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Opportunity Knocks from the Career Center – Reading Partners is Hiring!

Interested in outreach, recruiting, and empowering community volunteers to provide 1:1 tutoring to amazing students? Check out this Volunteer Coordinator role!  The AmeriCorps Volunteer Coordinator serves as the representative of Reading Partners within the community, leading the charge in recruiting and onboarding volunteer tutors. See Handshake for details on this job and others with Reading Partners (remote workers allowed). Application deadline is Sept. 7, 2020.

For help in preparing your application materials, please contact Teri Mueller, Career Advisor to the Education and Community Engagement (#ECE) Career Community.  We welcome you to explore and join one of our eight career communities today!  

Opportunity Knocks from the CLC – Intern with the CDC!

Would you like to closely collaborate and train with a CDC team as a systems analysis research intern and receive a stipend? Does playing a role in research that can inform the response to public health needs in a post-COVID world sound interesting to you? If so, see Handshake for details and apply by Sept. 30.

For help with your application materials, please email Grace Kutney, Healthcare and Medical Professions (#HMP) Career Community Advisor. To explore our eight career communities and join one today, click here!

Opportunity Knocks from the CLC – PEAK6 Technology Experience for Women

Interested in a tech experience that is meant to encourage smart, ambitious, tech-savvy women to break the mold? PEAK6 is a finance company that has created a software development experience designed to introduce women to the FinTech industry with a 2021 Summer Internship. See here for details about this internship and apply by Sept. 15. Search for additional internships and jobs with Peak6 in Handshake.

For help with your application materials, please email Grace Kutney, Tech & Data Sciences (#TD) Career Community Advisor. To explore our eight career communities and join one today, click here!

Watson Fellowship Information Session

Are you interested in learning about one of the coolest fellowships ever offered? That’s the Watson Fellowship. Join Brian Pertl, Dean of the Lawrence Conservatory of Music, for an information session on Wed., Aug. 12 at 1pm CDT and hear how a winner receives $36,000 to carry out a one-year independent study of their own design outside the United States.  

See Handshake for more details and connect via Zoom with passcode: 197426.  

Opportunity Knocks from the CLC – Internships at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Summer is in full swing and if you’re interested in exploring the investment banking industry that means it is time to apply for an internship for next summer 2021!  JPMorgan Chase & Co. is offering three internship programs with application deadlines of Sept. 30:

https://lawrence.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3834751/share_preview

https://lawrence.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3834684/share_preview

https://lawrence.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3860510/share_preview

There are also three upcoming virtual information sessions (Aug. 10, 11 & 14 at noon CDT):

https://lawrence.joinhandshake.com/events/528407/share_preview

https://lawrence.joinhandshake.com/events/529807/share_preview

https://lawrence.joinhandshake.com/events/529909/share_preview

We encourage you to check Handshake frequently for new internships, jobs, and events by simply searching for a company of interest. 

For help with application materials, please contact Ty Collins, the new Business & Entrepreneurial (#BE) Advisor today!  To explore all eight of our career communities and to sign up for one, click here.

Opportunity Knocks from the CLC – Get Creative with NASA and the Psyche Inspired Program

Are you interested in the intersection of the arts and science?  The Psyche Inspired Program brings undergrads together to share the excitement of NASA’s Psyche mission with the public in new ways through artistic and creative works.  Apply here by August 12 for this remote, academic year internship (with a stipend!) that is open to any class year and any major.  For more information, contact Dr. Cassie Bowman ’98 who will lead the 2020-2021 program.   

For help in preparing your application materials, please contact Teri Mueller, Career Advisor to the Visual and Performing Arts (#VPA) Career Community.  We welcome you to explore and join one of our eight career communities today!

Opportunity Knocks from the CLC – SiriusXM + Pandora is Hiring

This Fall, join the SiriusXM + Pandora Internship Program from the comfort of campus or your own home! Now through August 7, the audio entertainment company is accepting applications to seven part-time, REMOTE, PAID, internships in sales/marketing, video production, and content programming.  For a full list, and details on how to apply, visit Handshake and search SiriusXM + Pandora.

For assistance in preparing your application materials, please schedule a virtual appointment with Ty Collins, advisor to the Communications, Journalism, and Written Arts Career Community and radio industry expert.  To learn more about the CLC’s eight career communities and to join one, sign up here!

Opportunity Knocks from the CLC – Campus Election Engagement Project is Hiring

Are you committed to educating peers about the importance of voter registration and becoming an informed voter?  If so, apply by Aug. 15 in Handshake to serve as Engagement Fellow for the Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP).   Open to all class years and majors!

The Fellow will receive direct guidance from Kristi Hill in the CCE, and for assistance in preparing your application materials, please schedule a virtual appointment with Ty Collins, advisor to the Government, Law and International Affairs (#GLI) Career Community.  To learn more about the CLC’s eight career communities and to join one, sign up today!

Opportunity Knocks from the CLC – Goldman Sachs Hiring Now

Did you know that the CLC sends weekly “Opportunity Knocks” emails with curated internship and job opportunities to students who have signed up for one of our eight career communities? Join one or more today!

This week we are highlighting the Business & Entrepreneurship (#BE) career community with internship and full time positions at Goldman Sachs, an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in New York City.  See four unique opportunities below:

2020 Virtual Hispanic/Lantinx Possibilities Summit – Applications due July 12

2021 Undergrad Virtual Insight Series – Applications opening in fall.  Contact Nuwa Serunjogi (LU student currently participating in this program) for more information.

2021 Summer Analyst Opportunities – Apply soon, applications reviewed on a rolling basis with deadline of Oct. 31.

2021 Full Time Analyst Opportunities – Apply soon, applications reviewed on a rolling basis with deadline of Oct. 31.

It may be hard to believe, but investment banking firms and other high profile businesses have hiring deadlines that close in early to late fall.  Summer is a great time to network with alumni on Viking Connect, prepare your resume, and design an action plan to secure next summer’s internship or full time position following graduation.

To get started, click here to make an appointment with Michelle Cheney, the #BE Advisor!