Guarini Institute Internship
The Guarini Institute for Public Affairs offers an internship every semester to a degree-seeking student, irrespective of major or minor, with a keen interest in public affairs, a GPA above 3.2 and a strong motivation for the job. The internship can be for-credit or not for-credit. Applications, with a cv and cover letter, must be submitted to
Prof. Argentieri, director of the Institute, by June 30th for the fall semester and by Dec. 30th for the spring semester.
Interns:
M. Harden (Spring 2012)
E. Swanson (Fall 2011)
A. Vanicek (Summer 2011)
R.Vitalone (Spring 2011)
H. Wolkwitz (Fall 2010)
M. Griffini (Summer 2010)
T. Hormby (Spring 2010)
E. Polich (Fall 2009)
S. Cavasola (Spring 2009)
H. Lapatova (Fall 2008)
O. Criss (Spring 2008)
K. Mapes (Fall 2007)
Job description
The Guarini internship normally begins on Sep. 10th in the fall semester, ending Dec. 10th, and on January 25th in the spring semester, ending April 25th. In order to earn one credit, the intern must complete 40 hours of work. For two credits, 80-100 hours must be completed and for three credits 120-150 hours.
Tasks to be implemented by the intern include, among others:
1) Regularly updating the external emailing list;
2) Establishing permanent working contacts with JCU’s and other Rome Universities’ student governments, to notify them in advance of upcoming events;
3) Clarifying the procedure for the issuing of purchase orders for GIPA events, in harmony with all appropriate offices at JCU, so as to be able to help coordinate the suitable smooth functioning of events, including punctual compensation and/or reimbursement for speakers as proposed by the director and approved by JCU’s President;
4) Setting up appropriate reserve shelves in John Cabot University's Frohring Library in connection with particularly relevant events organized by GIPA, helping prepare students for full participation in each of them;
5) Maintaining contacts with members of the Advisory Council;
6) Maintaining correspondence with speakers before and after events, particularly in connection with privacy issues and the posting of lecture/conference paper texts on JCU’s website;
7) Following the publication of lecture and conference proceedings, including text-editing, proof-reading, and similar activities;
8) Contributing with the director and the coordinator of publications and institutional communications to the designing and updating of a GIPA space on JCU’s website;
9) Contributing to the activity at large with comments, suggestions and by collecting feedback from external participants, JCU students, faculty and staff alike;
10) Setting up the Guarini Institute's archives.
Internship Testimonials
Marianna Griffini, Study Abroad student, Summer Session I 2010:
My name is Marianna Griffini and I had the pleasure of being the intern of the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs for Summer Session I 2010. I am an International Affairs major at the George Washington University (Class of 2013) and, eager to undertake a new and dynamic educational experience, I decided to apply for this internship.
You should be endowed with an interest in International Affairs and History and with good organizational skills. I carried out basic logistic tasks (updating the Guarini Institute mailing list, sending out invitations, and writing the reports of the events we hosted), but, at the same time, I had the opportunity of strengthening such skills.
The events hosted by the Guarini Institute are all remarkable for their political and historical relevance; I especially appreciated Dr. Esther Brimmer’s discussion about the global challenges the world is facing nowadays. It was involving to attend a lecture given by the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations. I strongly recommend applying for the internship at the Guarini Institute if you are interested in organizing and attending great events!
Ottavia Criss, Degree Seeking student, Class of 2009:
My first experience in communication, event planning, and logistics was through my internship with the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs. I not only learned about global current events from the lectures, but I also learned how to communicate on a professional level and carry out different tasks from start to finish in cooperation with other coworkers around the university. I also learned how valuable and essential it is to have the knowledge and capability to perform logistical tasks and event planning.
My internship experience also helped me in my future career. Since working for the Guarini Insitute, I have completed communication and event planning projects for the World Bank, UN, and other organizations.
Anthony Vanicek, Degree Seeking student, Class of 2013:
Being an intern at the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs not only gave me work experience, but it forced me to re-evaluate my perspectives on critical issues facing Europe and the United States.
Hearing the voices of men and women regarding prevalent concerns in the world, meeting and keeping correspondence with journalists, diplomats, ambassadors, scholars and writers gave me an opportunity to learn in a unique way that a classroom is seldom able to offer.