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Editorial: An Internship from Your Couch

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What is the value of having a “virtual” internship? In my opinion, wasn’t the original point of a traditional internship to have the experience of going into the office and seeing how you work with others and learning from their experiences?

Jonnelle Marte debates the new trend in at home “virtual” internships. College students are now finding more online internship opportunities in which they can have the credit of internship while working at home and without ever even meeting their boss or supervisor.

Check out the Wall Street Journal article: An Internship from Your Couch

2 Winter Term Deadlines Extended!

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Shelter Intern with the Middlebury Transitional Care Coalition/ Charter House Middlebury, VT

Full-time internship positions are available during J-Term at a transitional housing facility. The facility opened last January in response to critical housing needs in the midst of the economic downturn. Led by a team of committed community volunteers and Middlebury College student interns, the shelter was staffed 24/7 throughout the Winter months by an all-volunteer crew recruited primarily from area religious groups and Middlebury College. Interns are expected to assist with facility operations, work directly with house residents, and help coordinate other community volunteers. EXTENDED DEADLINE: October 16

Shelter Assistant with the John Graham Shelter Vergennes, VT

Duties may include:  Identify and reach out to homeless individuals and families to build trusting relationships in order to foster empowerment and assist with transition from homelessness to housing; Assist with intake process, forms and recordkeeping as needed; Build trust and self esteem with clients through daily interaction via one on one and group activities. EXTENDED DEADLINE: October 16

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Winter Term Information Sessions

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Three Winter Term Internship Information Sessions on Wednesday, October 7

Monterey Institute of International Studies

12:30 PM in Hillcrest 103

Practicum: Challenges to Peacebuilding, Sierra Leone

Training: Conservation Leadership Practicum (CLP), Monterey, CA

Development Project Management Institute (DPMI), Monterey, CA

World Camp for Kids

5:00 PM in MBH 219

World Camp Volunteer, Lilongwe, Malawi

Biblioteca David Kitson

8:00 PM in MBH 438

Teaching Intern-ESL/ESOL, Costa Rica


See MOJO for more details about internship opportunities.

Winter Intern Deadlines!- Education

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Winter Term Internships in Education:

Teaching Intern- ESL/ESOL with Biblioteca David Kitson Costa Rica

Goals and teaching methods for English in the setting of Nosara are different from the way foreign languages are taught in the US. We are not teaching reading and writing skills, nor are we after an in-depth understanding of the grammar and structure of English. Our job is to help the local students to communicate with English speakers at whatever level they can reach. DEADLINE: October 9

Teaching Intern with Oasis Center Nashville, TN

The intern will work in concert with the staff of the college access center to work with youth as they explore opportunities in post-secondary education. The intern will work directly with youth to create vision, identify appropriate pathways to higher education, work with extreme social and economic challenges, explain and explore financial aid opportunities, and assist directly with the application processes. DEADLINE: October 20

Vermont Institute on the Caribbean Intern Puerto Plata,  Dominican Republic

This internship is an opportunity to work closely with the executive director of a growing non-profit organization seeking to strengthen long-term, sustainable, and mutually beneficial ties between communities in the Dominican Republic and Vermont. DEADLINE: October 15

Program Coordinator Intern with Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sport Waitsfield, VT

The Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports internship is designed to provide learning and hands-on experiences to individuals interested in Adaptive Sports, Therapeutic Recreation and Adventure Recreation to gain knowledge and professional experience in these growing fields. Interns are a valuable resource for Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports. Over the last few years our internship program has grown and expanded to include summer as well as winter programs. Interns get hands on experience in all aspects of programming, ski and snowboard instructing and event planning. DEADLINE: October 16

Volunteer Intern with World Camp, Inc. Lilongwe, Malawi

World Camp offers a unique international development intern program that allows individuals to make a significant impact by teaching children and teachers over the course of four day educational camps in rural primary schools.
Groups of volunteers perform four day projects teaching the World Camp curriculum which focuses on HIV/AIDS education, environmental awareness, and gender equality to primary school aged children and teachers in identified rural schools. DEADLINE: October 16

See MOJO for more details and application instructions.

Deadlines!- Law

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Winter Term Internships in Law:

Intern with U.S. District Court- Judge Sessions Burlington, VT

The intern will have the opportunity to witness court proceedings involving both civil and criminal cases. In addition, he/she will be responsible for summarizing pleadings, as well as reading and discussing legal arguments with the Judge and his law clerks. Spending a month in a federal judge’s chambers affords an in-depth view of the legal system to which most undergrads will never have access. DEADLINE: October 9

Intern with U.S. District Court- Honorable Judge Mark Wolf Boston, MA

Witness court proceedings involving crimes ranging from drug dealing and murder to insider trading. Read and discuss legal arguments with the Judge. Meet with other judges and prosecuting attorneys. Spending a month in a federal judge’s chambers affords an in-depth view of the legal system to which most undergrads will never have access. DEADLINE: October 9

See MOJO for more details and application instructions.

Deadlines!- Business, Finance, and Consulting

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Winter Term Internships in Business, Finance, and Consulting:

National U.S. Arab Chamber of Commerce Internship Washington D.C.

Intern duties include but are not limited to the following: Conduct research as needed by the Chamber on topics related to US-Middle East trade; Participate in visits to the US Department of Commerce, Congress; Arab embassies, organizations with a focus on the Middle East, etc.; Research US trade policy, US companies, local chambers of commerce in various states and cities that provide potential opportunities for foreign business and governmental delegations. DEADLINE: October 9

Finance Intern with RBC Capital Markets Corp. New York, NY

General assistance primarily in the custody operations in processing hedge fund purchases and redemptions. In addition, there may be opportunities to work with the affiliated advisory group and structured derivative desk facilitating hedge fund investments. DEADLINE: October 9

Operations Intern with EnerNOC, Inc. San Francisco, CA

The student will assist the operations team Western Regional Director with his day to day activities. The student will also be exposed to the sales, markets, regulatory and energy efficiency teams as well as the network operations center. DEADLINE: October 9

Research/ Sales Intern with Julien J. Studley, Inc. Chicago, IL

Intern will assist in all manner of duties related to sourcing and executing real estate transactions in downtown Chicago, in particular, intern will assist in market research, financial analysis and the production of marketing materials for a top Chicago brokerage team led by a Middlebury alumni. Along with ancillary research, the intern’s primary task will be researching the space usage trends among several sectors of corporate clients. DEADLINE: October 9

Analyst Intern with Emerging Asia, Inc. Shanghai, China

Emerging Asia is a leading B2B market intelligence consultancy and business research specialist focusing exclusively on Asia. Most of our clients are global Fortune 500 companies, emerging market private equity funds, technology start-ups, and strategy consulting firms based in North America and Europe. DEADLINE: October 9

See MOJO for more details and application instructions.

Deadlines!- Healthcare/ Science

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Winter Term Internships in Healthcare/ Science:

Porter Hospital Intern Middlebury, VT

Porter Hospital Winter Term Internships are comprised of the following for a minimum of 100 hours: -Opening orientation session the first day of Winter Term at Porter Hospital -Shadowing an assigned physician during office hours and hospital calls -Students are encouraged to do rotations with other available physicians during the course of January -Physicians usually give the student intern assigned readings based on their medical practice -Most students do rotations in surgery, radiology, PT, labor and delivery, emergency room, cardiology etc. DEADLINE: October 9

Green Chemistry Program Intern Washington, D.C.

During January, EPA staff and interns will read all of the nominations, write a brief review of each nomination, discuss the nominated technologies in multidisciplinary group meetings, and prepare the nominations for the judging panel convened by the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute®. DEADLINE: October 9

EMT-B Course Participant with University of Vermont- IREMS Middlebury, VT

This internship is the complete Emergency Medical Technician – Basic course. It includes classroom lectures, practical skills labs, and hospital/ambulance observation time. DEADLINE: October 16

See MOJO for more details and application instructions.

Deadlines!- Non-Profit and Environment

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Winter Term Internships in Non-Profit and Environment:

Shelter Assistant with the John Graham Shelter Vergennes, VT

Duties of the intern include: Identify and reach out to homeless individuals and families to build trusting relationships in order to foster empowerment and assist with transition from homelessness to housing; Assist with intake process, forms and recordkeeping as needed; Build trust and self esteem with clients through daily interaction via one on one and group activities. DEADLINE: October 9

Advocate Intern with WomenSafe Middlebury, VT

Interns will provide direct service to women and children of diverse backgrounds and status, dealing with sexual violence, domestic violence (SV & DV) and life transitions by responding to crisis calls, in-person meetings and requests for information, provide on-going peer advocacy and on-going emotional support, and provide options and safety planning. DEADLINE: October 15

General Associate Intern with the Roosevelt Institution Washington D.C.

Our temporary staff members will work on a variety of potential projects, depending on the need at the time. This could mean fundraising, communications, publications, etc. All work will be substantive and goal-oriented. DEADLINE: October 9

Caromont Farm Intern Esmont, VA

Assist Gail Hobbs Page and husband Daniel Page in ALL aspects of sustainable farming, food production, and food education. DEADLINE: October 17

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Deadlines!- Communications/ Marketing

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Winter Term Internships in Communications/ Marketing:


Literary Publicity Department Intern with PICADOR New York, NY

Intern will be responsible for providing administrative support to Director of Publicity, Director of Marketing, and two senior staff members. Responsibilities consist of both administrative and project work. Special projects include assisting Publicity Director, researching media, writing press releases, supporting book publicity campaigns, and assisting Marketing Director to execute marketing plans. DEADLINE: October 1

New England Review Winter Intern Middlebury, VT

This for-credit internship will help students gain an informed, inside view of the nature and demands of literary magazine publishing. This internship will help to prepare students to participate professionally, as writers and as editors.  DEADLINE: October 9

Publishing Intern with the U.S. Department of Education Washington D.C.

The intern(s) would be an integral part of a 10-person team comprising a full cohort of publishing experts, including writers, editors, artists and printing specialists. The interns would: Contribute to the editing and publishing of manuscripts about education at all levels.  DEADLINE: October 9

Film Development Intern with Georgeville Films/ CBS Studios Los Angeles, CA

This is a great opportunity to learn in a fast-paced, open-door environment. General office support, covering scripts, meet with executives, give feedback on projects in development, etc. DEADLINE: October 9

Production Intern with Bunim- Murray Productions Van Nuys, CA

Some projects interns have worked on in the past include: observing and working with off-line editors, compiling scripts from the Director’s notes for the Story Department, reviewing music to be used in future episodes, developing material for Bunim/Murray websites, handling the distribution of fan mail, reviewing and sorting casting applications, and MUCH more…. DEADLLINE: October 9

Programming Intern with WMUD 89.3 Bridport, VT

WMUD Programming Interns will learn the day-to-day inner workings of a radio station’s programming department including, but not limited to: music, air staff and production. DEADLINE: October 10

Research Analyst with Marketing Evolution New York, NY

On this project, the candidate will be a vital member of a small team which will analyze the effectiveness of media campaigns to in turn develop strategic media recommendations for Fortune 500 clients. DEADLINE: October 17

See MOJO for more details and application instructions.