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CSPL 321: Race, Incarceration, and Citizenship

This is a .5 credit seminar, led by Professors Sean McCann and Charlie Barber, in which students consider some of the complexities of public policy related to criminal justice, incarceration, and rehabilitation by meeting and talking with professionals and activists whose work focuses in various ways on the criminal justice system. Among the guests who will visit the seminar this semester will be former inmates who now work as counselors and advocates; a former prosecutor; a public defender; a litigator whose firm specializes in civil actions on behalf of victims of police and prison abuse; a former prison official; and a prison abolition activist especially concerned with the experience of LGBTQ prisoners.

Students interested in the course are welcome to contact Professor McCann for more information.

**NEW AND TIMELY COURSE FOR THIS COMING SEMESTER!**

FIST229: POLITICAL TURMOIL: “What just happened? What’s going to happen? What do we do now?”
Prof. Meg Furniss Weisberg
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:20-2:40pm
https://iasext.wesleyan.edu/regprod/!wesmaps_page.html?crse=014857&term=1171

Political turmoil, while disconcerting to say the least, is nothing new. This course will look at case studies from different times and regions (the creation of the US; the 1960’s in the US, France, Italy, and elsewhere; Brazil’s and Chile’s dictatorships; Italy in the 90s; the Arab Spring; post-Revolution Iran; the Great Leap Famine in China; contemporary Mali and D. R. Congo; and the U.S. just before the Civil War, among others) to see how others have responded to periods of political oppression and upheaval. After an initial period of discussion based on readings, we will hold conversations with members of our campus community who have experienced various forms of political turmoil.

The goal of the course is ultimately project-based: as we gain perspective on the issues, we will turn what we learn into well-informed, measured, concrete action. In particular, we will workshop several writing exercises related to the topic and destined to make an impact (letter to the editor, letter to an elected official, public service announcement for the radio, etc). All students (including those whose first language is not English) are welcome in the course and will receive individualized attention to their writing.

The structure of this course will be somewhat unusual: after the first few meetings, the first session of each week will be devoted to discussing the week’s reading and collectively brainstorming questions; during the second session, we’ll ask those questions of the week’s invited guest (often, but not always, another faculty member). We will write and workshop pieces related to the topic and/or destined to make an impact (letter to the editor, letter to an elected official, public service announcement for the radio, etc). We are also going to make a radio program interviewing our guests, so that the course can reach a wider audience.

This course is going to be an experiment: it will operate more like a working group than a regular academic course, and I will be learning beside you, rather than imparting information. My role will be to teach about effective writing, deepen your critical thinking and analytical abilities, solicit guest speakers who will suggest readings, and facilitate discussions. The class will be graded CR/U, and would likely be fine to take in addition to a normal course load—though it goes without saying that you should check with your advisor.

More info: contact:
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Meg Furniss Weisberg
Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Interim Director of Academic Writing
Wesleyan University
300 High St, Middletown CT USA
+1 (860) 685-2902
https://wesleyan.academia.edu/MegWeisberg

The Gordon Career Center at Wesleyan University is excited to announce a new partnership with the Denver-based CLIMB Internship Program.

Colorado Leaders, Interns and Mentors in Business (CLIMB) is an intensive paid summer internship program for students from Wesleyan, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Middlebury, Brown, MIT, Denison, and Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering. The 30-40 students learn the business, professional, civic, and social offerings of the Denver area. CLIMB offers students challenging paid jobs, introductions to the community and its leaders, alumni mentorships, interesting events and group housing for the summer.

The CLIMB program consists of four principal components to educate students and connect them with Denver and Colorado.

Challenging Internships
The cornerstone of the program is to provide high-quality, 7- to 10-week paid summer internships (private, nonprofit, and public). The program offers a wide range of employment opportunities in metro Denver. A few of our past employers include the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Pathfinder Systems, the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, Analysis Group, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Emich Volkswagen, Hosting.com and Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO).

Events
The program sponsors a series of programs and events during the summer to educate students about Denver, and introduce them to Colorado. Events have included discussions with the Mayor, the Superintendent of Denver Public Schools, Senator Gary Hart, the President and CEO of the Denver Broncos, business leaders, discussions of climate change and water policy, a lecture and Shakespeare play “under the stars,” rafting on the Colorado and Arkansas rivers, picnics and hikes, community service opportunities, and alumni-hosted dinners.

Group Housing
Interns are housed together, at the Program’s expense, at Campus Village at Auraria, www.campusvillagedenver.com. Students share dinners and discussions of work, and build close and lasting friendships, and understandings of their various schools.

Mentors
Students are paired with local mentors to help them learn about Denver, and to connect them to Denver. Mentors are friends and models for the students as they demonstrate the balance of work, family, organizational commitments, and civic leadership. Alumni of participating schools are welcome to apply for mentoring opportunities by contacting climbinternships@gmail.com.

Current Opportunities
Internship opportunities across a variety of fields and industries are posted by the CLIMB Internship Program (rather than by each company) on Handshake. To see newly added opportunities log-in to Handshake, click on “Jobs & Internships,” and search by the keyword “CLIMB.”

Water Engineering Intern, Wright Water Engineers — Application Deadline 1/29
Simulator Engineering Intern, Pathfinder Systems, Inc. — Application Deadline 1/29
Investment Analyst Summer Internship, Arrowpoint Partners — Application Deadline 1/30
Biomedical Research and Introduction to Medical Careers Internship, Webb-Waring — Application Deadline 1/29
Marketing/Digital Internship, Novus Biologicals — Application Deadline 1/29
Business Intern, FareHarbor — Application Deadline 2/19
Summer Internship Program, Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology — Application Deadline 2/19
Clean Energy Internships, National Renewable Energy Lab — Application Deadline 2/19
Real Estate Private Equity Summer Associate, Ascentris (Cardinal Internship) — Application Deadline 3/19

The Wesleyan Sustainability Office is hiring! Please apply if you’re interested and share with others who may be interested:

Communication and Outreach Intern: Are you interested in sustainability? Want to help lead change on campus? Want to learn more about web design and pick up some communication skills? Then consider applying to be the Communication and Outreach Intern starting in February 2017! This awesome job will have you working on publicizing events & projects all throughout campus to promote sustainability! You will also be involved in strategic planning for the office and act as liaison between administration, faculty, staff and students. You’d be working within an established structure with as much support as needed! It’s a great opportunity to learn how to be an operator of change with an important issue!

Apply through the Google Form by Sunday, January 29 at https://goo.gl/Vvx6CP! Questions can be directed to jkleindienst@wesleyan.edu.

The Citizens’ Climate Lobby Fellowship Program is comprised of a team of 15 students each semester who work closely together and on their campuses to build the carbon pricing movement and advance policy. CCL asks Fellows to give 5-10 hours/week, in which you will gain experience coordinating student carbon pricing initiatives, rallying public support for a national and state carbon pricing policy, and directly engaging with lawmakers through lobbying actions. Read more about the Fellowship here. Any questions regarding the fellowship can be sent to Cassidy at cassidy@theclimatesolution.com.

Applications are due on 12/15.

Find out more about other CCL opportunities at http://www.ourclimate.us/opportunities_for_students.

Want to learn more about applying for internships?

 Want to take a study break?

Want to eat some Mondo Pizza??

Come to the Career Center 

TONIGHT (Wednesday) AT 6:00 pm 

to talk to Academic Peer Advisors 

and Rachel Munafo, Assistant Director of the Career Center, 

and learn more about resources & applying for internships 

in areas such as tech, science research, and the public sector 

for the summer!