WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES INTERNSHIP WITH STIPEND FOR SPRING 2008

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

UW-Superior students can earn a stipend of up to $1000 for creating and implementing a project in the Women’s Resource Center during spring semester 2008. The successful applicant will envision and coordinate a one-semester activism project that engages other students and addresses women’s, gender, and/or sexuality issues. Women’s and Studies independent study credit can also be earned, by agreement between the successful applicant and an instructor eligible to offer WST 499.

A range of projects is possible. Propose one that springs from your passion and commitment to women’s, gender, and sexuality issues. Successful proposals will incorporate a plan for utilizing the Women’s Resource Center as a site and source of support for carrying out the internship. Within these parameters, the possibilities are open-ended. Some resources will be available through the Women’s Resource Center budget for materials, copying, books, etc. Past interns have coordinated a film series, a feminist zine, and a series of games aimed at teaching about women’s history.

Requirements

The successful applicant will write her/his own job description and goals, in consultation with the Women’s and Gender Studies Coordinator. The Coordinator and intern will meet to evaluate the intern’s performance at mid-term and at the end of the semester. Evaluation criteria will be based on the description and goals. At the discretion of the Coordinator, the payment of mid-term and end-of-semester stipends may be adjusted down from the maximum amount, based on performance.

If the successful applicant desires WST 499 independent study credit for work on this project, details will be negotiated with the instructor offering the credit.

Your proposal

To apply, list your name, your major and minor, your planned graduation date, contact information for the school year and winter break, and a title for your project. Include a half-page to full-page description of your proposed project.

In addition to describing your project, state your goals and your thoughts on how this project would attract the interest of other students. Also state what resources you think you would need to complete the project.

Review of proposals will begin Nov. 19, 2007, and will continue until the internship is filled. Send your proposals by email to dhunter@uwsuper.edu. Or send hard copy proposals to the following address: Dianna Hunter, UW-Superior Women’s and Gender Studies Program, 143 Sundquist Hall, PO Box 2000, Superior, WI 54880.