Purpose: Carleton College gratefully acknowledges its establishment of the Richard T. Newman Family Fund for Language Study Internships.

This fund is intended to support and encourage Carleton students to pursue internships in foreign countries that can lead to career opportunities in the field of foreign languages. The awards will be made competitively. The primary language used in the internship shall be one of the languages offered at Carleton: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.

Funding: The grant will cover expenses such as application fees, program fees, transportation to and from the site, lodging and meals during the internships.

Deadline: February 15, 2008.

Timeline: Applications are due in the Career Center by 5:00 PM on Friday, February 15, 2008. A faculty committee will review all applications and select students to be awarded grants. Alternates will also be selected. Students will then be notified and have one week to accept the fellowship. If a student or students do not accept, alternates will then be notified. The review process could take up to two weeks.

Eligibility:

• Internships are intended for students to use during their summer break, or other possibilities might also be considered.
• Seniors are not eligible.
• Non-senior students in any discipline are eligible.
• All applicants must be in good academic standing.
• This experience is intended to be a work experience not a research project.
• International students are eligible but must see Petra Crosby, Director of International Student Programs at Carleton, about visa requirements in leaving and reentering the U.S.

Selection Criteria: Internships will be competitively awarded and students will submit internship applications for judging by a faculty committee.

Application Process

Internship Adviser: Contact the Career Center, 507-646-4293, Sayles-Hill 50. Email sbovbjer@acs.carleton.edu.