Dragons for Democracy Internships - Spring 2025
Cortland University
Posting Details Position Information Job Title Dragons for Democracy Internships - Spring 2025 Department Civic Engagement Office Job Description/Duties Dragons for Democracy interns will develop and conduct projects that help students develop civic discourse skills and dispositions.
Duties may include: Plan, promote, conduct, and assess an April 2024 nonpartisan and participatory democracy engagement event. (Democracy engagement is the participation in our democratic republic’s civic decision-making processes.) Demonstrate initiative and collaboration by designing, promoting, conducting, and assessing at least one participatory democracy engagement event in the spring 2024 semester. Meet weekly with the Institute’s director and with other Action Team interns. Use active listening skills in those weekly meetings (and, ideally, in other situations). Send the Institute’s director weekly progress reports, including bi-weekly reflections. Conduct an end-of-semester I Learned by Doing Sandwich Seminar. Days/Hours Needed At least two hours/week. Campus Location/Bldg. Moffett Center, Room 102 or at other locations, as needed or appropriate. Required Qualifications Must be a SUNY Cortland student.
Skills required: Writing for clarity, conciseness, and “mechanical” correctness Planning and time management Word, PowerPoint, and (ideally) Excel Preferred Qualifications Physical Demands Special Conditions for Eligibility Contact Name(s) & Email(s) John Suarez, Director, Galpin Institute for Civic Engagement
john.suarez@cortland.edu Salary Grade B-$16.00/hr. Salary Posting Detail Information Posting Number SA23151 Review Start Date 01/15/2025 Open Date 01/15/2025 Close Date 01/31/2025 Open Until Filled No Special Instructions to Applicants While positions may be open and posted here on jobs.cortland.edu until their listed close date, please note positions may be filled on a rolling basis prior to this date. Supplemental Questions
Duties may include: Plan, promote, conduct, and assess an April 2024 nonpartisan and participatory democracy engagement event. (Democracy engagement is the participation in our democratic republic’s civic decision-making processes.) Demonstrate initiative and collaboration by designing, promoting, conducting, and assessing at least one participatory democracy engagement event in the spring 2024 semester. Meet weekly with the Institute’s director and with other Action Team interns. Use active listening skills in those weekly meetings (and, ideally, in other situations). Send the Institute’s director weekly progress reports, including bi-weekly reflections. Conduct an end-of-semester I Learned by Doing Sandwich Seminar. Days/Hours Needed At least two hours/week. Campus Location/Bldg. Moffett Center, Room 102 or at other locations, as needed or appropriate. Required Qualifications Must be a SUNY Cortland student.
Skills required: Writing for clarity, conciseness, and “mechanical” correctness Planning and time management Word, PowerPoint, and (ideally) Excel Preferred Qualifications Physical Demands Special Conditions for Eligibility Contact Name(s) & Email(s) John Suarez, Director, Galpin Institute for Civic Engagement
john.suarez@cortland.edu Salary Grade B-$16.00/hr. Salary Posting Detail Information Posting Number SA23151 Review Start Date 01/15/2025 Open Date 01/15/2025 Close Date 01/31/2025 Open Until Filled No Special Instructions to Applicants While positions may be open and posted here on jobs.cortland.edu until their listed close date, please note positions may be filled on a rolling basis prior to this date. Supplemental Questions
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