See this previous Ex Libris post for a touch more information on the Institute’s paid teacher training program.
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Nonprofit arts organization Chicago Artists Resource is looking for a web intern. The unpaid internship requires a time commitment of 15–20 hours per week for six months. The application deadline is January 31, 2015. Applicants can email a cover letter and résumé to Nuria Sheehan at director@chicagoartistsresource.org. *** DePaulians chosen for the internship can receive academic credit by registering for ENG 509, the English department’s online internship course. Contact Professor Chris Green for more information.
The Guild Literary Complex is hiring a project coordinator for Brooksday, an annual event honoring Pulitzer Prize–winning Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks. This paid part-time position will run for about four months, from mid-February to mid-June. The application deadline is February 1, 2015. For more information, see the job posting on the Guild website.
Current and prospective MAE and MAWP students can apply for a graduate assistantship through Friday, January 23.
MAE and MAWP students may now apply for winter quarter 2015 partial tuition scholarship (PTS) awards. The application deadline is January 19, 2015. Students can download the PTS award application form here and email it as an attachment to Ms. Jan Hickey, the assistant director of graduate programs in English, at jhicke11@depaul.edu. For more information, visit the MAE or MAWP D2L sites and navigate to Content –> PTS Awards.
The Group Project is looking for storytellers, musicians, and other artistic collaborators—such as dancers, actors, illustrators, comedians, and journalists—for its next 7 Stories show. The multimedia performance will take place at Martin’s Corner Bar (2056 West 22nd Place) on Monday, February 23, at 8 p.m. TGP is also offering three-month internships. Over the course of the internship, students will help produce three performances. Contact Thegroupprojectemail@gmail.com for more information.
DeVry University is hiring visiting professors in English, biology, economics, math, multimedia design, and psychology. Candidates interested in the part-time adjunct position can send their résumés/CVs and cover letters outlining professional experience, previous teaching experience (if applicable), and one-page teaching philosophy to the Committee Chair of Liberal Arts & Sciences at DeVry.LAS@gmail.com. They should also email the names of contact details of at least two references. Selected candidates will be approached for an onsite interview and presentation of a short 20-minute guest lecture. See the full job listing here.
The Institute of Reading Development is accepting applications for summer 2015 teaching positions. The Institute provides its summer teachers with “a paid training program and comprehensive ongoing support.” Candidates with an undergraduate degree in any discipline are eligible to apply. See the website for eligibility requirements and the online job application.
Focuscope‘s Chicago office on Grand and State is hiring a part-time, on-call worker in client services. Candidates must be available to work weeknights between the hours of 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. The job does not require Friday or weekend hours. If hired, the employee may be scheduled to work anywhere from 0 to 25 hours per week. The following week’s schedule is posted Friday mornings. Job Responsibilities · Meet and greet clients and survey discussion participants · Food service—set up and clean up · Light office duties to assist clients—Computer literacy a must · Simple audiovisual equipment functions… Read Article →
Chicago-based author, actor, and acting coach Janet B. Milstein is seeking an intern to work with her as an editor on two short nonfiction books. Approximately 100 pages each, these books on professional acting will be part of a new book series for Smith and Kraus, Inc. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, résumé, and brief writing sample to act4you@msn.com. — The DePaul student chosen for the internship can receive academic credit by registering for ENG 509, the English department’s online internship course. Contact Professor Chris Green for more information.
DePaul professor Barrie Jean Borich seeks student interns to help run the digital nonfiction art journal Slag Glass City. Internship responsibilities include broad social-media management, website maintenance, submission screening and deliberation, correspondence, research, proofreading, events planning, and other tasks as they develop. Interested applicants should email Professor Borich (bborich@depaul.edu) a brief letter outlining their interest and experience. — DePaulians chosen for the internship can receive academic credit by registering for ENG 509, the English department’s online internship course. Contact Professor Chris Green for more information.
RHINO magazine is looking for one to two winter/spring 2015 interns to help with social media, event marketing, and publishing-related administrative tasks, such as correspondence, database entry, and small special projects. In 2015–16, RHINO will need two special projects interns for the following long-term projects: 1. coordination of a 40th anniversary national reading series (“40 readings in 40 cities”) 2. management of a special publishing initiative of a yearlong readers-respond-to-writers weekly poem series. Internships are unpaid. For more on RHINO‘s internship program, click here. — DePaulians chosen for the internship can receive academic credit by registering for ENG 509, the English department’s online internship course. Contact Professor Chris… Read Article →