Not too late to find an internship for the winter/spring semester!

There is still plenty of time to arrange an internship for the spring semester.  As long as a signed contract is filled out and submitted by Friday of first week of the spring semester you can be registered for an internship.

Looking for possible internship ideas?  Why not work in Loyola's Medieval Garden?

"Medieval Garden and Labyrinth"

Options:
(1) Research and write educational material about various aspects of the Medieval Garden and Labyrinth.  Design and prepare educational and informative materials such as web pages, posters, brochures, and signage.  Create 'user guides' to the gardens and labyrinth for the university community and other potential users, such as preschool and grade school groups.  Become (or train someone to become) a docent for the garden and labyrinth.

(2) Help plan and implement the expansion of the Medieval Gardens.  Possibilities include: in cooperation with other groups on (and off) campus, create a compost pile for the garden; research and plan the vegetable and herb sections of the garden; working with Midwest Fruit Growers club or the Botanic Gardens, learn how to espalier and graft fruit trees; design and implement trellises and arbors for the garden; come up with ways to use the fruits of the garden once it becomes productive.

To sign up for the Medieval Gardens-Labyrinth History (Medieval Studies) Internship, go the History Department's Undergraduate internship page and download the internship application and email it to Dr. Roberts (kroberts2@luc.edu).  Then contact Dr. T. Gross-Diaz (tgross@luc.edu) to discuss your contract.

Possible internships for winter/spring 2012

Here is a sampling of different internships available for the winter/spring 2012 semester:

• The Newberry Library has several internships available for the spring working with Genealogy and Local History, Public Programs, and Map cataloguing.  To apply go to the Internship page of the website or email internships@newberry.org. Application deadline: December 1^st.
• Edgewater Historical Society: “Now I am coming back to you with another volunteer opportunity with us that some of your students might be interested in, and that is doing independent research on some aspect of Edgewater history.  We have a number of architects that designed buildings in Edgewater of which very little is known.  Researching them and their works and then writing an article on them that would be published in our newsletter and then on our website would be a helpful contribution to our knowledge of Edgewater history and would give some belated recognition to those who contributed so much to the built environment.  It would also be nice for your students to say that they have published even before graduation from Grad School.  Researching architects is relatively easy to do. We have done articles on several.  We have other such topics that would take longer such as "Drug Stores in Edgewater" and "Taverns in Edgewater."  I am in the process of researching grocery stories and writing an article for our newsletter on them.  It could be used as a template for such other but similar research.  There are many more topics.  We are also interested in assistance in researching individual buildings--who designed them and when.  Training would be provided.” Interested students should contact LeRoy Blommaert directly at 773-728-1498. Application deadline: open.
• The Great Lakes Naval Museum, the official history program of the Department of the Navy, has internships available for the coming semester.  Download the Internship guidelines for more information.  Interest students should contact the Museum directly, glnm@navy.mil, 847-688-3154. Application deadline: open.
• The Women and Leadership Archives at Loyola University has internships available for processing a collection, creating or adding a digital exhibition, or helping plan, design and brand an outreach campaign targeting Loyola faculty to turn them into advocates for the archives.  Interested students should contact Beth Myers directly at emyers@luc.edu. Application deadline: open.

Cultural institutions where History students have interned

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Fall 2011 Internships

This fall, the History Department has two students interning at area institutions.  Kevin is interning at Numero Group, an archival record label based in Chicago, and Britney is interning at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie.  You can follow their experiences in the blog roll to the right.