St. John's College Odyssey Bound February newsletter

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

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND MAKING EFFECTIVE USE OF SUMMER ALICIA DONDO LEE MUNSON MARGARET ODELL

ROME, ST. JOHN’S STYLE SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES

Career Services Office

Bienvenue, l’été!

Contact: Career Services 505-984-6066

By Christine Kng

Fax 505-984-6167

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 planning 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, volunteering 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!

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 Chelsea Allen Internship Coordinator Christine Kng Publications Editor Allen Matsika Research Assistant Melissa Latham-Stevens Art Director

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

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DON’T FORGE T!!!

After St. John’s Tips for a Productive Summer and A Better Resume

By Alicia Dondo, SF’13

A St. John’s education is very valuable. However, you are not going to land the job of your dreams or get into a top law school solely by virtue of being a Johnnie. You need internships to build a solid resume. Internships will demonstrate that you can use the skills you gain at St. John’s practically. Moreover, you will develop new skills that will make 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 want to 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 offer when I graduate. So, how do you go about getting that internship?

1. Start researching early It is never too early to start research into internships. I started in my Sophomore year, trying to get an internship for that summer. However, in retrospect, I should have started Freshman year. The more you apply for things the better you become at it, 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 copies available on the table outside the Career Services office). That way, you will get a wider variety of opportunities that are out there. It also never hurts to speak to tutors or the Career Services staff.

2. Network, network, network!

One of the most valuable lessons I learned during one of my internships was the value of networking. Networking is developing connections with people who have more experience than you and can serve as mentors to guide you in developing your career. The best way to network at St. John’s is to attend the events the college organizes specifically for networking such as Homecoming networking breakfasts or the guest speaker series that Career Services organizes throughout the year. It is worth your time to go to that meeting where an alumni in Neuroscience is speaking even if you have zero interest in that field. Do not be picky because you never know who that person knows that might help you. There is also Agora, developed specifically 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 your network. It can also be very helpful to place yourself strategically in a job where you are most likely to develop skills relevant to what you want to do after graduation or network. For example, some people interested in the Sciences often apply for a lab assistance job on campus. Working for the Communications department in Weigle or Conference Services over the summer gives you plenty of opportunities to meet people in different careers from all over the world with their summer programs.

4. Get lucky If all fails, get lucky. In the Spring semester of my Sophomore year, I felt really unlucky. Nobody had responded to my internship applications in Zimbabwe, except my dad, because I did not have a major (I am from Zimbabwe and I was hoping to get an 2

internship with the Ariel Internship Stipend). To add to my low self-esteem, I failed to get the two jobs I wanted the most on campus. Fortune eventually smiled on me as I ended up securing a summer job with the Communications department in Weigle Hall. One of the biggest events the office organizes is the Summer Classics Series where people, usually with a lot of money, pay to have seminars with our tutors. One lunchtime, I sat next to a man who I later found out was a partner at one of the largest investment banks in the world. After a conversation with him, he gave me his card and helped me find an internship the next summer with his firm. Because of that internship, I have a job waiting for me when I graduate. Moral of the story is…you never know who you are sitting next to, so make the most of every opportunity.

Preparing to Succeed after St. John’s

By 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 jewelry on my face. Remember that this was before you could get a belly ring inserted at the mall, let alone have anybody do it for you. She asked me a simple question, “Why don’t you just read about great adventures rather than live them?” I was shocked. What was the point of living an examined life if there is no life to examine? I was a part of the modern primitive movement – actively searching for a spiritual meaning – me, my spirit, not the writings 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 four years. On top of that, all Johnnies have 3 summers (2 for JFs) to take a break from the program with nothing but a very long novel to read. You can take those summers to get real life experience that will help you in the “real world.” I am talking about internships, interesting jobs, and outside course material that is designed to get you into a job or career when 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 in the bubble. We need people like that to provide an exceptional experience for you, the students. I do not live on the hill, and was one of the few people in my class that had employment waiting for me when I got out. Don’t be offended that some love our college so much 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 distracted on the outside and not participate at the same level as those who spend summers rereading Plato. Third, they simply don’t know how to help, so they do the right thing and don’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 to take time off in the summer to learn skills that will make you an incredibly interesting member of society. There is no honor in Johnnies that spend 10 years after graduation with no direction in life – you insult our republic. Harsh words, and you need to hear them. 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 a productive manner.

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After St. John’s Continued from page 3

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 Career Services] and chat about all of your dreams and hang-ups. It’s free. If you are just starting your SJC experience, walk in an orderly manner and use the [Career Services] office to help you find something totally awesome to occupy your summer sojourn 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 anything 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 outside world for wanting to focus on a particular career. Just talk it out with people that are paid to help you. You can talk, right?

A View from the Hill

By Margaret Odell, Director of Career Services

Margaret Odell counsels Galen Mancino AN’12.

Ms. Dondo and Mr. Munson have spoken eloquently about the need to think about and prepare for a productive life after leaving St. John’s. Now, as one of those “people that 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 possess a St. John’s education. I say the same thing to parents and prospective students. I do temper that statement, however, by adding, “As long as you make plans and gain experiences that complement what you do in the classroom.” I’m an alumna of the college (SFGI’97) and treasure the time I’ve spent in class and extra seminars, but that experience alone would have been flat and useless if I hadn’t taken it into the rest of my life and my work. Experiencing the curriculum for myself, as well as getting to know the tutors, has made me more sympathetic to what both undergraduates and GIs are facing each semester. That experience has made me better at my job and has changed the 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 foundation for 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 a house until you add walls, plumbing, electricity and a roof. It is never too early to begin thinking about what outside experiences you can add to your St. John’s foundation so that there will be a meaningful – and hopefully productive – door to open after you receive 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 you can’t think about a job or an internship which will allow you to explore a possible career. In fact, it really has become a necessity in the current job market for recent graduates 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

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or try for the summer – jobs vs. internship, in Santa Fe, back home, or a new location, or summer classes – just to name a few options. We can get to know your hopes and dreams so that as information about interesting opportunities comes our way, you’ll be among the first to know. We can also put you in touch with alumni and friends of the college who are 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 or get certified to be a hospice volunteer. We also don’t care if your focus changes numerous times each semester or over the course of your career at St. John’s. We enjoy seeing and assisting with your discernment process.

Right now is an excellent time to be making plans for the coming summer. The application for Ariel internship stipends is due February 15. To be able to apply for an Ariel stipend, you must have at least started to apply for a summer internship. Having secured a position is even better. Chelsea Allen, our Internship Coordinator, has extensive information about actual internships and sites you can use to search for internships. She can help you prepare both your internship and Ariel applications – including creating/updating your resume and writing a letter of interest. Even if you don’t want to apply for Ariel funds, Ms. Allen is available to help you find and coordinate applications for internships and summer jobs. The alumni mentors in Agora can also be useful points of contact when 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 delve into options for your dream career and life. Our office in the basement of Weigle Hall is open M-F, 9-5 (even lunch time) and other hours by appointment. The staff also all checks email frequently: Margaret Odell (modell@sjcsf.edu), Barbara Lucero Sand (blucerosand@sjcsf.edu), Chelsea Allen (Chelsea.Allen2@sjcsf.edu). Welcome back from Winter Break and a special welcome to the January Freshman class and new GI students. I hope this is the best semester ever for all our current students!

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Summer Opportunities Summer Opportunities USA Camp Counseling Camp 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 disabilities and special needs. They provide a competitive salary package, including room and board for the duration of the summer and future internship opportunities.

For more information visit www.badgercamp.org

Summer Camp Jobs Interested in working at a summer camp this summer?

Camp Courageous of Iowa offers various volunteer positions, internships, and paid positions. Camp Courageous is a year-round recreational and respite care facility for individuals with disabilities. Please visit the website for more information about specific positions and deadlines.

For more information visit www.campcourageous.org

Check out CampStaff, a database of thousands of jobs at over 300 of America’s best camps. The site is completely free of charge with a simple online registration process.

Visit www.campstaff.com to get started!

Little Keswick School is a therapeutic, special-education boarding school for boys located in the southwest mountains of Virginia. The school provides a structured and nurturing environment to children ages 10-15 years old with complex learning and emotional disabilities. Immediate paid openings are available 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 outdoors and, after comprehensive training, complete conservation projects such as trail construction, bridge building, and stone staircase construction. Leaders also serve as teachers and role models to young people on their crew, by building community and teaching both life and job skills. Positions are paid and vary in length, from 3 to 5 months between April and September, and include three weeks of training.

For more information visit http://www.vycc.org/positions.html

Design Career 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 education 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-programs/career-discovery/index.html

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Publishing Publishing courses typically offer graduating seniors and graduate students exposure to current issues in publishing, learning firsthand from leaders in the field. Some to check 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.journalism.columbia.edu/page/216-columbia-publishing-course/217 University of Denver Publishing Institute –This program in Colorado runs from July 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 to July 12, 2012.

Application deadline is March 25, 2013 (US Citizens) and March 4, 2013 (International applicants).

For more information visit www.scps.nyu.edu/spi

Leadership National Conference for College Women Student Leaders – The conference takes place from May 20 to June 1, 2013, at the University of Maryland, College Park. The total 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, 2013 For more information visit www.nccwsl.org, for scholarship information visit Chelsea Allen in Career Services Summer School UCLA Logic Center Summer School – This summer school is intended to introduce future mathematicians to central results and techniques from mathematical logic. It is very intensive, as courses assume little if any background in logic, yet reach graduate level material in the three weeks. Courses have problem-solving sessions that expose students to current research techniques. They offer a $3,000 stipend, up to $500 travel, and free housing at UCLA. Application deadline: February 24, 2013 For more information visit http://logic.ucla.edu/ Teaching Program Assistant for Great Books Summer Program – St. John’s students are eminently qualified for this job! Program assistants lead six to eight middle or high school aged students, supporting their intellectual and social growth, supervising their activities and caring for their emotional and physical well-being. The program is located on the campuses of Stanford University in California, Amherst College in Massachusetts, and Oxford University in England. Each session lasts one to three weeks, but you can sign up for 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/ 7

Teaching Assistant for Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) – The CTY identifies and develops the talents of the most advanced K-12 learners worldwide. At CTY, teaching assistants gain valuable experience in a rigorous academic community.

Teaching assistants earn $1,150 and residential assistants earn $1,350 per 3-week session. Session 1 runs from late June to midJuly, and Session 2 from mid-July to earlyAugust. Locations of these centers are all over the country, and even in Hong Kong.

Application deadline: Applications opened in January – no cut-off date For more information visit http://cty.jhu.edu/jobs/summer/

Summer Opportunities Abroad

Summer Opportunities Abroad Volunteer American Field Service (AFS) Exchange Program Scholarship – AFS-USA offers international exchange programs in more than 40 countries around the world, and has been doing so for 65 years. They work toward a more just and peaceful world by providing international and intercultural learning experiences to individuals, families, schools, and communities through a global volunteer partnership. AFS-USA also offers the Global Leaders Merit scholarship, which awards $3,000 for year-long programs to a few selected countries.

Application deadline: February 28, 2013 For more information visit http://www.afsusa.org/studyabroad/scholarships/global-leaders-merit/ Studying in Greece College Year in Athens (CYA), Study in Greece – CYA’s summer programs are intended for students interested in short-term, intensive study abroad summer courses, which offer experience-based opportunities for learning about Greek culture, both ancient and modern. The summer programs are offered in two consecutive 4-week sessions that run between May 27 and July 20, 2013. Scholarships are available for the year-long program in Greece.

Application deadline: Rolling deadline For more information visit cyathens.org

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London Summer Schools Take summer courses in any subject in some of the oldest English-language universities in the world!

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design – Part of the University of the Arts, London, they offer summer courses such as art, fashion, and graphics from July 2, 2013 to July 20, 2013.

Application deadline: May 31, 2013 For more information visit http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/courses/study-abroad/summer-study-abroad/ Cambridge International Summer Schools – The Cambridge international program 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 interdisciplinary and specialist programmes. The course line-up for 2013 includes 165 courses 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 courses both at the undergraduate and post graduate level, in Management, Economics, English and many other subjects.

Application deadline: Late May For more information visit http://www2.lse.ac.uk/study/summerSchools/summerSchool/Home.aspx

Research ThinkSwiss Research – ThinkSwiss offers scholarships of USD $1,000/month for a research 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 sophomore year by the time the research stay begins. The working language will generally be English.

Application deadline: March 31, 2013 For more information visit http://www.thinkswiss.org/academic-opportunities/research-scholarship Teaching Teach Thailand Corps – The American-Thai Foundation presents opportunities for teaching in under-served schools in Thailand for the short-term (see website for full-year opportunities). They seek teachers of English at the K-12 level from June to March. Applicants must be enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program. Volunteers arrange for their travel and monthly expenses – rent costs $100-150/month, and food, transport and other expenses cost less than $7/day.

Application deadline: Rolling, year-round For more information visit http://www.americanthaifoundation.org/teach-thailandcorps/ttc-short-term-volunteer

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Verge Magazine on volunteering abroad Volunteering is a delightfully meaningful way to spend a gap year, or even a few summer months. But something you absolutely want to avoid, when choosing a volunteer program, is joining an adventure tour posing as a volunteer program.

The linked article from Verge Magazine (a wealth of information about adventures overseas!) gives tips on how to select an organization to volunteer with, or, if you have the guts, to go at it alone.

How to choose a volunteer abroad program Step 1 - Define your goals and expectations

for volunteering abroad Step 2 - Finding a placement to volunteer

abroad • On your own: show up in the country and try to find an organization to work with • Online search for a volunteer programme: find credible websites, get solid recommendations from people you trust • Volunteer abroad through a placement organization. There are different kinds of placements: service learning, group volunteering, independent volunteering and long-term volunteering. Part of the challenge is finding an organization that runs your 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 visit

http://www.vergemagazine.com/articles/ volunteer-abroad/volunteer-abroad-howto-choose-a-volunteer-programme.html

Summer Opportunities Abroad Rome, St. John’s Style

By Gabe Pihas, Tutor (Annapolis)

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 few full- 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.

RILA (Rome Institute of Liberal Arts) is a summer program in Rome, Italy, created and 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. We also accept a couple of students each year from other schools. About 80% of our students 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 and twenty minutes. Since the readings are shorter than our seminar readings at the college, 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 painting, sculpture, and architecture. In RILA we try to use these resources both to understand what visual arts and architecture are as independent disciplines, and also in the service of questions in our seminar readings. We go at the art and architecture mainly as earnest amateurs, but also with some preparation. There are weekly lectures on art/architecture and history in Rome. We do a number of excursions and on-site discussions each week, some just with tutors, some with art historians or classicists together with tutors. These excursions and lectures aim to help you get things out of Rome that you could never get out of Rome as a tourist collecting the sights. We try to make Rome and its resources a part of your thinking about big issues that extend beyond 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 and eros, and their relation to theological issues. The other seminar is called, “The Virtue of Republics and the Soul of Empire”, in which we focus on ancient and modern views of Rome. These readings give you time to get a better handle on the Roman history that you skip in seminar and therefore to better understand Vergil’s attempt, in writing the Aeneid, to revive republican virtue. But the readings in this course also allow you to think about what republics and empires look like in modern perspective.

RILA CLASSES “Beauty and the Sacred” Led by Sarah Benson and Gabe Pihas Plato’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 MacFarland Livy’s Rise of Rome, Vergil’s Aeneid, Augustine’s City of God, Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy, and some of Shakespeare’s Roman plays (Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus)

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Gonzalo Gamarra, SF’14

“RILA was a wonderful experience. We stayed in an area where most of the poets and intellectuals live, and where young adults go to hang out on weekends. The streets and the plazas are always packed with small cars, bicycles, and people walking. Walking 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 other landmark. We had a lot of free time in the afternoons and all weekend to get to know Rome intimately.”

Gonzalo Gamarra at a museum in Rome

Christopher Johns and friends rolling through the night streets

Christopher Johns, AN’13

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

Omar Esparza taking in Roman sculpture.

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Internships RESOURCES Granted – This website includes job postings of entry-level jobs and internships.

Search “entry-level” or “internships”, or any other specific categories you have in mind!

Visit http://www.granted.com/ JOBipedia – A forum where users can ask questions ranging from the hiring process to interviewing to salaries. Questions are personally answered by hiring and recruiting experts. Visit http://jobipedia.org/ Masters in Teaching – This website recommends a number of programs offering a Masters in Teaching.

Visit http://www.mastersinteaching.net/

Internships Animal Care Internship – Miami Seaquarium’s Animal Care Internships are designed for college students and recent graduates who wish to gain valuable experience working with marine mammals and tropical birds. Interns will assist in the daily care and training of West Indian Manatees, reptiles, and tropical birds. Internships are located in Miami, Florida and available for the spring, summer and fall. The internship is a paid position at $7.75/hour, and interns must work full-time, 40 hours a week for 4-6 months.

Application deadline: Summer: March 1, 2013; Fall: July 1, 2013 For more information visit http://www.miamiseaquarium.com/AboutUs/Jobs-Internship/Animal-Care-Intern College Experiential Learning Opportunities (CELO) Internship – The CELO Internship takes place at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. The internship allows students interested in pursuing careers in animal care opportunities to work alongside trained professionals, learning skills and techniques necessary to manage zoo animals. Internships are also available in a variety of non-animal areas including marketing, mducation, human resources, public relations, horticulture, environment, etc.

There are paid and unpaid internships available, and applicants must be rising sophomores and above.

Application deadline: Summer: February 22, 2013; Fall: July 1, 2013 For more information visit http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/CZS/internships Sustainable Santa Fe Commission Internship – Earth Care New Mexico is involved with the St. John’s Sustainability Club, and they want to involve Johnnies in the work of the Sustainable Santa Fe Commission! Paid/unpaid to be determined.

Application deadline: Rolling deadline For more information visit http://www.earthcarenm.org/ or directly contact bianca@earthcarenm.org TT&G Family Fund Environmental Conservation Internship – The TT&G Family Fund Internship is awarded annually to a deserving student to pursue an internship that contributes to awareness, understanding or the preservation of wildlife, wilderness or the natural resources essential to the survival of the planet. Internships may include work in the preservation, management or stewardship of wildlife, its habitats or related essential natural resources. TT&G provides an award of $2,500 (which can be combined with an Ariel stipend for a combined award of up to $3,600). Students seeking these funds must go through the formal Ariel Internship application process.

Application deadline: February 15, 2013 For more information contact Chelsea Allen at Career Services

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Scholarships Scholarships MassMutual Scholars Program – Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is providing scholarships for the 2013/2014 school year for high-achieving college students of African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, or Hispanic descent, who are interested in pursuing careers in the insurance and financial services industry. Students of all majors with a minimum GPA of 3.0 are eligible.

Application deadline: May 3, 2013 For more information visit http://www.act.org/massmutual/

Photobook Workshop at Radius Books.

Scholarship for Photobook Workshop at Radius Books – Award-winning photographers and bookmakers Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb will be joining David Chickey from Radius Books on March 22 to 24, 2013 for an intensive photobook workshop in Santa Fe. There is a special scholarship opportunity for photographers and 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 from Harper's Magazine, and the editors of Radius Books.

For more information about the scholarship and deadlines, send your application to webbnorriswebb@gmail.com and state that you would like to apply for the scholarship; for information about the workshop visit http://radiusbooks.org/6509/bookweekend-at-radius-with-alex-webb-and-rebecca-norris-webb/

Graduate Schools MBA in Sustainability, Bard College – Located in New York, their curriculum is an integrated series of 19 courses taught over two years. Classes provide grounding in core business competencies with a focus throughout on the integrated bottom line: economics, environment, and social equity. Students come from a variety of academic disciplines, and they bring to Bard a passion about their future role as environmental and business leaders. Both the Bard Center for Environmental Policy (CEP) and the Bard 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, 2013 For more information visit http://www.bard.edu/mba/program/

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GOING BROKE APPLYING TO GRADUATE SCHOOLS? The Hayek Fund for Future Scholars covers up to $300 in graduate school application fees! Up to $150 can be awarded for retroactive reimbursement. Deadlines are rolling!

Who is eligible?

Applicants for full-time doctorate programs to start in the 2013-2014 academic year, with demonstrated interest in individual and economic freedom.

Visit TheIHS.org/AppFees

What’s Happening What’s Happening on Campus??

February 18

DON’T MISS!! !

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Peace Corps Recruitment Peterson Student Center Hallway, 11:30 a. m. - 1:30 p. m.

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

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February 20

Check us out online!

A Scientific Career Senior Common Room, 3:15 - 4:30 p. m.

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

February 27

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

A good resume and cover letter will increase the likelihood of getting an 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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Previous and current issues of Odyssey Bound can be found online at www.stjohnscollege.edu/admin/SF/c areer_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. Career Services makes every effort to publish the most current information, but unforeseen publishing problems may render some events obsolete. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause the reader.