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SPUD
Academic Year Internships provide
students with paid opportunities for leadership in SPUD (Student
Programs for Urban Development), a community service
organization sponsored by the Chaplains' Office. Consisting
of over 25 different outreach programs and over 350 active
members, SPUD is the largest student organization at Holy
Cross. Each intern serves as a SPUD Program Director or Assistant
Program Director, overseeing six-seven SPUD programs and
helping to support students in those programs.
Contact: Marybeth
Kearns-Barrett at 508-793-2618
Program Goals
- To teach students how to think critically using the
tools of social analysis to assess the structural issues
that underlie the needs that our SPUD programs address.
- To provide opportunities for students to reflect on
the meaning of the phrase "the service of faith and
the promotion of justice."
- To encourage students to reflect on their future hopes
and goals in light of both their own gifts and talents
as well as the "world's deep hungers."
- To provide support to the SPUD program that will enable
all students who participate in SPUD to begin to see the
connections between service and work for social justice.
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Eligibility and Characteristics of Interns
- Prior leadership experience in the SPUD program and
prior experience volunteering at a SPUD site.
- Desire to serve both the College community as well as
the Worcester community.
- Desire to explore their own future goals in light of
the call in the College's Mission Statement to consider
our relationship to the world's poor and powerless.
- Desire to explore the connection between service and
social justice.
- Desire to explore the connection between spirituality
and social justice.
- Desire to work closely with other students including
fellow interns, program directors and SPUD volunteers in
raising awareness of the connections between service, social
justice and spirituality.
- Strong leadership ability.
- Willingness to pitch in generously to enable the SPUD
program to continue to grow and flourish.
- Sense of humor.
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Description of Internship Responsibilities
- Oversee 6-7 SPUD programs which includes: (6-8
hours)
- having weekly contact with program directors - this
can be done over lunch or dinner as a group;
- checking to make sure time sheets are submitted
for all of your programs each week - contact directors
if they are missing;
- distributing and collecting end of semester evaluations
from program directors;
- assist directors in planning their time-outs (1-2
per semester), attend the time-outs for all of your
programs;
- visiting each site once per semester;
- working with other campus groups and your program
directors to sponsor or co-sponsor one social justice
awareness event that involves SPUD volunteers each
year (e.g. hunger banquet with SCOHAH, visions of peace
week with Pax Christi, etc.) - to encourage SPUD volunteers
to make the connections between the work they are doing
and the larger social injustices;
- volunteering weekly at one of your sites (2 hours).
- Meet weekly with your chaplain advisor for supervision
(1 hour).
- Meet weekly with other interns for reflection, continuing
education and support (1 hour).
- Maintain weekly office hours in the SPUD office (2 hours
- this can overlap with other duties described).
- Work with other SPUD interns and program directors to
plan the SPUD recruiting days and volunteer orientation
day.
- Each intern will have responsibility for overseeing
one work-study student responsible for one area of support
for SPUD - e.g. database, newsletter, car schedule,
shuttle schedule (1-2 hours).
In addition to these weekly duties each intern is expected
to participate in either the Manresa Retreat or the Spiritual
Exercises.
Final Assessment
Interns will be expected to submit a five-page reflection
paper that addresses questions of vocation in light of the
experiences they have had over the course of the year. They
will also have a final reflection session with fellow interns
to process the experience and a final individual supervision
meeting as well.
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Application Process
Applications
will be available from Monday, February
7, through Friday, February 18, 2005. SPUD Program Directors and Assistant
Program Directors are invited to apply.
Applications due: Monday,
February 21, 2005, at 10am.
Interviews
After
an initial screening of all applicants, on February 22
students will be notified as to whether they have been selected
for an interview. Once a student receives notice that she/he
has been selected for an interview, that student is responsible
for calling Mrs. Gerri Jaworski at 508-793-2448 to schedule
their interview. Interviews will be scheduled between February
23 and March 1, 2005
Notification of acceptance into the program
will be sent out on March 4, 2005
References
All applicants must include
two references in their application. References must include
one peer who has participated in their program and one other
member of the Holy Cross community or their Community Partner
from their SPUD site.
Download the Application form:
SPUD
Academic Internship Application .pdf
(requires Adobe Acrobat Reader: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html)
Important Dates
- Applications due: Monday, February 21, 2005 at 10am
- References due: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 12pm
- Interviews: February 23 - March 1, 2005
- Decisions mailed: Friday, March 4, 2005
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