Fulbright Panel Announcement

Capital Fellows Programs

Prepare for a Future Career…Engage yourself in Public Service. Apply for a Capital Fellowship Today!
Applications due by February 27, 2008.

The Capital Fellows Programs consist of four individual fellowships:

California Senate Fellows (www.csus.edu/calst/senate)
Executive Fellowship Program (www.csus.edu/calst/executive)
Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program (www.csus.edu/calst/assembly)
Judicial Administration Fellowship Program (www.csus.edu/calst/judicial)

These nationally recognized fellowships, sponsored by the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento, are an outstanding opportunity for college graduates to engage in public service and prepare for a future career. Fellows work 10-11 months as full-time staff members in the California State Assembly, Senate, Executive Branch or within the California Court System. They gain first-hand experience in governing the most diverse state in the nation and a sense of personal involvement in the leadership of California society.

The only prerequisite for the programs is a four-year college or university degree and a demonstrated interest in state government and public service. Fellows come from all cultural, political, economic, career and educational backgrounds, and no previous legislative or political experience is required.

For further information please see our website www.csus.edu/calst/programs or contact the Center for California Studies at calstudies@csus.edu or 916/278-6906.

Thank you,

Claire Bunch


Claire A. Bunch
Coordinator, Fellows Outreach and Special Projects
Capital Fellows Programs
Center for California Studies
California State University, Sacramento
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6081
916/278-6906 Main Office
916/278-4667 Direct
916/278-5199 fax
www.csus.edu/calst/programs

Project Vote Smart Internships

Project Vote Smart is hiring up to 80 interns for the 2008 Presidential Election. This year promises to be one of the most exciting and unique years in the Project's 16-year history. After 16 years and the efforts of over 6,000 people, we are finally ready to deliver our Voter's Self Defense System to the nation.
Through our system, citizens can instantly access factual information on any candidate and will soon discover that tolerance of today's political scene is no longer their only option.

We've launched a new website at www.votesmart.org, are running ads in major national publications, and have organized a nationwide bus tour all in an effort to improve citizens' access to information on their candidates and elected officials. As part of this effort, we are hiring more interns than ever before to help us respond to the millions of citizens that are about to discover Project Vote Smart.

We are seeking interns to work in our media, research, information technology, public relations and membership divisions. Interns gain hands on political experience, while working and living in our wilderness retreat nestled high in the Montana Rockies. Our location offers numerous outdoor activities, including hiking, biking, skiing, camping, fishing, swimming, snowshoeing, snowmobiling and much more.

Please visit the internship page of our website - http://www.votesmart.org/program_internships.php and our blog - http://votesmart.org/blog/ - for more information about interning at Project Vote Smart.

Please don't hesitate to contact us at intern@votesmart.org or 1-888-868-3762.

Best wishes-

Lisa Coligan
National Director
Project Vote Smart

Congratulations Graduates!

In your honor, the departments of Government & Politics and History will be hosting a reception immediately after commencement on Saturday, May 17, 2008.

Your friends and family are invited to join faculty and staff in the courtyard of Founders Hall for conversation and refreshments.

Hope to see you there!

Free Activism Training for Students

Seventh Generation and Greenpeace are partnering to train and empower student activists to become the next generation of leaders in the global movement for change.

We will provide 200 passionate students with full scholarships to Change It 2007, an intensive, all-expenses-paid week of grassroots training, led by the experts at Greenpeace.

Apply before May 15 at http://www.changeit07.org.

All expenses, including travel to Washington, DC, room and board, and the training itself, will be covered for 200 bold and visionary full- or part-time students.

To apply, go to http://www.ChangeIt07.org

Excellence Awards for Model United Nations Teams

In its first year, the HSU Department of Government and Politics’ Model United Nations program garnered three Meritorious Delegation awards at the 2007 Model United Nations of the Far West conference in San Francisco last weekend. The Meritorious Delegation Award recognizes academic excellence in preparation and participation at the conference. The three awards earned by HSU placed it in the conference’s top three performers.

In the five day conference, students represented four countries: Belgium, Costa Rica, South Africa, and Thailand. They debated contemporary international policies and politics with more than 40 schools and 450 delegates from the Western United States, the Philippines, Russia, and Canada.

Students participating in the Model UN program were: Michael Echeveste, Sebastian Ligeti, Michael Mariscal, Patrick Sullivan, and Patricia Whelan (representing Belgium), Carol Hurley, Erika Madison, Nick Raisch, Jason Robo, and Desiree Woods (representing Costa Rica), Lladira Baez, Skye Frison, Morrissa Hudson, Dominic Lether, Greg Paoli, and Tobin Steiskal (representing South Africa), Kristine Crow, Jed D’Abravnel, Elaine Hogan, Margot Hottmann, Paul Moss, and Red Rochte (representing Thailand). Participation in the conference was organized through Professor Noah Zerbe’s Model United Nations course, which will be offered again in spring, 2008.

For more information, please contact Noah Zerbe at 707-826-3911 or noah.zerbe@humboldt.edu.

Summer Internship Opportunity

ANNOUNCING SEVERAL SUMMER POSITIONS in Non-Profit Organizing, Sustainable Housing Construction, and Youth and Sustainable Agriculture Education in the San Juan Islands of Western Washington:

The Lopez Community Land Trust (LCLT) is looking for interns for its programs. www.lopezclt.org. LCLT requires a 35 hours per week commitment and offers a $100 per week stipend and housing on Lopez Island, Washington. Choices include: Sustainable agriculture with Kids Summer Workshops (see SARD program on website), Construction of 11 zero net energy straw bale homes of affordable housing (construction training provided), Office/web work, and combination of organic strawberry farming and any of the preceding. The LCLT needs interns for no less than two months and up to a 12 month commitment between now and March 2008.

Please contact Rhea Miller at turtle@rockisland.com for more information or send resume and email explaining areas of personal interest and experience. We are seeking to hire for summer a.s.a.p.

Note: Short term summer employment as the Youth in Sustainable Agriculture intern may transition to an exciting well-paid position in Lopez Island’s cutting edge Farm-to-School Program, as curriculum developer/environmental educator in Lopez Island Public School.

*Lisa Murgatroyd, 2005 HSU Alumni, C.C.A.T. employee, and former L.E.A.P. director currently works for the Land Trust in the public school Farm-to-School program. Feel free to contact me, at (360)468-4101 or lnm1@humboldt.edu for any place or position based questions.