JOB with Vermont Natural Resources Council
“We’re looking to add a Community Energy Coordinator to our team this fall. While the position is managed through Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB) as part of the AmeriCorps program, the chosen candidate will play an invaluable role on our Energy and Climate team as the lead organizer of our VECAN network. The Community Energy Coordinator helps communities across Vermont play a leadership role in meeting the state’s comprehensive energy and climate targets and supports/expands the network of all-volunteer town energy committees. The term of service begins September 7, 2022 and ends August 19, 2023, but we’re only accepting applications through June 30, 2022.”
Learn more here: https://vnrc.org/join-our-team/
Apply here: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?fromSearch=true&id=104813
Master Business Essentials with Harvard Business School’s Online CORe Program
Harvard Business School Online is pleased to collaborate with Middlebury College to provide benefits to current students with qualifying financial need who are taking the HBS Credential of Readiness (CORe) program and the Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting individual certificate programs. With your consent, Middlebury will share information with HBS Online to allow the program to offer need-based scholarships to offset the cost of these programs. Details are available here.
The Credential of Readiness (CORe) is a rigorous online program consisting of three courses—Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting—designed to help you achieve fluency in the language of business. You will develop deep-seated problem solving skills and the confidence to contribute to business discussions and decision making.
Learning requirements: In order to earn the Credential of Readiness, participants must do the following:
- Thoughtfully complete all modules by stated deadlines
- Satisfactorily participate in courses through reflections and cold calls, for example
- Demonstrate content mastery through satisfactory completion of module quizzes
- Earn a passing score on the final exam of all three component courses
Final Exam: The CORe final exam is a three-hour, multiple-choice, closed book assessment created by HBS faculty and delivered via the HBS Online course platform. The exam is offered to participants after successful completion of the program during defined time periods following the last module deadline.
Hot Social Impact Internships & Jobs in Handshake
Here are some social impact opportunities that have come into my inbox over the past week:
Public Service Weekend – apply by June 6
Building an equitable and sustainable World: Virtual Conference and Policy Hack-a-thon for future public interest leaders. Open to rising college juniors and seniors interested in public policy, public interest technology, policy analytics, and related fields, who are strongly considering graduate education and/or careers in these fields. Preference will be given to students representing under-resourced communities from across the United States and/or working towards equity issues.
More details below and apply here: https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/events/public-service-weekend-2022
A Deep Look at the GRE® General Test
Hear directly from people who actually make the GRE® General Test! In this free preparation session, you’ll get information about:
- question types and test-taking strategies to help you tackle the Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning and Analytical Writing measures
- what to expect on test day, scores and score reporting
- tools to help you prepare for the test
- services available to help you stand out, including tools that can make it easier to connect with graduate program recruiters
- resources where you can find more information
Register for the free, virtual, monthly event here
Rising Juniors: Apply for the The Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service
“We are looking for young people from every corner of this country who share a curiosity about the world and the conviction to want to make positive change within it—just like our founders. Students should have a passion for helping others, experience serving in or building community, and an expansive view of what’s possible through public service.
The Voyager Scholarship is open to students entering their junior year of college at an accredited four-year college or university in the US, who have demonstrated a financial need, and who are US citizens, permanent residents, or DACA recipients.”
Deadline is June 14. All the details are here: https://www.obama.org/voyager-scholarship/
VT Food System News: Farm2Plate Opportunities
Lots of ways to stay in Vermont this summer or after graduation if you are interested in contributing to Vermont’s sustainable food system growth. Below are a few of the great places looking to hire YOU!
| Food System Jobs (Compliments of VT Farm to Plate May News) |
Vermont Innovation Summer: Education Intern @Center for Women & Enterprise
This opportunity is part of Middlebury College’s Vermont Innovation Summer cohort program, sponsored by the Innovation Hub. This program supports students working with companies and on self-directed projects across Burlington’s innovation ecosystem. For more information about Vermont Innovation Summer, please contact Ben Yamron at byamron@middlebury.edu.
This position comes with access to affordable, fee-based dormitory housing through an educational partner in Burlington. More information will be available in April upon the intern’s offer of employment.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Center for Women & Enterprise Vermont (CWEVT) is an inclusive economic empowerment organization. We help women business owners and aspiring women entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses by providing greater access to the resources, tools, and support they need. We are home to the Vermont Women’s Business Center, which receives partial federal funding to provide no-cost business counseling and tons of training experiences to women entrepreneurs at all stages of their development.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN AN INTERN
CWE seeks a dynamic, organized independent person to oversee the redesign of some of our signature entrepreneurship education programs. This position is great for students interested in educational design, Universal Design, entrepreneurship, and branding.
Entrepreneurship Training Curricula Internship – CWE is known for its entrepreneurial training experiences, where entrepreneurs have a chance to connect deeply with the community and with each other to build their businesses. Over the last year, CWE has undergone an extensive curriculum audit, conducted by outside parties, with an eye on best practices in adult education, cultural competency, and feminist principles in business. Now, we need those updates and suggestions vetted and incorporated into our 3 signature curricula: Getting To Your First Sale, Business Planning, and Power Forward: Strategic Growth Planning.
You’re Invited: Asian Americans in Foreign Policy Careers Virtual Event
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| Celebrate #AANHPIHM With Our U.S. Diplomats In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we celebrate the accomplishments of U.S. Department of State diplomats. Please join Diplomat in Residence Amanda Johnson and hear from our distinguished panelists about their paths to success in the Foreign Service. Learn how you, too, can represent America to the world. Registration is required. Register Today! |
Work Towards Food Justice & Learn About Regenerative Agriculture
New Community Project (NCP) is an international non-profit organization with a local program in Starksboro VT – a 28 minute drive from the Middlebury campus.
Our mission is to seek social justice and ecological healing to create a more peaceful world. We express our mission through several community programs aimed to help low income Vermonters have a fair shot at a decent life while benefiting the environment.
These include:
A weekly food pantry program that combines food rescued from area stores with food we grow in our Food Justice Garden. We also are a distribution hub for the Everyone Eats Program and Age Well VT’s Grab and Go meals for seniors.- Our Food Justice Garden Project. Located next to the Town’s Community Garden. Each year we grow over a thousand pounds of vegetables to help supply our food pantry program. This year we have expanded our growing area by three times. So we will be able to significantly increase the amount of food we can share with those in need.
- Our Community Woodbank and Emergency Heating Assistance Program. Each winter we supply firewood and other heating fuels to those in emergency heating situations. We also work with low income residents to help guide them through the process of applying to the State’s Weatherization Program.
In 2022 we are seeking help with the expansion of our Food Justice Garden. We are looking for folks who want to help serve those in need and also learn about regenerative agriculture. Work will include planting, weeding, mulching, watering, harvesting, cleaning, and managing insect pests.
Work days and times can be flexible. We tend to aim to work in the morning or the evening when possible to minimize evaporation of water and not work in the heat of the day.
If you have an interest in learning to grow food and serving the community we’d love to hear from you. For more information please contact Pete at NCP at 802-434-2333 or antosketchamncp@gmail.com
