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Middlebury Social Impact Corps Info Sessions

Interested in gaining the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed for a purposeful career in social impact? Host site 2020: Monterey, California. The Middlebury Social Impact Corps program connects students to social change with unique global internship opportunities. A select cohort of Middlebury College and MIIS graduate students are chosen and matched with a social enterprise or NGO for an eight-week summer internship. The experiential learning program focuses on six pillars: adaptability, commitment, inquiry, narrative, reflection, and partnership. In partnership with organizations, MSIC members gain knowledge, skills, and dispositions for purposeful careers in social impact.

2020 Middlebury Social Impact Corps Info Sessions
Tuesday, Feb 11, 2020:  4:30-5:30 p.m. at ADK Library
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020: 7-8:00 p.m. at ADK Library

To learn more, visit go/socialimpactcorps. To RSVP for the Info Session, click HERE.

Hot Handshake Social Impact Internships & Jobs

Don’t forget to look up on Handshake for the hundreds of opportunities out there for internships and jobs in teh sectors you’re most interested in. Here are just a few:

Here is a cool opportunity with ECOAmeriCorps: https://middlebury.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3465206/share_preview

Corporate Affairs & Public Policy Consultancy Opportunity with Speyside Group: https://middlebury.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3412081/share_preview

Middlebury in DC Summer Internship: https://middlebury.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3498979/share_preview

Sam Shine Foundation Summer Conservation Intern-The Nature Conservancy: https://middlebury.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3498979/share_preview

Physical Scientist Intern in Seattle, WA with NOAA: https://middlebury.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3484759/share_preview

Public Lands & Climate Change Advocate Intern, Anchorage, AK with The National Audubon Society: https://middlebury.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3483855/share_preview

Farm-Based Education Summer Fellowship with Shelburne Farms: https://middlebury.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3458480/share_preview

Boston Summer Teaching Fellowship – Cash Scholarship & AmeriCorps Award Provided

Generation Teach partners with districts and charter schools to offer dynamic summer programs to create a new generation of diverse teachers, develop professional teachers as coaches and leaders, and engage middle-school students in academically rigorous and culturally relevant summer experiences. We launched in Colorado in 2014, expanded into Massachusetts in 2015, and opened in Rhode Island in 2017.

POSITION

We are seeking college juniors and seniors who reflect the diversity and excellence of the communities we serve who are committed to careers in education or interested in trying teaching.

How to Apply

info@genteach.org and http://www.generationteach.org

VT Business for Social Responsibility Internships & Jobs Listings

Whether you are a graduating senior or just looking for an internship and interested in staying in Vermont, the Vermont Business for Social Responsibility (VBSR) has excellent resources for paid internships and member job listings. VBSR “is a statewide, nonprofit business association with a mission to foster a business ethic in Vermont that recognizes the opportunity and responsibility of the business community to set a high standard for protecting the natural, human, and economic environments of our citizens.

Check out their resources for paid internships HERE.

Check out their resources for member job listings HERE.

VT Food System Jobs

Just a reminder that “Farm to Plate is Vermont’s food system plan being implemented statewide to increase economic development and jobs in the farm and food sector and improve access to healthy local food for all Vermonters.” They also have wonderful resources including a Vermont food systems job listing online HERE. For those of you looking to stay in Vermont after graduation, this is a great resource!