Spring Internships for the US State Department

Hello: We are now accepting applications for the U.S. Department of State 2015 Spring Student Internship Program (unpaid). Click here (https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/369816600) to go directly to USAJobs to start the Gateway to State online application. Please note that the deadline to submit completed applications is July 1, 2014.

Job openings in Missouri

First, any college senior or grad student in the fields of urban planning, public policy, geography, or a related field might check out this paid internship with the city of Clayton, Missouri.  According to the job description, responsibilities include:

• drafting zoning code amendments; research, data collection and analysis; planning and participating in public outreach; assistance with implementation of downtown Master Plan; GIS mapping; and administrative support.

Next, the City of Normandy, Missouri is hiring a city administrator.  Here's a copy of their posting:

City Administrator (City of Normandy)

The city administrator is the chief administrative assistant to the mayor and is the chief administrativeofficer of the city overseeing purchasing, budget preparation, financial reporting, and personnel matters.Salary shall be commensurate with experience. Please send resume to: City of Normandy, Attn: SteveGarrett/Mayor Green, 7700 Natural Bridge, St. Louis, MO 63121. EOE

Finally, I was recently forwarded these two positions through email:

Classroom etiquette: what to call your professor/instructor/whatever

This is a topic I feel like I should review at the beginning of the year as it seems to come up at the start of every semester (maybe I'll re-post this towards the end of the summer...), but Rebecca Schuman over on Slate just wrote an article on this, so I'll cover it now...

If you are a student, how should you refer to that person who stands at the front of the class?  Or, in the era of online classrooms and MOOCs, that disembodied voice that sometimes accompanies your slideshow lectures?

If you are an undergrad, don't feel too bad - grad students have the same dilemma, a fact lambasted in the long-running, cult classic PhD comic strip:

You can find the original image (and much more grad student humor) at
 http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1153

UNT Summer Research Program for Undergrads interested in civil conflict

The University of North Texas is accepting applications for their summer program on Civil Conflict Management and Peace Science, open to continuing undergrads.  To borrow the description of this program:

The Department of Political Science at the University of North Texas has initiated a unique program to provide undergraduate students recruited from across the country the opportunity to engage in graduate-level research in conflict management and peace science in a senior faculty-mentored, in-residence, nine-week, Summer Research Experience (SRE) that integrates training in civil conflict management with training in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Participants develop theoretical propositions that are tested empirically. Participants collect and analyze empirical data and report their findings in a public forum. Activities include workshops on theory development, computer simulations, research methodology, and the graduate school application process. At the conclusion of the program, students present their research at UNT and at a national political science conference. The program is led by UNT faculty members Dr. John T. Ishiyama and Dr. Joseph Oppong.

To learn more, check out their website at: http://untconflictmgmtreu.wordpress.com/

Deadline: Friday, April 4