UN CONFERENCE PRACTICUM

Follow the link below for info on The 2010 Practicum in Advocacy at the United Nations:

http://www.nwsa.org/students/unpracticum.php

Deadlines approaching for internship opportunities at the UN!

UN University Junior Professional Fellows Programme


The United Nations University Office at the United Nations, New York
(UNU-ONY) recruits Junior Professional Fellows (JPFs) for two sessions each
year running from August to January, and February to July. The internship
title, "Junior Professional Fellows" reflects the high level of
responsibility and opportunity given to those accepted into this program.


Please note that UNU-ONY Junior Professional Fellows positions require
full-time commitments due to the high level of responsibilities given to
our interns. These are unpaid positions. On the job training and support is
provided throughout the internship.


Deadlines for applications are as follows:


February 1st to July 31st Session: November 15th


August 1st to January 31st Session: May 31st


UNU-ONY does not offer summer fellowships.


UNU-ONY Junior Professional Fellow's responsibilities will range widely,
encompassing aspects of UNU-ONY's work.


As a UN agency, the aim of the UNU is to function as a think tank of and
for the UN, and to bridge the gap between policy makers and academia. The
UNU Office in New York's areas of responsibility include Events, Marketing,
and Partnership-Fundraising.


Recently, two new focus areas have been added during the Junior
Professional Fellows session that ran from August 2008 to January 2009:
Policy Research and Latin America. This provides the Junior Professional
Fellows with a unique opportunity to further expand the work that has
recently been initiated, and to concretize the activities in these two
important areas.

For more information:
http://www.ony.unu.edu/internships/

Internship opportunity: this Summer (apply by July 17th)

Opportunity to Intern this summer with the Youth subcommittee organizing the Student Journalism Program for annual United Nations DPI/NGO conference in Mexico City Sept 9-11, 2009

WHO: Two or three interns who can work together as a team

WHERE: based in New York City, although one student may not have to be local

WHAT: To assist as an intern in the planning of the Student Journalism Program to be held at the UN DPI/NGO conference in Mexico City this September.

The Student Journalism Program has been a big success for the past few years since its inception. The program offers a unique opportunity for students worldwide to report at the DPI/NGO conference to be held this September in Mexico City. The conference focuses on the topic of Peace and Disarmament. Students/school programs are sent an announcement, and invited to submit an application. Those who are accepted will be privileged with press credentials to go to the sessions, and then will be required to report about the conference (any aspect of their choice) for their respective media outlet (electronic or print). The Youth subcommittee oversees this student journalism program. This program was originally offered to schools local to the UN headquarters but has been expanded to students worldwide. Students have come from all over the world, including Singapore, Africa, and Europe.

INTERN TASKS:

The internship tasks happen in four stages:

I) INITIAL/IMMEDIATE: Refining already existing lists of schools and programs to contact. Contacting schools worldwide through email, sending out information offering students an opportunity to apply to the Student Journalism Program.

II) ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS: involves keeping records of the applications (making folders of each) and communicating with the students, and vetting their applications with the senior director (to determine acceptances)

III) DURING THE CONFERENCE (if possible to come). Keeping contact with the students

IV) FOLLOW-UP. Making sure the students send in their reports, and sending out certificates to the student reporters who successfully completed the program.

START TIME: Immediate, runs through the summer until after the conference in September.

PLACE: Attend occasional meetings at the UN with the committee coordinators, and attend other meetings amongst the interns to coordinate/implement the notices and receive/process applications. Other communications on computer (to applicants) can be done from home or other place convenient to the intern.

TIME: 2 ½ days a week. However, more intensive at various stages, when preparing the list and sending out the initial call for applications, and then when the applications come in for review.

QUALIFICATIONS: Hard working, responsible, cooperative person with commitment to doing an excellent job who enjoys working in a team and getting the job done; creativity in how to make a project work efficiently; computer literate; interest in communicating with people from other countries and in journalism.

SUPERVISION: by the director of the Student Journalism Program and by the Youth subcommittee who oversee aspects of the student journalism project: Judy Kuriansky, Main Representative for the International Association of Applied Psychology and Kelly Roberts, Sec. Representative for NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Support and direction is available from the previous interns who did such an excellent job.

CONTACT & HOW TO APPLY: Kelly Roberts, Asst. Dir., Office for International Services, Fordham University. Email Kelly directly at: keroberts@fordham.edu. Email your resume and a cover letter explaining your availability, your interest in applying and relevant skills & experience pertaining to the internship as described above. Please apply as soon as possible, and no later than Friday July 17^th since the invitation and vetting process for the student journalism applicants must begin as soon as possible. Interns will be chosen on a first come, first served basis, based on qualifications and availability.

New Impact Initiative Coordinator

This is just to let everyone know that, from now on, Konstancja Maleszynska will be the Impact Initiative coordinator at Fordham.

Konstancja is a grad student in the English department, and she will now be the grad assistant at the Office for International Services. Konstancja and I worked together in this transition and I'm sure she will do a great job organizing the next steps in our initiative.

Thus, from now on, all queries, requests for guest passes for UN briefings and the like should be sent to her at maleszynksa(at)gmail.com.

I had a great time working with you all, and hope you keep up the good work we have developed as a group!

Aline M. Ramos

Student International Leadership Program - April 17, 2009

Even though a lot of students RSVP'd to our event and did not show up, the Fordham students who came to the event had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: they visited Brazil's, Cuba's and the U.S. permanent missions to the United Nations.

First, everyone gathered in the basement of The Church of the Holy Family, also known as the United Nations Parish, to hear talks by Sr. Lucianne Siers, OP, Director of the Partnership for Global Justice, and Sr. Eileen Gannon, OP, Executive Director of the International Catholic Organizations Information Center.

Then, the group (Azizi Seixas, Tiago Mitraud, Sandra Choi, Rizzia Froes and me) split: Kelly escorted Azizi and Sandra to Cuba's permanent mission to the United Nations, where they learned more about Cuba's new projects and policies and what kind of work they have been doing towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Tiago, Rizzia and I went to Brazil's permanent mission to the United Nations, where, since we are all Brazilians, we were received in Portuguese and learned more about Brazil's projects to achieve the MDGs.

After this morning session, we went back to the church, where we had lunch with students from other Catholic universities and left again, this time to learn more about the United States permanent mission to the United Nations, and how to get an internship (and, eventually, a job) in the U.S. department of state.

It was a very interesting event, and the students who participated had a unique chance of networking and learning more details about UN-related jobs and the MDGs.

In the coming Fall, we will still be working hard to provide the students interested in out Impact Initiative with more opportunities like this and we look forward to having Fordham being represented by an even larger group of students.

An update on the April 17th program

This is an update on our Friday UN Program:

BEFORE WE MEET:

Our event starts promptly at 9:00am in the Church of the Holy Family (the United Nations Parish Church). The address there is: 315 E 47th St (Manhattan, NY), between 1st and 2nd Ave.

The Google map for the church is available here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=315+e+47th+st+ny&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.909425,79.101563&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=A

Remember: we will NOT meet at Fordham University. We will meet directly at the church, so make your transportation arrangements so that they will allow you to get there before 9:00am.

The closest subway stops are:
Lexington/53rd on the E, V
51st St on the 6
42nd/Grand Central on 4, 5, 6, S

If you live in the Bronx, there is a Metro-North train leaving the Fordham station at 8:12am, which will arrive at Grand Central Terminal at 8:35am. From Grand Central, it should be a 15-minute walk to the church.


ONCE WE GET THERE:

From 9:00am to about 10:10am we will be at the church, where there will be a talk on the UN and the MDGs.

At 10:30am the Fordham group will visit some nation states' permanent missions to the UN. Fordham students will be divided in 2 groups. One group will visit Brazil's permanent mission to the UN (747 Third Ave., Manhattan, NY), and the other group will visit Costa Rica's permanent mission to the UN (211 East 43rd Street, Manhattan, NY). After the groups are divided, a member of the OIS staff will accompany you to your assigned country's mission (i.e. the group will walk together).

Please let me know asap whether you'd prefer to visiti Brazil's or Costa Rica's permanent mission. We cannot guarantee that you will be assigned to that mission, but we will do our best to accommodate your requests.

At each mission, there will probably be a brief presentation of the country's mission to the UN and some details about how they address the Millennium Development Goals. This will be followed by some time for students to ask questions to the country's representatives. So, we suggest that you do a little bit of research in advance about your chosen country's (Brazil's or Costa Rica's) status and how they address the MDGs (for those of you still unfamiliar with the MDGs, this is a good chance to google them and look them over!).

From 12noon to 1:15pm, there will be a lunch break. Lunch will NOT be provided, so make sure you pack your lunch or bring some lunch money. There are many restaurants/cafes/diners on 2nd and 3rd Ave. near the missions and the Church of the Holy Family, so you can eat at your convenience.

We will meet again at the Church of the Holy Family at 1:15pm and then we will all go to the United States Mission to the UN (140 East 45th Street), where there will be another briefing from 1:30pm to 3:00pm.


>> More info on the day's activities can be found here.

Info on our Student International Leadership Program

We already have a full schedule of events for our Student International Leadership Program to be held on April 17th, 2009. Details on how/when/where to meet will be sent out by e-mail next week. This is just a summary and schedule of activities:

9:00am - Welcome in the Lower Level Auditorium of the Church of the Holy Family -- the United Nations Parish Church -- 315 East 47th Street (between First and Second Avenues)

9:10-10:10am - Overview of the United Nations Organization and the Millennium Development Goals (by Sr. Lucianne Siers, OP, Director, Partnership for Global Justice and Sr. Eileen Gannon, OP, Executive Director, International Catholic Organizations Information Center)

10:30am-12:00 noon - Briefings at various nation states' Permanent Missions to the United Nations (each college and university will travel to its assigned Mission as discussed with the institution’s liaison). Fordham University will be visiting Brazil's Permanent Mission to the UN.

12noon-1:15pm - Return to The Church of the Holy Family

1:30pm-3:00pm - Briefing at the United States Mission to the United Nations -- 140 east 45th Street (between Third and Lexington Avenues)