3) Outreach Assistant, Freeman Undergraduate Initiative
Internship Supervisors: Danielle Rocheleau Salaz and Lynn Parisi, Center for Asian Studies
As part of the Freeman Undergraduate Initiative, the Center for Asian Studies offers introductions to Chinese and Japanese culture and language in Boulder area high schools and CU dormitories. The intern for this project will work with faculty and staff of the Center for Asian Studies to publicize this opportunity to CU dormitories and Boulder schools, then work with a graduate research assistant to make presentations. The intern will also be part of a team that addresses undergraduate classes to alert students to opportunities within the Asian Studies program, and the intern will be part of the CAS team designing and coordinating the 3rd annual CAS Asia Day celebration. The overarching goal of the intern’s work, in cooperation with CAS faculty and staff, is to alert undergraduates and high school students to the opportunities and rewards of studying Asia at the college level.
This internship pays $11.50/hour, with the expectation of 6-10 hours of work per week.
Applicants for this internship should have the following skills and background:
- Introductory knowledge of Chinese or Japanese language
- Familiarity with aspects of Chinese and/or Japanese culture
- Comfort and interest in sharing aspects of Asian culture to groups of 20-30 students
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work with faculty and respond promptly and efficiently
4) Bohua Chinese School
Internship Supervisor: Yizi Xu, Director, Bohua Chinese School
Bohua Chinese School, founded in 1995, is a non-profit organization that promotes traditional Chinese culture and community spirit. Meeting regularly on Sundays, the school offers Chinese language, singing, dancing, Taiji, and other culture-oriented programs to school-age children and adults from Boulder and its surrounding areas. Currently, about 150 students are enrolled in various classes. The intern would assist in class preparation; work as a teacher’s assistant; assist in and/or do cultural presentation; and assist in the year-end performance.
The stipend for this internship is $11.50/hour for up to 6 hours per week. The time commitment is 2-3 hours per week of teaching, mostly on Sundays, plus 2-3 hours of lesson preparation.
Applicants for this internship should have the following skills:
- Good background in Chinese language (spoken and written);
- Comfort and interest in sharing aspects of Chinese culture with groups of young students;
- Ability to work with teachers and children.
5) CU Japanese Language Program
Intern supervisor: Kyoko Saegusa, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
This intern to the Japanese language program in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations will set up and run a tutorial program for students enrolled in Japanese language courses. This tutor will provide tutorial sessions and assist faculty in devising tutorial guidelines that can be used in the future as part of the service learning component for the Japanese language program.
This internship pays $11.50 per hour and requires a commitment of 10 hours per week.
Primary responsibilities and tasks of the intern:
- Under faculty guidance, research material related to foreign language pedagogy in general and Japanese language pedagogy in particular.
- Working with a faculty member and informed by the research, formulate guidelines for tutoring.
- Test the developed guidelines through tutoring of Japanese language students.
- Tutor students through sessions to be scheduled according to student need.
- Once guidelines and procedures are in place, assist Japanese language faculty in implementing a broader tutoring program. The tutor is expected to teach the student learning strategies, reinforce what they has been taught in class, and coordinate communication so as to articulate students’ needs and instructor’s expectations.
Applicants for this internship should have the following skills:
- Successful completion of 1st and 2nd year Japanese with high grades.
- Currently enrolled in 3rd or 4th year Japanese with proven proficiency.
- Responsible individual with good communication skills in English, an ability to work with others, and organizational skills.
6) “It’s Elementary!": Japanese Language and Culture Service Project: Program for Teaching East Asia (TEA)
Internship Supervisor: Lynn Parisi, TEA
“It’s Elementary” is a University of Colorado service project that provides undergraduate Japanese language students with the opportunity to apply their study by going into Boulder first-grade classrooms to teach simple Japanese and aspects of Japanese culture. The project intern will work with Japan project staff at the Program for Teaching East Asia to coordinate “It’s Elementary.” The intern will visit undergraduate Japanese classes to share information and advertise the service project to CU students studying Japanese. The intern will also help students design lessons for first-grade classrooms, coordinate scheduling of school visits, and assist with office work. The intern will also visit elementary classes to make short presentations on Japan, as the opportunity arises.
This internship pays $11.50 an hour for up to 6 hours per week.
Applicants for this internship should have the following skills:
- Successful completion of 1st and 2nd year Japanese with high grades.
- Comfort and interest in sharing aspects of Japanese culture with young students.
- Responsible individual with good communication skills in English, an ability to work with others, and organizational skills.
- Interest or experience in teaching young children.
- Punctuality.
7) Develop Your Own Internship
This option allows students who have a particular interest or connection with an Asia-related organization or company in the Boulder-Denver area to develop their own proposal. For example, if you would like to work with a non-profit agency that works in Asian arts or culture, or a company that does business with an Asian country, you may make your own proposal. The internship must be done under the supervision of a full-time professional employee of the organization or company and have clear set of tasks and objectives. In addition to filling out the internship application sheet, students making their own proposal should submit the following:
- The name of the organization you will work with;
- A letter of agreement from a responsible person at that organization;
- A detailed description of the project and tasks you will be assigned;
- A statement of how this internship will help you develop useful skills and experience related to a career with an Asian studies focus;
- An outline of the hours per week and the schedule for your internship;
- A description of the product you will produce through the internship. In other words, how will the Center for Asian Studies measure the success of your internship?
Your internship proposal can be for work up to 10 hours a week, at $11.50/hour, which will be paid through the Freeman Undergraduate Initiative. You may not receive payment from the company or organization in addition to the Freeman support, nor may you take the internship for CU credit.
8) Denver Art Museum
Internship Supervisor: Carla Stansifer, Curatorial Assistant
This intern will work with the Curatorial Assistant for Asian Art at the Denver Art Museum on a variety of tasks, including the following:
1.) Build Lexicon – create lexicon for foreign language words and artists names in object database.
2.) Argus Bibliography - pulling files from the top 900 objects and adding any articles or research information to the database.
3.) Gallery maintenance – assist with permanent gallery and object label maintenance.
Applicants for this internship should have the following skills:
- Computer skills
- Experience with any database program
- Ability to write proper bibliographic citations
- Research skills
- Ability to stay organized
Preferred requirements:
- Familiarity with Japanese, Chinese, and/or Korean languages.
The stipend for this internship is $11.50/hour; the time commitment is 10 hours per week.
Intern will need to arrange for his/her own transportation to the Denver Art Museum.
9) Little Treasures Chinese School
Intership Supervisor:Judy Stephens, President, Little Treasures Chinese School
Little
Treasures
Chinese
School
, founded in 1998, is a non-profit organization whose mission is to introduce its students to Chinese culture and language and to provide a social and fun environment for the adoptive community. Most Little Treasures students are young Chinese girls adopted by American families. Fostering a sense of community and connection among adoptive families with Chinese children is a particularly important goal for the organization. Meeting regularly on Saturday mornings, the school offers Chinese language, dance, calligraphy, crafts and other culture-oriented programs to children (age 1 year and up) and adults from
Boulder
and the surrounding area. Currently about 45 families participate in the program.
The intern would be an assistant
teacher for a Mandarin language class for children age
2-5 years. Pay rate is $11.50 per hour for up to 4
hours per week. The time commitment is 2 hours per week
of teaching on Saturdays, plus 1.5 hours of
preparation. The internship will begin on September 16
and run through November 11. It will resume again on
January 6 and continue through March 24. Total time
needed is 10:00 am to 12:15 pm on Saturday. There is a
break between classes. This opportunity is for a
program off campus and requires the student to arrange
his or her own transportation.
Applicants for this internship should have the following skills:
- Strong background and interest in Mandarin (spoken and pinyin)
- Strong background in early childhood education
- Ability to work closely with Chinese teachers to support them in using creative methodology in teaching the children (e.g. incorporation of music, song, games, play, movement and manipulatives into the curriculum).
- Love and interest in working with young children
8)Center for Asian Studies: Internship at Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Editorial Acquisitions Intern
Rowman & Littlefield is a leading independent academic press located in Boulder that is committed to publishing enduring works of scholarship, serious trade books, and upper-division classroom texts across the social sciences.
This intern assists the history, international studies, and geography acquisitions group with a variety of entry-level tasks, including copying, filing, word-processing, contacting scholars for endorsements and reviews, on-line research, and data entry. The intern also has an opportunity to learn about the big picture of academic publishing by attending editorial board meetings, editorial planning meetings, and the like.
Qualifications: Basic familiarity with common office equipment such as photocopiers, working knowledge of Microsoft Office software such as MS Word and Excel, and fluency in written and spoken English are required. Interest in the social sciences and/or world and international history is preferred.
