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Michelle Cheney

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Student Life wants your insights and feedback during COVID-19

Our gatherings may look different this term, but it does not change the fact that Student Life is committed to supporting you during this season by equipping you with the resources and information you need and connecting you with us and your peers.

Please take a minute to complete this survey to share what it is you want and need this term: https://forms.gle/rGfGBsqjg9ShR79FA

In completing the survey you will be entered to win one of multiple Amazon prizes. Winners pick their choice of Amazon prize up to $25.00

Help us celebrate student successes!

During Spring Term, the CLC will be celebrating student achievements with Spotlight! We want to recognize students who have secured a summer internship, research position, graduate school acceptance, full-time employment and other post graduate and summer plans. We want to celebrate their achievements around campus and online so be on the lookout around campus and our Facebook Page.  Check out what this looks like below!

You can easily register for Spotlight by clicking here. Don’t forget to encourage others to register their opportunities with Spotlight so we can celebrate them with the campus!

If you have any questions contact the CLC at careerservices@lawrence.edu

Summer Internship Orientation

The CLC will host Summer Internship Orientations for all Lawrence students who have secured internships. During the orientation sessions, we will cover the following:

  • What is the LU internship program
  • Get registered for the program

Summer Internship Orientations will be held in the Mudd Library, ITC Room 214 (second floor Computer lab)

Tuesday, May 7 @ 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, May 9 @ 4:30 p.m.

Monday, May 13 @ 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 14 @ 11:30 a.m.

Register by clicking any of the above event times!

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Michelle Cheney at michelle.l.cheney@lawrence.edu

Spotlight! Celebrating student success.

During Spring Term, the CLC will be celebrating student achievements with Spotlight! We want to recognize students who have secured a summer internship, research position, graduate school acceptance, full-time employment and other post graduate and summer plans. We want to celebrate their achievements around campus and online so be on the lookout around campus and our Facebook Page.  

You can easily register for Spotlight by clicking here. Don’t forget to encourage your friends to register their opportunities with Spotlight so we can celebrate them with the campus!

If you have any questions contact the CLC at careerservices@lawrence.edu

Spotlight – Students show us your light!

During Spring Term, the CLC will be celebrating student achievements with Spotlight! We want to recognize students who have secured a summer internship, research position, graduate school acceptance, full-time employment and other post graduate and summer plans. We want to celebrate their achievements around campus and online so be on the lookout around campus and our Facebook Page.  

You can easily register for Spotlight by clicking here. Don’t forget to encourage your friends to register their opportunities with Spotlight so we can celebrate them with the campus!

If you have any questions contact the CLC at careerservices@lawrence.edu

Summer Internship Orientation!

The CLC will host 6 Summer Internship Orientations for all Lawrence students who have secured internships. During the orientation sessions, we will cover the following:

  • What is the LU internship program
  • Get registered for the program

Summer Internship Orientations will be held in the Mudd Library, ITC Room 214 (second floor Computer lab):

Register by clicking any of the above event times!

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Michelle Cheney at michelle.l.cheney@lawrence.edu

Funding Available for Summer Experiences!

The Center for Career, Life, and Community Engagement is excited to announce the launch of a “common application” for experiential learning funding. We have worked with partners from across campus to consolidate several funds available to students for internships, service projects, volunteer experience, and self-designed projects to one application to ensure equity and access by all students to the funding available.

There is over $40,000 available for these experiences!

Apply online here! Deadline for the application is March 25, 2019.

Funded Internships Available!

The Center for Career, Life, and Community Engagement invites you to apply to our Signature Funded Internships which provide a $5,000 award and include experiences at:

  • Merit School of Music: The main focus of the Merit School internship will be to help and support the Merit library staff. Additionally, the internship will include a number of hours each week providing support in the student services area.
  • Lyric Opera of Chicago: This internship will provide the opportunity to work on a variety of projects in preparation for Lyric’s 2018/19 season. This position will assist all major areas of Development, including Donor Reporting, Annual and Planned Giving, Individual Giving, Institutional Partnerships, Women’s Board, Chapters Executive Board/Chapters, Guild Board, Ryan Opera Center Board, and Lyric Young Professionals.
  • Ensemble Español Dance Company: For the summer of 2019 this internship will cover a broad area of non profit arts management including educational outreach, community workshops, arts administration, development and the annual American Spanish Dance and Music Festival.  Start date is approximately June 10th.
  • The Center for Deep Listening: The student intern will work at the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer. The internship will include work as a teaching assistant for a course on Deep Listening, working in the Center’s extensive archives, and bringing Deep Listening practice into schools.
  • New York Jazz Academy: Alumnus Javier Arau ’98 will integrate the student directly into his administration and engage the intern in strategic planning for his expanding organization. Pending faculty approval, the intern may have the opportunity to work in a teaching capacity during summer workshops for younger age groups.
  • Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute: This position is to provide general assistance and administrative support for one of the programming teams in the Weill Music Institute (WMI), the education and social impact arm of Carnegie Hall, one of the leading music presenters in the world. The student intern will work with a dedicated staff to help prepare for the upcoming season of programming.
  • Bread for the World: Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and strategies to end it. The Institute educates opinion leaders, policymakers, and the public about hunger in the U.S. and abroad. The primary objective for the internships is to provide legislative and administrative support to the GR policy analyst(s) responsible for international humanitarian and poverty-focused development assistance issues.

Apply online here! Deadline for the application is March 25, 2019.

Experiential Learning Funding Application

Calling all students! Lawrence has the resources you need to secure cutting edge internships, volunteer experiences or design your own unique project.

The Center for Career, Life, and Community Engagement is excited to announce the launch of a “common application” for experiential learning funding. We have worked with partners from across campus to consolidate several funds available to students for internships, service projects, volunteer experience, and self-designed projects to one application to ensure equity and access by all students to the funding available.

Additionally, within the same application you can apply to our Signature Funded Internships which include the Conservatory Squared internships and the Leota Ester Research Fellow at Bread for the World.

Apply online here! Deadline for the application is March 25, 2019.

Please visit the CLC for help with your application materials and good luck!

INx: Internship Networking Night

The 2nd Annual INx: Internship Networking Night is being held in the elegant Esch Hurvis Studio in the Warch Center from 7-9pm on February 13th.

Come be perfectly you and network with the Lawrence Board of Trustees who are passionate about your student experience and excited to help bring your passions and skills to life through exploring internship opportunities!

Bring a friend and make friends during this winter twilight event!

Register on Handshake here!