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Contact:Career Services 505-984-6066

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Web address: www.stjohnscollege.edu/admin/SF/career.shtml

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Office located in the basement of Weigle Hall, Room 13

Office Hours:Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.or by appointment

Career Services Staff:Margaret Odell Director

Barbara Lucero Sand Assistant Director

Chelsea Allen Internship Coordinator

Christine KngPublications Editor

Allen MatsikaResearch Assistant

Melissa Latham-StevensArt Director

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND

GRADUATE PROGRAMS, INTERNSHIPS &

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

JOINING A GREATER ACADEMY: MOTIVATIONS FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL AND “HOW JOHNNIES GET THERE” (INTERVIEWS WITH BILSANA BIBIC, THOMAS BERRY, AND KAROLINA RICHTEROVA)

BY CHRISTINE KNG

Career Services Office

CAREER SERVICES AT ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE | SANTA FE | MAY 2013

Congratulations to Seniors & Recent Graduates!The Class of 2013 is ready to graduate and move on to the next chapter in their collective lives. Congratulations to all of the seniors! Here are some of the opportunities that seniors are pursuing:

SF’13Mr. Thomas Berry – JD at Stanford Law or UCLA, or MAPH at University of ChicagoMs. Amanda Bogan – Wilderness instructor for AdventureTreks over the summerMr. Daryl Breithaupt – Taking the MCAT over the summer, volunteer work at a clinic in ArkansasMs. Jessica Carlson – Bee-keeping in Europe over the summer, Medical Massage License Program at Boulder College in the fallMr. Jason Choe – Building web applications for FirstServeMs. Hannah Crepps – Smithsonian internship at the Center of Folk Life and Cultural Heritage under the Ariel Internship program over the summer Ms. Alicia Dondo – Working at Goldman Sachs in their London officeMs. Emma Feikert – Freelance social media work in Santa Fe, New Mexico Academy of Healing ArtsMs. Zoe Haskell – Working with a local art gallery in Santa FeMr. Marcus Karr – Starting another BA in Computer Engineering at UC DavisMs. Christine Kng – 5-semester Nanjing, China/DC Johns Hopkins MA in International Studies program Mr. Bar Lehmann – Masters in Social Work at University of Denver or University of Southern California Mr. Jan Petrus – PhD in History & Philosophy of Science at Utrecht University in the NetherlandsMr. Josh Primiano – JET Program, teaching English in JapanMs. Karolina Richterova – MSc/DPhil in Experimental Psychology at the University of OxfordMr. Tor Travis – Santa Fe Reporter; teaching English in China this fall Ms. Chesirae Valentine – Internship at City Lore in NYC under the Ariel Internship program, Great Hearts in PhoenixMr. Cole Watson – Peace Corps, working on Community Development through Water & Sanitation Ms. Samantha Weber – JET Program, teaching English in JapanMs. Whitney Will – Organic/Sustainable farm internship in CO, 3-year Peace Corps stintMr. Christian Winting – Internship with Hemingway Letters Project under the Ariel Internship program; MA in Humanities at the University of Chicago

SF’12Ms. Jillian Burgie – MA in Comparative Literature at University of Colorado, Boulder Mr. John Rhett Forman – PhD in Literature at University of DallasMr. Andrew Meier – Neuroscience PhD program at Washington University, St. Louis, MO

SF’11Ms. Brittany Johnstone (Olson) – EdS degree in School of Psychology at Denver University in Colorado

We know you’ve got big things planned. Come tell us about them in your Senior Exit Interview!

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Below are some additional updatesabout our final Ariel interns!Hannah Crepps (SR) – learning about cultural history at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife andCultural Heritage in Washington, DC.Emma Diez (JR) – art education with Fine Art for Children and Teens (FACT) in Santa Fe.Sophie Engel (SR) – exploring the publishing and editorial world at the Santa Fe Reporter.Elizabeth Fedden (SO) – learning about digital archiving and anthropology with the Laboratory ofAnthropology Library at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe. Aiden Freeman (JR) – gaining publishing/editorial experience at A Public Space in Brooklyn, NY.Helen Gvilia (SO) – gaining hands-on experience with international relations and public policywith the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.Alexander Harris (SR) – conducting economics and financial research for the City Economist inNew York City.Alexandra Marx (JR) – learning about international relations with the Santa Fe Council on Inter-national Relations in Santa Fe.

Joining a Greater AcademyMotivations for Graduate School and ‘How Johnnies Get There’ By Christine Kng

Attending graduate school is a post-graduate plan which requires discernment, com-mitment and preparation. How does any St. John’s student take the broad education wehave and point it towards two to four years of focused study? What is the appeal ofgraduate school to St. John’s students? Here are three seniors’ stories.

Bilsana Bibicwon a nationwide scholarship to study overseas at a United World College for her last two years of high school. Encountering and befriending people fromdifferent countries, at this overwhelmingly international school in Costa Rica, gave her areal perspective on the problems that her friends faced all around the world. Studying atSt. John’s only reaffirmed her desire to construct real change: ‘I realized that I didn’twant to work on the theoretical level. I wanted to implement certain things in practice.’Since the start of her junior year (but really, since Costa Rica), she has been workingsteadily to discover where exactly she wants to go to begin effecting change, and whatshe needs to do to get there. When she determined her ideal field at the beginning of her junior year, she decided

to try to gain experience in it. ‘I decided to enrich my experience by applying for jobsrelated to my field – tutoring jobs, mentoring jobs, Projects for Peace – all these woundup being related to young people.’ Yet, while this is only one of her many viable careerpassions, she says: ‘No one is certain about their future career path, but you need tofind a focus in order to be productive. Whatever focus you choose now can change. Thesame experience you gain from say, theatre, can help you in leadership if you’re apply-ing to something in politics. The important thing is to pick a focus, even if it’s a randomfocus, and do things towards that focus.’ Her first real career step was to secure an Ariel internship with the Montenegrin del-

egation in the United Nations for the summer after her junior year. Through convers-ing with many people there, she learned that for the field of International Relations, a PhD would be almost a waste, but a masters’ degree is necessary. ‘International Relations requires experience in the field. You need a higher degree because you’re

Ms. Thi Kim Tran Nguyen (SF14) has

been awarded a $5,000 Braziel/Lynn

Scholarship and a $5,000 Thorne

Premedical Scholarship, both to be

used for summer chemistry classes

and labs.

Mr. Dongyu Cui (SF16), Mr. Ye Shi

(SF15) and Mr. Jingxing Gao (SF15)

have received a $10,000 Projects for

Peace award for this summer from

the Davis Foundation. Their project

aims to improve communication

among high school students in China

through participation in Socratic

seminars.

Congratulations toour Award Winners!Pre-medical scholarships

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competing with people who all have higher degrees, but you don’t need a PhD becauseyou also need experience that you can gain at work.’ This gave her the confirmation thatshe needed of her initially less formulated plans: she should enter graduate school after St. John’s, ideally a master’s program with full funding. With her experiences in mind, she began preparing to apply for graduate school over

the summer, and all through the start of her senior year. It turned out that her genuineinterest in young people became what she decided to present to graduate schools. ‘Inter-national Development is an enormous field, and if you say to graduate schools that youwant to work in International Development, it sounds like you haven’t thought about it.But if I say that I want to work with youth, it immediately narrows the focus, and I have abetter chance.’ Her caveat, though, is that it has to be a genuine desire to work in thisfield, and a genuine hope to achieve something in this field. She says, with a grin, thatshe could never do a PhD in Literature (she probably could). ‘Yet,’ she says, ‘for what Itruly want to do, I can use many different approaches – my experiences and actions canall be portrayed as leading to the same end.’

Bilsana Bibic applied to International Relations and Development Studies programs atAmerican University, Boston College, Cambridge University, UC Berkeley, as well as aprogram in Turkey.

In the middle of his senior year, Thomas Berry applied to eight of the T14 (lawyer lingofor Top 14) law schools as well as ten Philosophy PhD programs. He took the GRE andLSAT over the summer, applied for the Rhodes, Marshall and Gates scholarships in October 2012, and was accepted into (among others) Stanford Law, one of the ‘T3’ degrees in Law.Mr. Berry was tired of education by the time he finished being homeschooled. But he

wound up in St. John’s, and unsurprisingly, for those who know Mr. Berry, he enjoyed itfrom the first day. By junior year, he had come to the realization that academia might be apossible life-long career choice. ‘I realized that I didn’t want to get out of the academicenvironment, shockingly enough. I’m much more suited to this than to be thrust out intothe real world, all of a sudden, to get a job or do physical labor or something terrifyinglike that to earn a living. I’m better in this structured environment of having work to turn

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in and something to talk about every single day, and I also just like the social aspect ofbeing in the school environment.’ But philosophy and law? Mr. Berry’s interest in philosophy and the consequent

aiming for a PhD was always his most natural goal. ‘The specific political questions Iwas interested in were always the broadest and most philosophical. The precepts thatpolitical philosophers tell the government to do are precepts that apply just as muchon a personal basis.’ Yet, he says, ‘all the places I applied to do a PhD in Philosophy Ialso applied to their law school, if they had one.’ His interest in philosophy has alwaysbeen practical, and his mother’s academic specialization in both law and the historyand philosophy of science guided him to the possibilities of a joint law and philoso-phy degree, which he understands to complement one another. ‘You can’t really talkabout the moral or ethical implications of public policy unless you have a law back-ground.’ Now, though, his acceptance to Stanford Law, and not to the corresponding philos-

ophy program, gives him different pressures. ‘It’s hard to turn down a high-rankinglaw school like that. And you might, without making a conscious decision, justthrough the process of inertia, find yourself in a big law firm and work there yourwhole life.’ And by this point, Mr. Berry has already realized that practicing law maynot be completely satisfying to him, because of the academic life he wants, as well aslarger philosophical concerns. As he says, ‘You might have to sacrifice your personalphilosophical nature of seeing both sides of the issue. The judge sees all the facets ofthe case best if two people make the best possible case for each side. So you sacrificeyour autonomy slightly, for the best of everyone except you and the other lawyer.’He is, however, probably going to take out loans, enter Stanford Law, and figure

everything out later. He says, ‘I don’t want to be a practicing lawyer my whole life, butat the same time I couldn’t have predicted how applying to my eighteen programs wasgoing to turn out. So I’m aware to some extent that I can’t predict what opportunitiesI’m going to have, which places will like me and which won’t, three years from now.’Right now he is mostly just glad that he won’t have to do physical labor next year. Thomas Berry applied to Philosophy PhD and Law programs at the University ofChicago, NYU, Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, UCLA, Michigan, and Stanford.

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Karolina Richterova picked her high school (an ecologically-friendly high school inrural Wisconsin) because at that time there was no common thread between her andwhat the school represented in their values. ‘All I was interested in was why thesethings were meaningful to them. Why do some people devote hours of their lives towalking in the woods or making sustainable energy? Why are these activities and topics more interesting and significant to them than anything else?’ She learned, ofcourse. Yet in this, as in all her other pursuits, she explicitly states that changing heractions isn’t her only goal; she has faith that any new knowledge and understanding ofwhat motivates people will make her a more open-minded person and a more con-scious human being. This very open-mindedness is what she learns all the time in a St. John’s context

through collaboration. Before she came to the college, Ms. Richterova expected St. John’s to be the best preparation she could have for graduate work, and she foundthis to be true. ‘It’s important to learn how to not always be that one person in the cor-ner with your own favorite idea… Talking and critiquing your own ideas in the companyof other scholars is a very important skill to have and a very good experience for some-one who wants to go to graduate school.’ Collaboration of this kind also involves a greatdeal of learning and newfound openness. She says, ‘That’s how I learn the most: interacting with people and authors who have completely different ideas than I do, butwho find them extremely meaningful and significant. To me, St. John’s is above all anexperience in discovering, defending, and delivering meaning.’Yet, alongside this valuable skill, Ms. Richterova points out two particularly Johnnie

difficulties in transitioning from St. John’s to graduate school. The first is the problemof knowing what you want to do. She says, ‘When you start looking for graduateschool programs, you will soon realize that there are thousands of different programs.It doesn’t end by saying, ‘I want to study biology’, because when you look into biologyprograms, not only does every school have their own take on it, every school also hasabout fifteen different programs in the field: computational life sciences, biochemistry,microbiology, etc. Students at St. John’s don’t just take four subjects; they engage inmany, many different ‘subjects’, and they find meaning in a lot of them, if not all ofthem. So they’ll need to figure out what they really want to do.’ She also remarks thatSt. John’s felt like a calling to many people, and their only choice in terms of the edu-cation and experience they wanted; so this sudden multitude of choices may be over-whelming. ‘The way I dealt with it,’ she says, ‘was to tell myself that it doesn’t reallymatter what I do. I didn’t have to suffer in trying to figure out if this one field was myonly true passion and if I wanted to do this for the rest of my life; I just stopped askingmyself if this was my only choice – because I knew it wasn’t. But I also knew that I wassufficiently interested in it, and that if I asked myself, ‘would I want to spend four yearslearning this?’ the answer would be yes, and that was all I needed.’ The second difficulty is learning how to translate the program into an academic field

– for applications, interviews, and all forms of communication about St. John’s. Shepoints out that a person’s interests are typically not isolated. ‘I found that the bestthing to do is to think about what interests you about the field, or the job opportunity.If there are certain concepts that particularly attract you, those concepts are probablyalready familiar to you, which is why you find them attractive. Ask yourself – where didyou come across them in the program? Chances are that there is a common thread be-tween how you approached the program and what you want to be doing. If you figurethose connections out, you can claim, like I did, that ‘most of what we do here at St. John’s, or in the world of literature and humanities and sciences in general, isbased on a theoretical understanding of psychology.’ And I claimed a very similar thingin my applications for physics and quantum field theory. If you’re able to find the

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Graduate Programs, Internships,

Graduate Programs, Internships and Other OpportunitiesAccountingMaster of Accounting Program at William & Mary’s Mason School of Business –The school is reaching out to St. John’s College, having had a good track record ofSt. John’s graduates go through their program successfully over the last few years! Ifany seniors are considering careers in the business world but are unsure of where to start, William & Mary provides a roadmap and skill training, including work incomplex financial instruments and analyses of current issues (such as InternationalFinancial Reporting Standards). Seniors without any business classes can finish theentire program in a year, by taking prerequisite bootcamps over the summer.Williams & Mary is located in Williamsburg, VA.Application deadline: Rolling deadlineFor more information visit: http://mason.wm.edu or contact Associate Admissions Director, Martha Howard, at martha.howard@mason.wm.edu

interconnections in the Program and trace them out, you can understand how allknowledge and inquiry are intertwined in creating the common human perspectiveand experience.’ This understanding of the program as completely cohesive allowsthe St. John’s degree to be applicable to all different fields, as long as one finds thecommon thread and defends it; and, as she says, ‘By the time you graduate, you willhave gone through a very important analysis and synthesis of who you are, and youwill have enough powerful experiences and captivating questions to understand on avery intimate level the enterprise of St. John’s. With this much behind you, and moresignificantly in you, you will be able to present St. John’s as a cohesive, meaningfuland relevant whole from any viewpoint.’ While her long-term career goals are completely undefined for now, which is

‘exactly as [she] wants it to be’, Ms. Richterova has a good sense of the kind of activityshe wants to be engaged in for the future. Her motivation is to find communities thatshe can be meaningful within. For her, ‘It doesn’t matter if it’s a community of elderlypeople in a temple in India, or a community of scholars researching the blueprint ofbrain activity in the United States, or an educational community where I teach Mathe-matics in Bolivia. What matters is that my interactions in those communities aremeaningful, both to me and to others. In finding my inspiration, I’d like to inspireothers to look for their own muses anywhere and in any way they can.’ For the timebeing, however, Ms. Richterova has decided to join the University of Oxford next yearto study further what life and the human experience is, and if a replication and simula-tion of one or both is possible. She does this partly from intrinsic interest, and partlyfor the thrills of joining an intellectual community that seeks meaning in ways that arecompletely new to her. She hopes, once again, to rediscover herself in a program withwhich she currently has no visible connections. As she says, ‘I call myself the lifelongexperimentalist, one who prefers to ascertain by finding out.’Karolina Richterova applied for post-graduate MSc/DPhil programs in ExperimentalPsychology, History and Philosophy of Science, Social Cognition, and QuantumFields and Fundamental Forces at the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, and Imperial College.

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ArtARTSEARCH – ARTSEARCH is a tool of the Theatre Communications Group(TCG), the national organization for the American theatre. A valuable source for a career in the Arts, they post 10 new jobs a day on average. Functionalities include jobseekers being able to create email alerts based on customized searches. Subscribe nowfor rates as low as $40!For more information visit http://www.tcg.org/artsearch/

BiomedicalMasters in Biomedical Science (MBS) Program at University of Northern Colorado – The MBS program is designed to provide academic enhance-ment for talented students who already possess prior experience with the sciences andwho want to improve their future application to a professional or other graduateschool. A major goal of the program is to allow students a tangible (quantifiable!)mechanism to demonstrate high-level academic achievement while taking a full load ofrigorous and challenging courses. Application deadline: Rolling deadline, but early application is recommendedFor more information visit www.unco.edu/biology

Paid Post-Baccalaureate and Research Program at University of New Mexico –PREP@unm is an NIH-funded post-baccalaureate training program, designed to en-hance the ability of individuals in the biomedical sciences to gain entry to, and succeedin, nationally-recognized PhD programs. PREP is aimed at individuals from under-represented groups in the sciences who have recently received a Bachelor’s degree.These individuals will either have relatively little laboratory experience, or will bechanging research fields between their BS and PhD courses. In PREP, the Scholars arepaid an annual salary of $21,000, plus health and dental benefits, for one year of support. During this year they are paired with a faculty mentor from one of UNM’s science departments to engage in cutting-edge research. This experience is essentialto successful application in many of the top graduate schools in the country. PREP alsosupports GRE preparation classes and short training programs aimed at making theScholars more familiar with the expectations and challenges of graduate school. Theywill also cover tuition costs of classes which are required by the Scholar to become familiar with their current research. For more information about PREP@unm, and to apply, go to:http://biology.unm.edu/prep/

EnvironmentHighstead Communications Internship – Highstead is a nonprofit organization located in Redding, CT, dedicated to conserving the natural landscapes of New England. The communications intern will provide content development and overallcommunications support, and through this gain significant experience in developingand implementing compelling communications strategies for a nonprofit, as well aslearning about some of the most important land conservation issues in the regiontoday. This is a twelve-week full-time position in the summer, with a stipend of $5,000and free furnished housing. Application deadline: Rolling until the position is filled. Apply early!For more information visit http://www.highstead.net

Attention Seniors!In order to receive your cap and gown in May, you MUST attend a Senior Exit Interviewwith Career Services!!

It is important for Career Services tospeak with each senior in order to compile statistics about this year’s graduating class, which are used for recruiting, to reassure parents, and foraccreditation. Also, Career Services en-joys hearing what you are planning forthe future, and this is a chance for us tosee if there is anything we can do to help as you are making plans to leave St. John’s. The exit interview is a short,painless process that should only takeabout ten minutes, so why not get it outof the way?

Please call or come in to make an appointment. Career Services is locatedin the basement of Weigle Hall, Room 13.Our phone number is 984-6066. We look forward to seeing you!

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Graduate Programs, Internships,

Summer 2013 Internships with Environment America – Environment Americainterns make a real impact on critical environmental issues, learning how to analyzeenvironmental problems, advocate for solutions, and build public support. Internswork one-on-one with an advocate or organizer, and perform a mix of research, report preparation, media event coordination, writing and publishing letters to theeditor, attending lobbying meetings, working with coalition partners, tracking legis-lation, and generating public support for campaigns. Environment America also hirescollege graduates to join their two-year fellowship program. Internships take place in 30 states across the country.Application deadline: Applications for Summer 2013 open now! Applications for Fall2013 open June 1, 2013For more information visit http://jobs.environmentamerica.org/page/amr/intern-ships-make-difference

FinanceKaiser Permanente Internships – Kaiser Permanente is the largest managed-careorganization in the U.S., and recruits for locations all across the country. Studentswho are interested in summer internship opportunities should submit their resumesthrough Kaiser Permanente’s website, as well as correspond with their University Relations Recruiter, Nellie Bannister (Nellie.C.Bannister@kp.org). Application deadline: Rolling deadlineFor more information visit http://kaiserpermanentejobs.org/university-connection/

ForestryUSDA Forest Service Internships – The USDA offers unpaid forest service intern-ships to students as part of the federal student volunteer program. Students can explore various occupations while still enrolled in an academic program. Call DonHansen at 703-605-4851 for more information. They also offer a paid summer intern program. Applications for those are usually screened by early March, butspaces may still be available.Application deadline: Rolling application (call for position availability and more in-formation) For more information visit http://www.fs.fed.us/fsjobs/forestservice/other.html

Government/PoliticsAmerican Enterprise Institute (AEI) Internship – AEI is a conservative publicpolicy think-tank, whose internships have repeatedly been cited as among the top internships in the country! They provide students with an opportunity to be mentored by some of America’s most renowned scholars, economists, political scientists, and foreign policy specialists, to conduct research on today’s prominentpublic policy questions. Internships are available in publications editing, marketing,government relations, and communications. The internship is located in WashingtonD.C. No stipend is provided, and hours and days are flexible. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required.Application deadline: Applications for Fall 2013 close on September 1, 2013 For more information visit https://aeiinternships.silkroad.com

Mr. Andrew Meier

(SF’12) is just finishing

a year with PREP and reports that

he has been accepted to a PhD

program in Neuroscience at

Washington University in St. Louis,

and that a PREP administrator

at UNM (Dr. Paul Zauter,

pszauter@unm.edu) has

expressed real interest in having

other St. John’s graduates in the

PREP program. Mr. Meier also

would be happy to have students

and alumni contact him about this

program: amsmeier@gmail.com

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Bridge Education Abroad (BEA) Program – The BEA institute organizes ten-daysummer programs in Kosovo, Ukraine, and Jordan, providing students with the op-portunity to learn about local and international politics, strengthen their leadershipand diplomacy skills, and exchange cultural values with students from all over theworld. Their program incorporates lectures on International Security, Politics, Economics and Foreign Policy, as well as field trips to historical locations. Application deadline: Mid-late May, depending on the locationFor more information visit www.beainstitute.org

LiteraryOrion Internships – Orion Magazine is a bimonthly advertising-free publication de-voted to creating a stronger bond between people and nature. Orion offers twelve-month editorial internships each year. Editorial interns are exposed to all aspects ofthe magazine’s production, and may be given responsibility for overseeing elements ofthe magazine’s content. Interns work a forty-hour week in Orion’s Great Barrington,MA. office. The position pays a stipend of $1,000 a month for candidates with Bachelor’s degrees ($1,500 for Master’s degrees). Openings for editorial internshipsoccur periodically; check the internship page or sign up for their email newsletter tobe updated about position availability!Application deadline: Rolling deadline

Write for Limerence Magazine – Limerence Magazine is an online publication thatbrings readers current information in film, literature and music, embracing bothmainstream and indie artists from around the world. Articles typically focus on inter-views and insights about the artists, reviews of their work, and behind-the-sceneslooks at what artists do. The magazine also includes articles on fashion, beauty, dat-ing, and health & nutrition. Write a guest article or story today, or be part of theirteam! For guidelines and more information visit http://limerencemag.com/write-for-us.

Not-for-ProfitCopywriter and Blogger Winter/Spring Associate at Ashoka United States –Ashoka builds networks of pattern-changing social innovators. They select high-impact entrepreneurs, who creatively solve some of the world’s biggest social chal-lenges, to become Ashoka Fellows. They are currently looking for a copywriter/blogger associate to build a presence for AshokaUS on relevant platforms – digitaland print, private channels and news/media outlets. Applicants must have relevant experience, outstanding writing skills and an interest in social innovation, as well asstrong research and analytical skills. Internships are unpaid “but the experience is unmatched”. Their headquarters are located in Arlington, VA.Application deadline: Rolling deadlineFor more information visit http://usa.ashoka.org/join-our-team-associate

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Graduate Programs, Internships,

TourismWonders of Washington Program Assistant – Become a licensed Class B TourGuide for the District of Columbia metro area in the next calendar year! Program as-sistants facilitate National 4-H Council’s educational curricula to groups of youthfrom across the country. Applicants should have experience in leadership roles, pub-lic speaking and presenting, and be at least 18 years old. Educational courses in po-litical science, communications, history and education are beneficial for application.This is only open to U.S. citizens. They provide a stipend of $300 per week, andhousing is provided. Work takes place from February to June 2014. Other depart-mental internships in resource development, marketing, accounting, hospitality andetc. are also available on the website.Application deadline: Around November 2013 (check website for more details later)For more information visit http://www.4hcenter.org/student-tours-school-field-trips-washington-dc/wonders-of-washington/programassistant/

VolunteerJatun Sacha Foundation Volunteer Program – The foundation offers volunteeropportunities in their reserves and biological stations, in order to give volunteersfield experience in various areas such as reforestation, environmental education,service and community development, wildlife conservation, agroforestry, organicagriculture, sustainable aquaculture and scientific research. Volunteers can assist inthe various reserves located in the main regions of Ecuador: Costa, Sierra, Oriente(Amazonia) and the Galapagos Archipelago. Volunteer activities include maintainingtrail/station infrastructure, patrolling the reserves, data collection, research assis-tance, and eradication of introduced species. Voluntary work is highly appreciated bythe foundation. A college degree is not required.Application deadline: Rolling deadlineFor more information visit http://www.jatunsacha.org/ingles/voluntarios.php

Volunteer Tutors needed at Santa Fe ¡YouthWorks! – YouthWorks is looking forenergetic and knowledgeable tutors to provide one-on-one and small group instruc-tion to at-risk youth pursuing a GED. Ideal candidates would be well-versed in thefive subjects covered by the GED: reading, writing, social studies, science and math-ematics. This is a great experience for students interested in pursuing careers in education or social work!Application deadline: Rolling deadlineFor more information please email ¡YouthWorks! Education Director Michael Santil-lanes SF’03 at michael@santafeyouthworks.org

TOP 10 SKILLS FOR JOB CANDIDATES

What makes an ideal candidate? Of

course employers may consider col-

lege major, GPA and work experience,

but it’s a candidate’s soft skills that

make them “ideal.” In terms of the

skills that differentiate candidates,

employers responding to NACE’s Job

Outlook 2013 survey say they want

good communicators who can make

decisions and solve problems while

working effectively as part of a team.

Following are the top-10 skills and

qualities employers seek in their job

candidates:

1. Ability to verbally communicate with persons inside and outside theorganization.

2. Ability to work in a team structure.

3. Ability to make decisions and solveproblems.

4. Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work

5. Ability to obtain and process information

6. Ability to analyze quantitative data

7. Technical knowledge related to the job

8. Proficiency with computer softwareprograms

9. Ability to create and/or edit writtenreports

10. Ability to sell or influence others

Source: Job Outlook 2013, National Association of Colleges and Employers

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WinemakingKeuka Spring Vineyards Internship – Winemaker and SJC alumus August Deimelis looking for a full-time intern for the fall 2013 harvest season. The intern would bea member of a three-person winemaking team and would have the opportunity tolearn about all aspects of harvest-season winemaking. No experience is necessary although a knowledge of wine is helpful, and Johnnies are encouraged to apply. Thiswould be an excellent stepping stone to full-time work in the local wine industry, aninternship in the Southern Hemisphere, or graduate study in enology at Cornell or UC Davis. The paid position ranges from 40-60 hours a week. Keuka SpringVineyards is located in Penn Yan, NY. Application deadline: Rolling deadlineFor more information please email August Deimel SF’04 at gad59@cornell.edu, orcall at 410-693-5454. Visit their website at www.keukaspringwinery.com

ZoologySan Francisco Zoo Internship Program – The San Francisco Zoo offers hands-onwork experience to people interested in a career in a zoological field. Internships areoffered in the Fisher Family Children’s Zoo, Koret Animal Resource Center, and theeducation department. All interns are paid a stipend of about $10.55/hour. Course-work in biology or related areas is advisable (Freshman Laboratory!), as well as abilityto present information to groups. Internships are available for just the summer, andfor a year.Application deadline: Dependent on job; check website!For more information visit http://www.sfzoo.org/jobs-internships

REMINDER ABOUT FALL 2013 WORK-STUDY

Current undergraduates who are counting on having work-study jobs

for Fall 2013 need to complete all of their financial aid paperwork ASAP.

Work-study awards from the Financial Aid office will not be generated until

students’ files are complete, including any required paperwork from

parents. At this point you may already end up on a waiting list but being at

the top of that list is a huge advantage in securing a campus job next fall!

DON’TFORGET!!

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Odyssey Bound Editor2013-2014 Needed!

Career Services is looking for awork-study eligible student editorfor Odyssey Bound for Fall 2013.

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Editorial duties include research,scheduling, writing articles,

compiling information, workingclosely with college offices, editing,

and magazine distribution, in addition to office duties. Individualswith high motivation, organization,

and innovation skills are encouraged to apply!

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If you have an interest and some experience in publications and editing, please stop by Career

Services, in the Weigle Basement,Room 13, or call ext. 6066.

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Disclaimer:The St. John’s College Career Services Office produces OdysseyBound as a service to St. John’s College students and communitymembers for their career development and educational and life planning. Any jobs or other opportunities listed herein do notindicate an endorsement or recommendation from St. John’s College or the Career Services Office. Students and individualsfrom the St. John’s College community are responsible for allnecessary precautions when interviewing for or accepting thesepositions or awards. They are also responsible for checking thecredentials and integrity of all employers or organizations. St. John’s College and the Career Services Office assume no liability for acts or omissions by third parties or for material sup-plied by them. The St. John’s College Career Services Office isnot responsible for anything that happens at a given job site. Thepresence of an employment listing in Odyssey Bound does notguarantee any given employer’s compliance with legal behavior.If a student or individual experiences discrimination or sexual harassment on the job or in a job interview, he or she is encour-aged to call the Department of Fair Employment in the state inwhich the violation occurred. Career Services makes every effortto publish the most current information, but unforeseen publish-ing problems may render some events obsolete. We apologize forany inconvenience this may cause the reader.