Honors Student Center & Lounge Intern (Fall or Spring)
Goal: Promote student engagement & use of the Honors Student Center and Lounge by planning and hosting weekly events/activities in each program pillar; generating and disseminating promotional materials such as flyers; decorating the Honors Student Center with curated Honors student art and exhibits; managing requests to reserve space; and creating a fun, inviting environment for Honors students to study, collaborate, and mingle.
Tasks:
- Propose, promote, budget for, and host weekly (or biweekly) events/activities in the Honors Student Center and Lounge.
- Maintain and update flyers, announcements, and other promotional materials for events being held in the Honors Lounge, including updating postings to the Honors Google Calendar and to Events@Fredonia.
- Devise creative ways to promote the Honors lounge and community to current Honors students.
- Help manage reservations for the Honors lounge and student office.
- Decorate the Honors lounge by gathering student-made art pieces (rotating decorations regularly).
- Store, track, help plan for purchases and restocking of consumable supplies.
Projects:
- Host/lead at least 10 events/activities, typically once a week starting at the beginning of semester.
- Arrange opportunities for Honors faculty to host discussion sessions in the Honors lounge.
- Create and distribute follow up surveys to demonstrate effectiveness or updates to consider (based upon university mission, Honors mission, career readiness, etc.)
- Design promotions in keeping with publicity laws and add upcoming events to the Events@Fredonia calendar platform on the Fredonia website, as well as to the Honors Program Google Calendar
Qualifications:
- Be a current member of the Honors Program
- Be reliable and communicative ahead of deadlines
- Be able to work independently and collaboratively while still being reliable and practicing good communication to ensure invested parties and colleagues are kept informed of daily activity
- Be a (rising) sophomore or junior.
- Able to manage multiple tasks and timeliness simultaneously
- Have an outgoing, collaborative disposition and growth mindset
- Have an active desire to improve the program and to contribute ideas and research
Whom are we looking for?
- Creative individual passionate about student engagement
- Knowledgeable in campus resources
- Responsiveness to email, or virtual feedback, and requests or edits in a timely fashion
This role is unpaid; however, a student successfully completing this applied-learning experience and meeting all the requirements of an Honors Program Learning Contract may substitute this internship for any one required Honors course.
Details about the role:
- 80 to 120 hours total during the 17-week semester
- Approximately 5-6 or 8-10 hours per week, depending on whether pursuing 2 or 3 credits
- To have this experience substitute for one Honors course, the student intern must complete at least 80 hours/2 credits and maintain a weekly learning journal, give a public presentation, and complete a substantive final paper, project, or portfolio connected to the experience.
HOW TO APPLY:
Via email to the Honors Program Director, submit a current résumé and letter of introduction that demonstrates success in relation to the job description. Samples of work may be shared as well, or they may be provided during the interview process.
honors.program@fredonia.edu