IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the extended shutdown of the Simplicity website, which contains the "Tunnel" database, the Application Deadline for the Newman Family Fund has been extended until Monday, February 13 at 5:00 pm.

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, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish.

Funding: Up to $5,000. Award amount will be at the discretion of the selection committee. The grant may cover expenses such as application fees, program fees, transportation to and from the site, lodging and meals during the internships.

Deadline: Extended to Monday, February 13, 2012 at 5:00 pm.

Note: Application information will appear in The Tunnel as a job, listed under Carleton Career Center as the employer and 2012 Richard T. Newman Family Fund for Language Study Internships Application as the position title. 

Timeline: Applications should be submitted through the "Tunnel" by 5:30pm on Friday, February 10, 2012.  A faculty committee will review all applications and select students to be awarded grants. Alternates may 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 Luyen Phan, Assistant Director of Intercultural and International Life, 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 and staff committee.

Contact: Brian Murphy at the Career Center at 507-222-4446 or bmurphy@carleton.edu with any questions.