The World Studies Media Center offers internship positions to SWS students. These positions are competitive and limited to 1 per semesters. Only students of the School of world Studies are eligible to work in the World Studies Media Center for academic credit.

The WSMC student internship offers 3 credits per semester

WSMC Student intern will be expected to work between 8-10 hours/week (120 hours total). Duties include duties include:

Staffing the Service desk

• Answer phones, assisting faculty and students as needed
• Checking out videos and other resources to faculty through new bar-code inventory system
• Reserve the lab for faculty and staff through new on-line reservation system

Providing media support services

• Shooting video (filming classes, SWS events)
• Capturing/Editing video (Adobe Premiere)
• Encoding video (Real Producer)
• updating the website (Dreamweaver, WS_FTP)

Providing instructional support to students and faculty

• Provide general instructional and technical support for all lab applications
• Assisting instructors to prepare and deliver language labs (Sanako Lab 300)
• Assisting instructors to prepare curricula and support for self-study applications
• Assisting Director with faculty workshops

Other

• Assist with special projects
• Grace Street Festival - Event planning, hosting (required)
• UC Open-house - lab tours to prospective students (required)
• Assist in inventory control, statistics, and preventative maintenance
• Other media public work areas, and perform other duties as required.

Interested applicants should contact the SWS Office of Advising.

WSMC 2007-08 Intern, Matthew Wirth (H&S 2008) of Chesterfield, Virginia.