Internships
are available for gaining hands-on work experience, while also possibly
earning college credit:
Locally through the Lycoming County Historical Museum
under Registered Professional Archaeologist James Bressler.
- In 2000 this honor went to Marcus Myers.
- In 2001 the museum was closed for renovations.
- In 2002 Stephanie Wanek, Jennifer Eaton, Derek Whitman, Nick
Roberts and Michele Burns secured work-study positions.
For aspiring historical archaeologists through the Society for
Pennsylvania Archaeology or the Pennsylvania Historical &
Museum Commission, which runs a Summer Internship Program with
locations in Harrisburg (the State Museum and Commission Headquarters),
Ambridge, Birdsboro, Chadds Ford, Ephrata, Erie, Galeton, Lancaster,
Pittsburgh, Scranton, Strasburg, Washington Crossing, Weatherly,
Womelsdorf, and many others.
Possible subject areas include Collections Management, Curator
in Archaeology or Zoology/Botany, Field Curator, Exhibitions,
Museum Education, Archives, Conservation, Historic Preservation,
Publications, History Division - Library, and Marketing, among
others.
In 2002, two Lycoming College history majors received appointments
for these paid internships:
Abigail Appleman at the "Cloisters" in Ephrata, and
Jamie George in Harrisburg.
In 2003, Jennifer Eaton received an appointment at the headquarters
in Harrisburg. Congratulations!
Many other internship possibilities exist!
Iin 2004, Jessica Kaiser did a summer internship at the University
of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia,
teaching and giving tours for a summer camp for teens; Lee Zelewicz
did a summer internship at the Smithsonian Institution's National
Museum of Natural History (Research Training Program) in Washington,
D.C.; Jessie Martin did a summer internship at a museum of natural
history on Long Island; Ashley Becker worked for the Blair County
Historical Society; and Sean Reese taught a short class in Archaeology
for the Lycoming College for Kids and Teens. Congratulations!
For students interested in combining Anthropology and
Biology with Archaeology:
A 6-week interdisciplinary Summer Fellowship in Biocultural Anthropology
at Notre Dame this summer (May 27 - July 9, 2003), sponsored by
the University of Notre Dame, in cooperation with the American
Schools of Oriental Research, L'Ecole Biblique...de Jerusalem,
Augusta Victoria Hospital (Jerusalem) and the National Science
Foundation. This is a 6-week interdisciplinary study course synthesizing
biological, historical and archaeological data in a reconstruction
of daily life in Byzantine Jerusalem.
The program will provide a travel stipend to the University of
Notre Dame campus, double-occupancy housing in an on-campus dorm,
a food allowance, text books, field trip transportation and entrance
fees, a lecture program, research supplies, a xeroxing budget,
and free library and email access on campus.
6 undergraduate credits are available through the University of
Notre Dame.
Sounds like a great deal to me! Check out the web site at http://www.nd.edu/~stephens.
Applications due March 17th.
Last year, three Lycoming students were among the 20 finalists
from across the entire country, out of which 10 were chosen to
participate last year. One of our students, Jennifer Hochman,
was granted a place, a second was selected as an alternate, should
anyone else drop out. Congratulations!
For students with special interests in Art History and
museum work at Art Museums across the country having
extensive Classical or Ancient Near Eastern collections, such
as those in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York and Boston, to
name a few.
In 2002, Archaeology / Art History double major Shannon Wilson
did a summer Art Museum Internship at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh.
For students with special interests and background in Anthropology
at Museums of Natural History or Anthropology.
In 2004, Archaeology/Anthropology students Lee Zelewicz and Jessie
Martin did this.
* For aspiring ministers through the Theological Professions
Advisory Committee and the Campus Ministries office, especially
in the area of church assignments.
For aspiring ministers and others through TPAC,
Campus Ministries, the Career Development Center, and the Community
Service Fair, in the area of community service projects with organizations
such as Hope Enterprises, the Lycoming County Literacy Project
at the James V. Brown Public Library, Teen Haven, Young Life,
Yokefellow Prison Ministry, the Salvation Army, the Red Cross,
Valley View Nursing Center, the Williamsport Home, HCR Manor Care
(Pastoral Care Dept.), the Susquehanna Hospice program, North
Central Sight Services, the YWCA, Ashler Manor (Community Residential
Care for Girls), Trinity After School Program, Pine Street Methodist
Church (various programs), Timberland Apartments, and many more.
All of these organizations and more depend upon the hard work
of regular volunteers. Many have established internship programs,
while others would design an internship individually based on
your own particular interests, abilities and availability. Most
are on a volunteer basis, though some also provide for paid internships.