 Would you like to get paid to help high school students develop and assist their transition from high school to college? Then you need to consider becoming an Oelschlager Mentor.
Thanks to Jim and Vanita Oelschlager, The University of Akron has implemented an annual Summer Leadership Institute designed to enhance the leadership and academic performance of 48 area high school students.
OELSCHLAGER SUMMER INSTITUTE INTERNSHIP AND PROGRAM
The Office of Leadership, Development, and Special Projects is establishing the Oelschlager Internship Program in conjunction with the Oelschlager Summer Leadership Institute. The Oelschlager Summer Leadership Institute is the result of a magnanimous gift given to The University of Akron by Jim and Vanita Oelschlager. Due to their unparalleled generosity, every summer forty-eight area high school students who have completed their junior year in the Ohio counties of Cuyahoga, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, and Wayne as well as students in the Stahlstown, Pennsylvania area are nominated to participate in an eight-day workshop on The University of Akron campus. The Oelschlager Summer Leadership Institute is designed to empower a group of high school students by introducing them to the requisite skills, attitudes, and resources for success in college. This fun, challenging eight-day experience will encourage Summer Institute participants to adopt habits and utilize resources useful to becoming high-achieving collegiate leaders and scholars.
The Oelschlager Summer Leadership Institute is searching for a maximum of four interns to assist with this wonderful experience. Interns will have an active role in facilitation of small groups, problem solving and team building. Room and board are provided during the live-in experience. The internship experience provides a $3,000 stipend. Please see the job description below for further details.
- Sixteen days of live in experience with the institute participants
- Assist with the implementation of the Oelschlager Summer Leadership Institute’s
curriculum
- Facilitate small groups of high school students
- Assist Institute Directors with all phases of the Oelschlager Summer Leadership
Institute
- Assist with problem solving and conflict management
- Assist with team building and social activities
- Share on-duty responsibilities in residence halls
- Assist with administrative tasks as needed
- Monthly contact through December with their mentees
- Monthly contact with OSLI graduate assistant
- Provide encouragement, support and resource information to mentees
- Attend Training Workshop
- Attend regularly scheduled meetings
- Interns will be employed from the proposed date of June 25 through December.
Dates of Institute:
The following dates have been established for training, and the Oelschlager
Summer Leadership Institutes:
- June 25, 26 & July 8, 9, 10 &11
Required Intern Training
- June 27 & June 28 Two-day
College Success Experience
- July 12 through July 19
First Leadership Institute
- July 26 through August 7
Second Leadership Institute
- Week of September 1
Required Mentor Training and Evaluation
Successful candidates should be enrolled at The University of Akron and have a minimum 2.8 Undergraduate GPA or a 3.0 Graduate GPA. Undergraduates must have completed 48 credit hours and Graduate students must be currently enrolled for the Spring 2007 semester. Candidates should demonstrate campus leadership and/or community involvement. Please be aware that holding employment outside the internship is not feasible due to the unpredictable time constraints of the internship. Click here for the application. Deadline for Application:
Return your completed application to the Office of Leadership and Development, Student Union Rm. 130 by 4:00 p.m. on February 22, 2008.
Questions? Call the Office of Leadership and Development at (330) 972-7002 or email lead@uakron.edu
No late applications will be accepted. |
