Create your online portfolio with Wix!
A few months ago, Wix facilitated a session to learn about creating your online portfolio website. They covered how to plan a website, how to use the Wix platform, and explore professional design features. And… a one-year FREE Wix premium plan to the first 25 attendees! Below you will find the zoom recording link and password.
Middlebury College – Wix Workshop – 10/18/22
Passcode: Ukj0^4HE
If you would like Midd alumni to review your portfolio and provide feedback, please schedule an advising appointment in handshake with Alicia Gomez.
The Provincetown Independent and The Local Journalism Project announce The Mary Heaton Vorse Winter Journalism Fellowships – Deadline date: December 16
For a beginning reporter who wants to learn the nuts, bolts, and ethics of independent journalism in an award-winning newsroom.
• A full-time 3-to-6-month commitment.
• Competitive compensation.
• Housing provided in the historic heart of Provincetown at the tip of Cape Cod.
The Vorse Fellows will work alongside the editorial staff of the weekly Provincetown Independent newspaper. They will also be invited to participate in and write about a range of cultural and literary projects at the Mary Heaton Vorse House organized by the Provincetown Arts Society in collaboration with the Fine Arts Work Center, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and other scientific, literary, and cultural organizations on Outer Cape Cod.
Apply to the publisher, Teresa Parker (teresa@provincetownindependent.org) with resume and an essay describing your trajectory as a journalist so far, your goals, and why this fellowship interests you (word limit: 500).
Application deadline: Extended to December 16, 2022
“Ask the Artists” Part 4: What is the Most Valuable Career Advice You’ve Ever Received?
In the “Ask the Artists” series, New York Foundation for the Arts asked NYFA-affiliated literary, performing, and visual artists a series of questions about the creative life. In the post, they are sharing the best career advice that the artists ever received. Click here to read the article.
Middlebury College Student Ambassador Program is looking for YOU!
Are you looking to gain public speaking skills? Want leadership opportunities? Then this position is for you.
In hopes to increase Middlebury College admissions outreach to under-represented groups and geographic areas across the nation, students of the Student Government Association Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, in collaboration with the Admissions Office, established the Middlebury College Student Ambassador Program in the Fall of 2019. The mission of the Student Ambassador Program is to increase outreach and recruitment to high school students located in rural, low-income serving, and ethnically diverse areas.
In addition to school visits conducted by dedicated counselors in the Admissions Office, the Student Ambassador Program acts as another form of outreach that is done by current Middlebury College students. It is a program is designed by students for students. Middlebury College students will be trained, by the Admissions Office and the Student Ambassador Coordinators, to give information sessions to high school students in their hometowns and the surrounding area.
By having both current Middlebury students and admissions counselors visiting high schools, the amount of outreach will not only dramatically increase, but it will increase specifically in areas and demographics that are traditionally under-represented in higher education.
Students who would be a good fit for this position are passionate about a Middlebury education and about creating pathways to higher education for rural, low-income, and ethnically-diverse folks. They are also accepting applications from international students.
American Society of Magazine Editors Internship Program – Deadline date: Thursday, December 1
For nearly 60 years, the American Society of Magazine Editors has sponsored the Magazine Internship Program—a ten-week program for college students at magazines in New York and Washington. Since the program was founded in 1967, 2,000 college juniors and seniors have worked as ASME interns. Nearly 500 have gone on to successful careers in print and electronic journalism.
ASME interns have distinguished academic records and usually have extensive experience working on local magazines and newspapers as well as college publications. Only 10 percent of all Magazine Internship Program applicants are accepted.
ASME interns participate in a virtual three-day orientation program and learn the fundamentals of reporting, fact checking and copy editing. Over the course of the summer, ASME interns may attend special events in New York and Washington and meet regularly with top editors either in person or virtually.
ASME interns report, edit, fact-check and copy-edit for print and online publications. They may sometimes interview celebrities, attend press conferences, and work the red carpet—but most of the summer they do the un-glam but essential work of magazine journalism.
Interns assigned to magazines and websites in New York and Washington can expect to work in the editorial offices of their assigned publications in summer 2023. A limited number of virtual internships at magazines and websites outside New York and Washington will also be available.
The deadline to apply is December 1, 2022.
Click here to apply!
Virtual How-To: Create Your Own Yes!
Tired of Hearing No?
Create Your Own Yes!
Gain insight on strategically managing career rejection.
Learn how to pivot a no towards a positive outcome.
Rejection is something that everyone experiences, especially in our careers. Join us for the final Virtual How-To of 2022! This event will help provide you with innovative strategies to break through personal and career barriers.
We will be raffling ten copies of Angela Hutchinson’s book, “Create Your Yes!” at the end of this event.
About our Speaker:
Angela Marie Hutchinson is a television and film producer, author, TV commentator and former social media professor. Recognized as a media and arts trailblazer by the U.S. Congress, Los Angeles mayor and Los Angeles city council, Angela has over fifteen years of experience in the entertainment industry. She has worked for MGM, Warner Bros. Television and the GRAMMY’s. In 2005, Angela founded BReaKiNG iNTo HoLLyWooD, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that helps creative and business professionals pursue their careers.
Date: Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022
Workshop Hours: 2–3:30 pm ET
Click here to register for the event!
Learn about architectural design in the workplace in the next MIDDVantage: Careers in Creative Design with Lindsay Winstead ‘10, Program Manager – Global Workplace Design at Adobe
Episode 3: Architectural Design in The Workplace
Guest Speaker: Lindsay Winstead ‘10, Program Manager – Global Workplace Design, Adobe
Interviewer: Sanjana Roy ‘22
Video: 28 minutes
Lindsay Winstead ‘10 manages a myriad of workplace projects for Adobe offices globally, including re-envisioning and digitizing their global space guidelines and designing and launching the Future of Work’s Dynamic Work Program. Prior to her time with Adobe, she held a number of roles as a designer and architect with WeWork in San Francisco. She has held designer and architect roles with a number of other organizations for technology, healthcare, energy, and the U.S. government. Lindsay has a Masters of Design in Interior Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design and majored in Architectural Studies while at Middlebury.
Steps Seven, Eight and Nine to Develop Your Career (For National Career Development Month).
STEP SEVEN: Find a mentor. Mentors can provide unique insight into your field of interest and give great advice from someone who has previously been in your shoes.
The seventh step is to find a mentor. You are lucky that Middlebury College has a dedicated and active alumni network where alumni volunteer to mentor students.
Within Midd2Midd, MiddMentors is a one-on-one mentoring program with a mission to facilitate meaningful, productive mentoring relationships between alumni and Middlebury students.
MiddMentors matches alumni volunteers with students based on shared interests, affinities, life goals, and other criteria. Alumni share advice, insight, expertise, and support with students, who can join MiddMentors their sophomore year and can remain with the program through graduation. Participants drive the mentoring topics, which can range from navigating life at Middlebury to exploring careers and professional interests to pursuing a rewarding life path.
There is no “one size fits all” approach to mentoring. That’s why we encourage participants to take an approach that best leverages their expertise, availability, and goals. Along the way, we provide support through resources, recommended best practices, and advice.
STEP EIGHT: Practice for interviews. From planning what you will wear, to preparing responses to questions you will be asked—how you present yourself in your interview is within your control. Don’t try to wing it!
Interviews provide an opportunity to present your qualifications and experiences while relating them to the needs of an organization. An interview gives you a chance to confirm that the opportunity is a good fit for both you and the employer. Preparation and practice are keys to a successful interview.
Make sure you review professional dress guidelines, practice common interview questions, and study the types of interviews. You can learn all about interviews in our Interview Preparation Guide.
STEP NINE: Enjoy Podcasts, Career-related books, and more.
I know it seems like a lot to ask you to spend MORE time between classes and homework, papers and exams, but if you are feeling too busy, try to make a commitment to listen to a podcast that will help with your growth for five minutes a day. Small investments in yourself do add up, even if only 5 minutes per day.
Podcasts: Have some down time while walking around campus or out on a run? Check out The Muse’s 6 Career-Boosting Podcasts You’re Going to Love Listening To or Forbes’ Feeling Stuck In Your Career? Add These 15 Podcasts To Your List.
Books: Read The Muse’s 21 Books That’ll Get You Ahead at Work, According to Top Career Coaches, Forbes’ 5 Must-Read Books For Your Career In 2021, or The Balance Careers’ The 8 Best Career Books of 2021.
Win a $500 flight gift card by completing CCI’s resume approval process. The FIRST (of seven) drawings is on Wednesday, December 14. Make sure you are entered into the drawing by completing the resume approval process!
CCI is offering a $500 AIRLINE GIFT CARD just for completing the résumé approval process.
There will be 7 drawings, the first 6 will be for $20 gift certificates to local eateries and the final (cumulative) drawing will be for the $500 airline gift card.
All you have to do to enter is complete your Handshake profile and have your résumé reviewed and approved by a CCI Peer Career Advisor (PCA) – (go/PCAs for their drop in hours to have your résumé reviewed.) The earlier you complete your profile and have an approved résumé, the more chances you will have to win!
Career Conversation and a Media Industry discussion with Rodney Rothman ’95 – TONIGHT AT 5:30PM
Please join us for a virtual Career Conversation and a Media Industry Discussion with Rodney Rothman ’95. He is a director, writer, and producer.
Previously Rothman co-wrote and co-directed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He also served as a producer or writer on the films 22 Jump Street, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Popstar, and Get Him to the Greek. In television, Rothman was hired as a staff writer at The Late Show with David Letterman when he was 21 years old. At 24, he was promoted to head writer, making him the youngest head writer in the program’s history.
Rothman is the author of the best-selling nonfiction humor book Early Bird. His writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, GQ, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, and McSweeney’s Quarterly. His piece “My Fake Job” was included in The Best American Nonrequired Reading, edited by Dave Eggers.
He recently launched Modern Magic, an entertainment company focused on creating innovative animated and live-action “event entertainment” for the 21st-century audience.
