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The Springfield Way accepting applications for summer 2024

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The Springfield Way internship program is accepting applications for the summer 2024 session.

Application deadline is March 29.

Now in its second year, The Springfield Way was created by Missouri State faculty and Springfield area nonprofit organizations.

The program offers paid internships to students who want to augment their educational experience with community-engaged learning.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a Springfield Way internship, students must be enrolled in an academic program (graduate or undergraduate) offered by the Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.

Selected interns will be compensated at $15/hour for the 100-hour internship. They will also receive an additional $250 to partially offset the tuition cost of the internship course.

Springfield Way 2024 partners

The Springfield Way is partnering with the following organizations for the 2024 summer session.

  • Community Partnership of the Ozarks
  • Drew Lewis Foundation
  • Eden Village
  • empower: abilities
  • The Kitchen, Inc.
  • Home Team

More information

Those interested in learning more about internships, eligibility, requirements and other details can attend one of the remaining information sessions in Siceluff Hall, Room 124:

  • Thursday, March 21, 4-5 p.m.
  • Tuesday, March 26, 2-3 p.m.
  • Wednesday, March 27, 3-4 p.m.

Zoom attendees can contact Dr. Alan Tinkler for the link.

Learn more about The Springfield Way

Political science graduate student Chris Rinehart lands State Department internship

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Chris Rinehart has wanted to work at the U.S. Department of State since high school, when he first became interested in issues related to civil service and policy.

When he earned an internship position there for the Spring 2024 semester, he got one step closer to that goal.

Rinehart’s internship runs from February-April 2024.

MSU’s International Affairs track was excellent preparation

Rinehart chose the accelerated Master of International Affairs track when he arrived at Missouri State University in 2020. He graduated in 2023 with a BA in Global Studies and immediately entered the accelerated program.

“I was nervous about attending a university outside of the Washington, D.C. Beltway because foreign policy is so heavily concentrated in our capital, and almost exclusively so,” Rinehart admitted.

Rinehart found MSU to be a good fit and credited his courses with increasing his confidence.

Three of those courses were political science classes taught by Dr. Ashley Leinweber, associate professor of political science in the Department of Political Science and Philosophy. Leinweber and Rinehart also worked together in Model United Nations.

“I have really enjoyed the policy-based aspects of the courses I have taken,” he said. “And Dr. Leinweber has always been such a big supporter of my endeavors.”

“I am very thankful to have her and Dr. Gabriel Ondetti as professors because they are always willing to help me reach the next step in my academic and professional careers,” Rinehart added. [Read more…] about Political science graduate student Chris Rinehart lands State Department internship

Kuile completes internship at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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Missouri State University’s Katherine Ter Kuile, graphic design student in the Department of Art and Design, participated in a highly competitive summer internship at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Kuile is already an award-winning artist, having received a Silver from American Advertising Awards for a personal stationery design. She has also been recognized by the National Student Show and Conference for her poster “Make Jazz, Not War.”

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Uphoff gains experience and insight with Smithsonian internship

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Kyra Uphoff wanted to stretch her horizons. An internship at the Smithsonian Institution made it happen.

Uphoff, a double major in anthropology and agriculture, was looking for an internship that would complement both academic interests when she heard about an intriguing opportunity through Missouri State’s Career Center.

It was a position with the Folklife Festival, held June 29-July 9 and sponsored by the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

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Fallert awarded competitive museum internship

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Missouri State University student Jenna Fallert, a double major in museum studies and art history and visual culture, was awarded a competitive, paid summer museum internship from the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (IAIA-MoCNA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The six-week internship program is offered through the Sealaska Heritage Institute partnership of the University of Alaska Southeast and the Institute of American Indian Arts in New Mexico.

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