Save the Date! Arts Administration and Non-Profit Career Fair

Calder_FlamingoThe date has just been set for the 2016 Arts Administration and Non-Profit Career Fair in Chicago, hosted by the College of Fine and Applied Arts: February 5, 2016.  For students and employers interested in running arts organizations, theaters, galleries, museums, and other Chicago area non-profits. Connect through opportunities in arts education, collections, development, marketing, outreach, event planning, audience development and more.

Stay tuned as the day draws nearer for information on place, times, and carpooling to Chicago.

On the Value of Insecurity

If you are here on campus right now taking your first Fall 2015 classes, then you probably weren’t in Smith Hall last may when Convocation speaker and alumnus, Matt Garrison, explained to the Spring 2015 graduates how to ride a BA from the English department to success.  Much of his advice applies to success during college as well as after:

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Internships all Around!

all the internshipsPAID internships at WILL-Illinois Public Media now available!  Deadline is Aug. 30.

Recently added unpaid on-campus opportunities include the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities and The Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

A number of internships offered through the Department of English (both paid and unpaid) have deadlines of Aug. 28 (Friday of the first week of classes).

Want to apply, but you’re not sure how to put together a resume?  The Career Center has some resources to help you get started, and there’s more advice here.

Interested in some of these opportunities, but not sure how an internship fits into your future?  Come talk to Kirstin Wilcox, Director of Internships, in the English Advising office! Call 333-4346 for an appointment.

[And just in case you’re curious about the earworm that produced the headline: Carole King sings “Alligators All Around” with animations by Maurice Sendak.]