[Community] [UCIMC-print] Fwd: Help With Public-I

Wed Apr 14 16:47:49 CDT 2010

Hi folks-

Since there seem to be more and more internships, it might make sense for a group to meet and share the 'what worked and what didn't' aspects of having interns. Carly has been a defacto intern coordinator (thanks, Carly!), but it makes sense that this role be located somewhere in the organization so that it doesn't go away with her, should she move to Bermuda or some such thing. I think within community connections makes sense, since we are often who people come through to help out. This would also make possible having a graphic design intern that serves multiple groups, for example.

I'm thinking this gathering could happen in May, after they're gone, in prep for next fall. Thoughts?

Go team!
elizaBeth
p.s. I updated the internships available (and am SO glad- there is someone interested in doinga  community outreach internship!) A copy is printed and located at the entrance to the building, with a 'look, don''t take' notice. 

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From: Carly Nix <nix.carly at gmail.com>
To: Belden Fields <a-fields at uiuc.edu>
Cc: Antonia Darder <adarder at gmail.com>; Public i i <print at ucimc.org>; daugird1 at illinois.edu; Elizabeth Simpson <elizacorps at yahoo.com>; Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>; Katy Vizdal <katyvizdal at gmail.com>
Sent: Tue, April 13, 2010 5:52:21 PM
Subject: Re: [UCIMC-print] Fwd: Help With Public-I

Hi Everyone,

I've been thinking and working with other IMC folks on developing internship relationships with the University this year, so here's some thoughts I have:

This semester the IMC began a relationship with the Department of Cinema and Media Studies, with 10 interns getting academic credit for interning at the IMC.  Some of that work has gone towards helping out the Public i, such as with helping Brian get information for a story he was working on, helping with proofing, and learning layout design.  However, these students have also been working with the Shows group, the radio station, helping Nicole with membership stuff, and the like.

So two things: It sounds like this is potentially a widening of the offer from just the Cinema and Media Studies Department to the whole College of Media, and secondly, that it's creating new internship positions specific to the Public i, which I think is a great idea.

In the Fall, we added a page to the IMC website for internships with the IMC.  You can review the descriptions of internships that we currently have on the IMC website here: http://ucimc.org/content/internships.  

I've also been working on recruiting high school age interns at various high schools in town.

I think another good place to look for more interns for the Public i would be the Art & Design school, both for layout design and getting graphics for the paper.

The way we worked it out for the Cinema and Media Studies Department interns is as follows: they apply for the internship course, which at the end of the semester gives them 1 semester hour of credit towards completion of their degree.  They must complete a total of 64 hours in the semester and write a short paper at the end of the internship discussing their work. 

Two cents,
-Carly

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Belden Fields <a-fields at uiuc.edu> wrote:

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>>I think this might be really good too.  But I wonder if this next meeting is the best one for them to come?  Are we going to be too busy if we are trying to get the paper out this coming weekend?  Would it be better if they came next week?
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>Belden
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>On Apr 13, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Antonia Darder wrote:
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>Wow! This is so cool Belden!  This was exactly the idea I tried to propose three years ago (don;t know if you remember).  So glad it's finally going to happen.  I think the Public i is a great training ground.  Listen, I would be happy to support this arm of the work in whatever small way I can, come September (if I don't go on sabbatical).  
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>>Cheers, 
>>Antonia
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>>On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Belden Fields <a-fields at uiuc.edu> wrote:
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>>>>Date: April 13, 2010 12:56:17 PM CDT
>>>>To: a-fields at uiuc.edu
>>>>Subject: Help With Public-I
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>>>>Hi Mr. Fields,
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>>>>Our small group came up with an idea to install a Public-I internship for UIUC students from the College of Media (Advertising, Journalism, Media Studies).  We thought that a few of these interns could help with the publication itself (writing, layout, distribution) and maybe a couple from the advertising field could help you publicize it better throughout campus. This would not be a paid internship, so it's basically cost-free. We contacted the head of the College of Media and he thinks it's a good idea; we have the University's support. He told us to come up with specific guidelines for the internship and then he would send it out via e-mail to his students. We thought this would be a good long-term solution to your problem, because it would be very easy to update the internship information (as needed) every upcoming semester and send it out to new students.
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>>>>What do you think? I can stop by your meeting this Thursday and we can discuss the internship more specifically.
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>>>>Best,
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>>>>Sarunas D.
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