November 18, 2004
Internship Opportunities at Historic Sites
College students looking for an exciting, challenging, and rewarding summer
experience are encouraged to apply for a summer internship with the Community
of Christ Historic Sites. A total of eighteen positions are available: ten in
Nauvoo, Illinois, and eight in Kirtland, Ohio.
Summer interns at the Joseph Smith Historic Site on the bend of the
Mississippi River in Nauvoo and at the Kirtland Temple Historic Site in Ohio
will receive
- six semester hours of college credit from Graceland University ($2,000
value).
- weekly stipend of $175
- free housing
- priceless experiences in leadership development, public speaking, and
building community with visitors, colleagues, and members of local
congregations
- strengthening of one’s individual faith journey
The internship program is a two-summer experience. The first summer is
spent in Illinois at the Joseph Smith Historic Site. There interns study
historic site management, historic interpretation and artifact management,
Nauvoo church history, and Jacksonian history of the United States. Interns
also serve as historic interpreters (guides) at the site. A project that
relates to some aspect of the historic site is completed during the
internship. Opportunities to develop church leadership skills are available by
participating in local Community of Christ congregations, reunions, and youth
camps.
The second summer is spent in Ohio at the Kirtland Temple. Interns build on
historic sites knowledge gained at Nauvoo by studying church history (the
Kirtland Years) and "A Curator’s Approach to Museum Education."
Interns share Community of Christ heritage in the role of historic interpreter
and are encouraged to continue development of church leadership skills.
For summer 2005 internships, apply by May 2. Applicants from various
colleges and universities and with a variety of majors are invited to apply.
Site coordinators will be on the Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa, campus
for interviews March 29 and 30.
For more information contact Joyce Shireman, site coordinator at the Joseph
Smith Historic Site, at (217) 453-2246 or by e-mail at jshisctr@nauvoo.net,
or Barb Walden, site coordinator at the Kirtland Temple, at (440) 256-1441 or
by e-mail at temple2@ncweb.com
—Joyce Shireman reporting
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