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Become a Virtual Intern for State Dept
The State Dept just created a new e-internship program that you can paricipate in without leaving home. See details here: http://www.state.gov/vsfs/
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Foreign Service Opportunity for Spanish Students
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Scholarship Deadlines Approaching
Visit http://opsf.byu.edu/ for information on the following scholarship opportunities: Harry S. Truman Scholarship Are you a junior planning on working in civil or public service? The Truman scholarship funds $30,000 for senior year and graduate school for students who have plans to work in a broadly defined public service capacity. Deadline: December 2, 2011. National…
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Great Internships for Humanities Majors
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is currently accepting applications for internships in their Wash. D.C. offices. Here are some of the possibilities: Office of Communications Office of Publications Division of Education Programs Division of Preservation and Access Office of the General Counsel BYU students can apply for these directly and are eligible for…
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Liberal Arts: Portal to Anywhere
President Michael T. Benson of Southern Utah University argues for the economic and civilizational necessity of training today’s youth in the liberal arts, and he does this in an economic and cultural climate increasingly hostile to the humanities and other disciplines whose immediate monetary value is not obvious. Here are his key points: “Difficult economic…
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The Economics of the Humanities
You’ve heard the story: our modern economy demands more and more students to pursue scientific and technical fields to keep up the pace of growth.Given the exorbitant costs of a college education, students should be discouraged from pursuing frivolous, non-productive fields such as the arts and humanities. And so on… A recent article from the…
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Why Reading the News is Crucial
Here is a point frequently made to me by employers: today’s students don’t know much about the world around them, they don’t read the news, they can’t connect the dots. Is this you? When I ask students on campus about this observation, many agree. They find the news boring or disturbing, they don’t have time…
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ASU President: Why the U.S. Economy Needs Liberal Arts Majors
Florida Gov. Rick Scott recently argued that Florida needs to refocus attention and tax dollars on math, science and engineering in order to spur job creation. He wants to do this, however, at the expense of liberal arts majors, pointing to anthropology in particular as a frivolous pursuit. Arizona State University president points out the…
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Scholarships to Consider
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Hiring Looks More Promising for Grads
NACE reports that hiring will be increasing around 10%. The document also says that paid interns fare better in landing a job than unpaid interns or those who do no internship. read here: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Job-Outlook-Improving-for-usnews-1629657662.html?x=0
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