighton, MALA ’11 – New York University; Summer Publishing Institute in Book, Magazine, and Digital Publishing Rhett Forman – Duke University ; MDiv Matt Griffis, SF ’08 - Parsons The New School of Design; received a scholarship to pursue an MFA in Design and Technology Yu Ji – Temple University; Music Performance Terrill Legueri, MALA ’09 – teaching and administrative training at Great Hearts, AZ Julia Levin – Teaching; Georgia O’Keefe Museum Leadership Program for Girls Pierce Lively –Cornell University; Law School Kathleen Longwaters, MALA and MAEC – University of Texas at Austin; multi-year full-ride fellowship in the doctoral program in Sanskrit Terrance Manning II, MALA ’11 – National College of Natural Medicine; Naturopathic Doctor Gloria McGillen – psychology and metacognition research at Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, MA Sylvie Neal – St. John’s College EC; MA in Eastern Classics April Dawn Olsen, MALA ’11 and MAEC ’12 – Tulane University in New Orleans; multi-year, full-ride fellowship in the philosophy department Aparna Ravilochan – Fulbright Teacher; Teaching Assistantship in Malaysia Matthew Summers – University of Chicago; MA Program in Social Sciences We know you’ve got big things planned. Come tell us about them in your Senior Exit Interview!

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Internships and Fellowships Events & Opportunities May 19 - Graduation 10 a.m. on the Weigle Placita.

Resources Available in Career Services After the Year Ends Career Services never stops working for you! Over the summer (and after graduation, seniors!), we continue to update Agora with job postings, internship opportunities, alumni mentors, and more. We are also still here to meet face-toface and discuss career and education plans, help with graduate school research, or, if you don’t know what you want from your future yet, just to brainstorm about possibilities.

We also continue to coordinate tutors’ letters of recommendation, and offer advice and support for internship, job, and graduate school applications.

Agora is always up and running,http://www.myinterfase. com/sjcsf/student, and we can always be reached at careerservices@sjcsf.edu or 505-984-6066.

Let us know how we can help you — anytime!

Congratulations to the Ariel Recipients!

Paul Barysas (SO), Neurosystems Research at UCLA Sharon Beckstrand (SO), Cancer Research at City of Hope-Duarte, CA Bilsana Bibic (JR), Foreign Relations at United Nations-NY Jillian Burgie (SR), Higher Education at Creighton University in Omaha Elliott Chen (SO), Modeling and Analysis at LANL Hanbyul Cho (SO), Filmmaking at Min Film Co. in Seoul, South Korea Lucas Dutcher (SO), Photojournalism at PEN in NY Hannah Fox (JR), Biological Research at Washington University-St. Louis Alexander Harris (JR), Mayoral intern with the Mayor of Philadelphia Connor Harwood (SO), Architecture with Roy Wroth in Santa Fe Christina Kataoka (JR), Congressional Intern with Senator Udall in D.C. Christine Kng (JR), Linguistics Research at NTU-Singapore Zhen Liang (SO), Political Economy at Duke University Andrew Meier (SR), Computational Neurology at Cornell Thi Kim Tran Nguyen (SO), Immunology at University of Georgia Felicia Thompson (SO), Health Non-Profit at the Lupus Foundation in D.C. Tor Travis (JR), Communications at TSD in D.C. Whitney Will (JR), Writing Intern at Aspen Writer’s Foundation in Aspen, CO Audra Zook (JR), Research Assistant at Children’s Healthwatch in Baltimore, MD Good luck at your summer internships!

Heading to Annapolis next year?

Think about the Hodson Trust Internship Program - it’s the Ariel for Annapolis!

The Hodson Internship Program is open to all undergraduate students on the Annapolis campus, and gives students an opportunity to acquire professional experience during their college years. Students can expand the range of their skills, explore their talents, and learn about the realities of fields in which they think they might like to work. Hodson currently funds up to 25 summer internships each year, with stipends that vary but do not exceed $3600.

Application materials and questions should be directed to Kathleen Cady, Career Services Coordinator.

PO Box 2800, Annapolis, MD 21404 410-626-2501 fax: 410-626-2885 kathleen.cady@sjca.edu Information can also be found online at http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/admin/AN/careers/hodson-handbook_2012.pdf

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Whether you’re interested in teaching, media, science, or business, now’s the time to start thinking about internships for next year. Having a plan in the fall will make everything easier.

Mountbatten Institute Business Training Internship – Mountbatten offers a Post-Graduate Certificate in International Business Practice, combined with work placements in New York or London. Recent graduates are placed in full-time paid internships at Fortune 500 companies and other global corporations in New York and London. Internships last for one year, and students attend classes for their Certificate in the evenings and on weekends. Tuition is $10,000 and includes application fee, work placement, housing, course materials, health insurance, and professional support.

Program starts in March and August each year.

Application deadline for March 2013 start is October 1, 2012.

For more information visit www.mountbatten.org.

FBI Internships –The FBI Volunteer Internship Program offers undergraduate and graduate students an exciting insider’s view of FBI operations and provides an opportunity to explore the many career opportunities within the Bureau. FBI Volunteer Interns can look forward to ten extremely rewarding and interesting weeks, beginning in June and ending in August, working side-by-side with Special Agents and Professional Staff personnel on important cases and management issues. Program is located in Quantico, VA, and is an unpaid position.

Recruitment is in early November.

For more information visit www.fbijobs.gov/239.asp Marist College’s Full-time Mass Media Internships - Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY offers the New York Media Experience Program. This program hosts intensive, full-time, semester-long internships at leading media firms in New York City, such as MTV, Comedy Central, Sports Illustrated, and many more. Students are enrolled in a 400+ hour internship and also take two three-credit online courses, seminars in Media Ethics and Media Management, to supplement field experiences with a solid theoretical grounding.

Application deadline for spring program is October 1, 2012.

For more information and to apply, visit http://www.marist.edu/commarts/maristinmanhattan/

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Math Pioneers Merrimack Valley Education Fellowship – Math Pioneers is a proposed 10.5month urban education fellowship, now hiring 50 enthusiastic and determined people to launch the first full-time professional tutoring program in the Merrimack Valley, 30 miles from Boston.

Fellows will work with six pairs of 9th and 10th grade students from underperforming high schools, providing individualized instruction and meaningful relationships. The Math Pioneers program emphasizes depth rather than breadth in teaching. The program takes place from August – June.

Application deadline is June 25, 2012.

For more information visit www.matchschool.org

Graduate Programs LAW Liberty Law School, JD Program – Liberty Law School in Lynchburg, VA is founded upon the premise that there is an integral relationship between faith and reason, and seeks to build a law school committed to academic and professional excellence in the context of Christian intellectual tradition. Liberty emphasis a breadth of intellectual study, and trains legal students to be able to research effectively, analyze with precision, write clearly, and speak persuasively.

Application deadline June 1, 2012.

For more information visit http://law.liberty.edu/ Johnnies have a good broad base in many sciences, but for more up-to-date and in-depth study, start looking into graduate programs and making a plan.

New job resources! www.jobsquared.com – provides effective online search tools and employment resources. http://justjobs.com/ – Find all jobs locally or nationwide with one search www.latpro.com – Leading job board for Hispanics and bilinguals http://diversityjobs.com/ – Search engine with jobs from diversity-friendly employers www.greenlocaljobs.com – A niche aggregate job board that serves the green and environmental industries.

Also, check out JustJobs.com’s guide to landing a great job: http://academy.justjobs.com/the -complete-job-search-guide/ It’ll put you ahead of 99% of your peers when you follow these steps. The guide covers all phases of the job search process and includes e-mail and phone scripts along with some expert video tutorials.

MEDICINE University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - The goal of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is to educate physicians who are science-based, skilled, compassionate, and prepared to meet the challenges of practicing medicine in the 21st century. Some of the program highlights include an emphasis on the patient/doctor relationship, a small group, collaborative, and interactive learning setting, and a focus on evidence-based medicine and critical thinking skills.

Application deadline is November 1, 2012.

For more information, please visit their website at www.medadmissions.pitt.edu.

University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine VMD/PhD – Located in Philadelphia, U-Penn provides an outstanding environment for training of future veterinary scientists through their combined VMD/PhD program. Whether it’s fighting epilepsy, finding a cure for Alzheimer’s, or making progress in brain and spinal cord trauma, the link between animals and human health is absolutely crucial.

The VMD/PhD program is an excellent way to continue your education while impacting the future of medicine for humans and all species.

Application deadline is November 15 of each year for admission the following fall. For more information visit www.vet.upenn.edu/ or www.vet.upenn.edu/EducationandTraining/StudentAdmissions/VMDPhDDegreeProgram/tabid/1514/Default.aspx Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Center in Molecular Toxicology Research Programs – Located in Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt’s Center in Molecular Toxicology is a multidisciplinary program that seeks to provide support for research and training in toxicology. The Center offers programs in environmental toxicology, environmental health, and patient-oriented career development, as well as short-term summer research and training opportunities. This program is one of the best in the nation, with excellent academics and research experience in toxicology.

Admissions open June 2, 2012.

For more information visit www.toxicology.mc.vanderbilt.edu Child Family Health International – Child Family Health International (CFHI) is a nonprofit with 20+ years of experience running global health programs. CFHI sends more than 650 students abroad annually to work in Ecuador, Bolivia, India, Mexico, and South Africa, with a focus on engaging in the difficult topics of ethics, reflection, local knowledge, and safety. CFHI seeks to integrate these topics into pre-departure training for each participant, and provides support throughout the students’ work.

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March for Responsible Energy

Feature d Event!

Monday, May 14 Meet at noon at the Santa Fe Train Depot (410 S. Guadalupe) Walk ONE MILE from the Depot to NM Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Dept. (1220 S. St. Francis) WHY: Join St. John’s Students for a Sustainable Future (SSF) and Santa Fe’s Climate Change Leadership Institute (CCLI) to protest the attempt by the Oil & Gas Industry to overturn NM’s PIT RULE, which provides for proper waste water disposal while “fracking” for fossil fuels. (Fracking is the widening of existing fractures in rock layers through high-pressure injection of chemicals with water. The widened fractures lead to increased migration of gas and other petroleum products, thus making it easier for oil and gas companies to extract those resources. Fracking by-products potentially can migrate into groundwater, shallow and deep aquifers, and also collect on the surface near drilling sites, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing) For more information about this Direct Action Project see: www.takeresponsibility.us <http://www.takeresponsibility.us/> or contact Students for a Sustainable Future: Sally Ko, sally.ko.413@gmail.com or Safa Pinkens, srpinkens@sjcsf.edu

Travel and Study Abroad Verge Magazine – Verge is North America’s premier magazine for exploring study, work, and volunteer opportunities abroad. Verge believes that international experience creates global citizens, who can change the planet for the better.

In the last issue, Verge highlighted scholarships for travel to Australia, internships in Beijing, volunteering abroad, volunteer vet opportunities in Uganda, study-abroad class-credit, and more! http://www.vergemagazine.com/

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Now that I know how much I do not know, what will I do with my life?! This doesn’t have to be a tricky question, but spend some time thinking about it now and make a plan. You CAN get exactly where you want to be after St. John’s.

Hey Juniors!

Have an idea what you might want to study after St. John’s?

Spend some time this summer researching graduate programs you might be interested in, and coming up with a to-do list and schedule.

Many schools, scholarships, and internship positions have deadlines in early Fall; starting in the summer saves you stress once school starts again. A little now will make a huge difference later! If you’d like to discuss your ideas and research, remember that Career Services is open in the summer! We’re happy to help with basic brainstorming, applications, and statements of purpose.

ENDNOTES We’re on Facebook!!

Look us up – www.facebook.com/sjcsfcareerservices – and stay updated on important dates and opportunities!

Odyssey Bound Editor Needed for 2012-2013!

Career Services is looking for a work-study eligible student editor for Odyssey Bound. Editorial duties include research, scheduling, writing articles, compiling information, working closely with college offices, editing, and magazine distribution, in addition to office duties. Individuals with high motivation, organization, and innovation skills are encouraged to apply! If you have an interest and experience in publications and editing, please stop by Career Services! Downstairs in Weigle, Room 13, or ext. 6066.

What do you want to see?

International opportunities? Graduate schools? Jobs?

Tell us what you want to know, and we’ll put it in Odyssey Bound. Stop by Career Services or send us an email: careerservices@sjcsf.edu Check us out online!

Previous and current issues of Odyssey Bound (including the new high-tech online magazine format!) can be found online at www.stjohnscollege.edu/admin/SF/career_newsletter.shtml or in the Agora Resource Library.

Disclaimer: The St. John’s College Career Services Office produces Odyssey Bound as a service to St. John’s College students and community members for their career development and educational and life planning. Any jobs or other opportunities listed herein do not indicate an endorsement or recommendation from St. John’s College or the Career Services Office.

Students and individuals from the St. John’s College community are responsible for all necessary precautions when interviewing for or accepting these positions or awards. They are also responsible for checking the credentials and integrity of all employers or organizations. St. John’s College and the Career Services Office assume no liability for acts or omissions by third parties or for material supplied by them. The St. John’s College Career Services Office is not responsible for anything that happens at a given job site. The presence of an employment listing in Odyssey Bound does not guarantee any given employer’s compliance with legal behavior. If a student or individual experiences discrimination or sexual harassment on the job or in a job interview, he or she is encouraged to call the Department of Fair Employment in the state in which the violation occurred.

Additional information and/or printed materials on all opportunities and programs listed in Odyssey Bound are kept in the Career Services Office. The office is staffed Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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