Editorial assistant needed for Sleepy Weasel
The Sleepy Weasel, BenU-Springfield's campus magazine, is seeking a communication arts or English student to serve as an editorial assistant during Spring Semester 2010 to work with faculty adviser/production manager Pete Ellertsen in the editing and production of the magazine (please see mission statement below). Academic credit in Communications 297 or English 299 can be earned.
The editorial assistant will learn and gain practice in the editing of literary and journalistic texts for style, i.e. revising texts for publication to bring out the writers' intent without modifying their voice; copyfitting; placement of stories and artwork; and other details of production of the magazine. The job description can be tailored to an intern's goals and interests. Interns in 2008 and 2009 (Lauren Burke and Claire Keldermans) also designed the covers, and in 2007 (Robert Schwartz) set up a Web portal for that year's magazine. This internship can be a good way for communications students to work up a major portfolio piece or for English/literature students to get their feet wet in editing texts for publication. No prerequisite courses, but strong writing and editing skills are needed to perform the job duties. For more information, please email pellertsen@sci.edu.
Students are required to initiate internships with Career Development Coordinator Marion Hitchens, whose office is located in the Resource Center, Becker Library L-36, and to follow her instructions in addition to fulfilling the Communication Arts program course requirements. The faculty mentor’s administrative role is limited to setting academic goals and objectives, meeting with the student periodically to discuss the learning experience and awarding the student’s grade in COMM 297 or ENG 299. It is the student’s responsibility to comply with Career Services Office rules and regulations, and the student will deal directly with that office regarding all requirements not enumerated in Section VI of the COMM 297 syllabus.
Mission statement / Sleepy Weasel
The Sleepy Weasel is a campus magazine of the arts and public affairs published by students and faculty of Benedictine University at Springfield, on the World Wide Web at www.sci.edu and in hard-copy format on campus. The Weasel seeks to highlight written and artistic work by students, both in and out of class, and to help promote a sense of community on campus by providing a voice for the creative work of students, faculty, staff, alumni and others in the Benedictine University community.
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