Still looking for a Winter Term project?

The BCSL still has WT opportunities open!

Site: Bonner Center for Service & Learning

Website: www.oberlin.edu/bcsl

Position title on ObieOpps: Winter Term Web Media Service Intern

Job Description: The Web Media Intern will help the BCSL improve its online presence on common social networking sites.  Projects include making videos for the BCSL YouTube channel, editing the BCSL wiki, editing the BCSL website (content management system) and cross-linking the current BCSL social network sites.  The practical experience will be complemented by readings and investigations of groups and individuals who have successfully marketed themselves online.

Credit: Half or Full

# positions available: 3

Site: Bonner Center for Service & Learning

Website: www.oberlin.edu/bcsl

Position title on ObieOpps: Winter Term Public Relations Service Intern

Job Description: The PR Intern will help with updating the literature of the BCSL current to Communications Office standards.  Projects include making brochures for BCSL programs, composing a fall newsletter, designing and decorating a Day of Service Bulletin Board, and writing articles for the BCSL blog. The practical experience will be complemented by readings and investigations of what contributes to a successful public relations campaign.

Credit: Half or Full

# positions available: 1

Site: Bonner Center for Service & Learning

Website: www.oberlin.edu/bcsl

Position title on ObieOpps: Winter Term Dr. Seuss Day Service Intern

Job Description: Dr. Seuss Day is an annual family literacy celebration organized by the America Reads tutoring program and hosted by the Oberlin Public Library.  It has been held the first weekend of March for the past 10 years, and has become an anticipated event for local children and families.  More than two hundred people typically attend.  The task of the Dr. Seuss Day Planner is to build upon the past success of the event, while giving it a unique theme and flavor. The Planner will decide the title and theme for the day, design activities for children, and recruit special guest readers as well as other performers.  The Planner will also purchase children's books and other materials, and execute a publicity campaign for the event.  The work will be carried out in partnership with Andy Frantz, Program Director for America Reads, in the America Reads office in the Bonner Center for Service and Learning.  While most of the work is done during Winter Term, the Planner must be available for the event itself, the first weekend of March.

Credit: Half or Full

# positions available: 1-2

Site: Oberlin Early Childhood Center

Website: www.oberlinearlychildhood.org

Position Title on ObieOpps: Winter Term Self-Assessment Service Intern

Job Description: OECC has been accredited through the National Association of Early Childhood Programs since 1995.  Since then the accreditation standards and process has been revised.  There are three main components of this position:

1. Prior to applying for re-accreditation a self-assessment must be completed and results compiled.  The self-assessment includes surveying families and teaching staff on services provided by the center.

2. After survey results have been compiled a performance improvement plan will be written.

3. A system for providing evidence that the center and classrooms are meeting performance standards need developed. The students hired will work with the Executive Director and Director of Education to complete a self-assessment to complete the survey, compile the results, write a performance improvement plan, and to set up a system to document evidence.

Students who wish to pursue a career in the field of education would benefit from understanding how to provide support and evidence that performance standards are being implemented.  A student interested in evaluation and assessment may also benefit from this position through the process of obtaining and compiling survey results and creating an improvement plan based upon these results.

Credit: Half or Full

# of position available: 2

Site: Community Peace Builders
Position Title on Obie Opps: Winter Term National Deficit Research Service Intern

Job Description: The interns in this position will work to compile a report to present to US senators, and possibly to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, an initiative of President Obama, led by Senators Republican Alan Simpson and Democrat Erskine Bowles.  Research would include an investigation of numbers for the value of properties in the US to decide the taxes that support the department of defense, the value of properties owned abroad by US citizens, and other information to fill in the background of the nation's deficit.  The primary thesis of this report is that the National Defense should be funded in the same manner as insurance -a fee proportional to the value of that protected.  The interns chosen can work from their own living space, or can choose to work at the home of the project supervisor.  Weekly meetings would be required to update work progress.

Credit: Half or full

# positions available: 2 

Site: Lorain County Food Policy Coalition
Position Title on Obie Opps: Winter Term Food Systems Mapping Service Intern

Job Description: Connect the many consumers and producers of local food in Lorain County by mapping components of the local food system, including farmers' markets, community gardens, community-supported agriculture programs, City Fresh stops, farm stands / farm producing locally sold food, grocery stores, restaurants with a commitment to serving local food, and organizations working on Lorain County's food system.

Credit: Half or Full

# positions available: 2

Site: Lorain County Food Policy Coalition
Position Title on Obie Opps: Winter Term Food Policy Project Service Intern

Job Description: Research food policy in Lorain County.  For each town, investigate laws on the books that affect food production issues such as the legality of various kinds of livestock, front yard gardens, bees, chickens, etc.  The end product will be used to help the Food Policy Coalition draw a county-wide picture of how policy encourages or prevents personal food production.

Credit: Half or full

# positions available: 2

Site: Lorain County Food Policy Coalition
Position Title on Obie Opps: Winter Term Food Policy Coalition Website Design Service Intern

Job Description: Create a website for the Lorain County Food Policy Coalition using the open source Drupal Content Management System.  Previous knowledge of Drupal is not necessary, and you will end the project familiar with some of the food system work being done in Lorain County as well as the process of building a website with Drupal.

Credit: Half or Full

# positions available: 2

Site: Lorain County Community College

Website: www.lorainccc.edu/servicelearning

Position Title on ObieOpps: Winter Term MLK Day of Service Event Service Intern

Job Description: The MLK Event Planning Intern will work on the preparation, implementation, and reflection of Lorain County Community College’s MLK Day of Service, which will be held on January 14^th. The Intern will participate in communications with media outlets and local nonprofit organizations, coordination of site leader volunteers, volunteer recruitment, Service Celebration planning and preparations, and other duties as assigned. The Intern will have the assistance of the full-time Americorps VISTA and part-time Americorps volunteers who are, along with the Intern, part of the team coordinating the MLK event. Our community partner service sites include the Lorain County Urban League, Harrison Cultural Community Center, Second Harvest Food Bank, Save Our Children, and the Early College High School. This is a great educational experience for anyone who is interested in civic engagement, marketing/event planning, leadership, project/program development and assessment and more!

Credit: Half or full

# positions available: 1