Open Internship Opportunities for the Fall

English Department Internship Opportunity: Deadlines Approaching!

The English Department is seeking applications for a 3-credit internship for fall 2019 (8-10 hours of work per week). The intern will create bi-weekly English Department blog posts, update the website, post about the department to social media, keep an internship journal, create an ePortfolio of your work, write a reflection essay about the experience, and perform other duties to promote the department as needed, including possibly critiquing the department’s existing promotional efforts. The intern will report to the English Department chair (Dr. Entzminger).

Requirements:

• Minimum 60 credits and 3.0 GPA by end of spring 2019
• English Major in Literature, Creative Writing, or Professional Writing and Digital Rhetoric Track
• Strong writing skills
• Experience creating blog posts and editing web pages
• No previous internship credits
• Good work ethic and initiative

To apply, send a resume and cover letter explaining why you are interested in the position and detailing your qualifications by May 6 to Dr. Entzminger at bentzmin@bloomu.edu. In addition, ask one BU professor to email a letter of recommendation on your behalf to Dr. Entzminger.

Job Description: English Department Intern

The student will work 8-10 hours per week throughout the semester and earn 3 internship credits. The student will be supervised by the English Department Chairperson.

Duties:

• create bi-weekly English Department blog posts about student, alumni, and faculty achievements and about department events
• update the English Department website
• post about the department to social media
• keep an internship journal
• create an ePortfolio of work completed for the internship
• write a reflection essay about the experience
• perform other duties to promote the department as needed, including possibly critiquing the department’s existing promotional efforts.

Book project internships for Summer (1) and Fall (1)

The internships (one in Summer 19 and another in Fall 19) involve on a project to develop a book from a podcast series. Shawn Rosler, a BU English grad, produces the Coarse Grind Podcast and has interviewed local chefs as well as those who have appeared on Top Chef, the Food Network, and other national venues. (No culinary experience is needed for the internship.)

The work would consist of transcribing podcast material and editing it for book form. There may be additional tasks such as working with publishers. Much of the work could be done independently, but there would be a need for occasional face-to-face meetings. Internships require 40 hours of week for each credit hour. These would be three-credit internships. In the summer, the work could be done over the twelve-week term or either six-week term.

This represents a great opportunity to learn about the publishing industry, hone some writing and editing skills, and have a tangible product to show potential employers. Please send a resume and a letter of interest to Prof. Wemple jwemple@bloomu.edu by Friday May 3 if interested.