Dear Sociology Majors and Minors, 

Happy Halloween weekend! This week we have a lot of opportunities for y’all including new minors, internships, and study abroad scholarships! Enjoy your weekend! 

Upcoming Events & Programs

NEW MINOR!! Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) 

Why minor in TESL?

The TESL field is expanding as the population of English language learners grows. Demand for qualified candidates who can teach English as a second language, both at home and abroad, is extremely high.Explore a career in teaching ESL and get hands-on experience in a community education setting to find out if teaching and learning languages is your career path. The minor and certificate will appear on your transcript and you will receive a paper copy of the certificate. International students in a full-time, undergraduate, academic program at the U of M may apply.

Family Social Science Minor 

Pump up your resume or grad school application. Family Social Science can help!

A minor in Family Social Science will deepen your understanding of parents, children, and couples in today’s complex family systems. Focused on the fundamental building block of society – the family – an FSoS minor will complement your liberal arts degree and give you a competitive edge either on your resume or your graduate school application. Learn more about a minor in Family Social Science.

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science 

The Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (formerly Michigan Program in Survey Methodology), a graduate (MS and PhD) program within  the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research will host a second information session about the program on November 10, 2022.  I am reaching to ask for you to share this information with anyone you think would benefit from attending this.We offer students a choice of “tracks” or emphases—social science, data science or statistics.  All of our students are thoroughly introduced to numerous methods for collecting data and combining data from multiple sources for conducting social research.  We focus on evaluating and improving data quality.  

AERA Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Workshop

Deadline: Tuesday, November 15, 2022

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is pleased to announce the AERA Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Workshop. The workshop, led by junior and senior scholars, will give fellows an overview of how education research is designed across fields, how quantitative and qualitative research methods are used in studies, and how research is applied to education policy and practice. Senior researchers and faculty from both academic institutions and applied research organizations (i.e., The American Institutes for Research, Educational Testing Service, the College Board, and the Urban Institute) will introduce education research as a field and share their area of expertise and knowledge with the fellows. In addition to attending the workshop and participation in the poster session, fellows will attend pre-selected paper sessions and presentations during the 2023 Annual Meeting in Chicago. Fellows are required to participate in all Workshop events and the invited poster session to present their research during the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Dates: The Workshop activities will take place April 13-15, during the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Award: The award includes AERA Annual Meeting registration and two nights of lodging. The fellows and/or their home institutions are responsible for transportation costs to and from Chicago. Most meals are part of the Workshop activities.

Eligibility: Underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities and women are encouraged to apply. Candidates may come from a broad range of fields across the arts and sciences. Candidates must:

  • Be students in their sophomore, junior, or senior year of college in good academic standing.
  • Be interested in pursuing a graduate or professional degree that can lend itself to education research areas such as children and youth, school and schooling issues, higher education, education policy, student achievement, curriculum and instruction, education psychology, or education leadership.
  • Have current or ongoing research that can be presented in a poster session.
  • Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident or a non-U.S. citizen attending a school in the U.S.

All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. (PST) on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.

Direct any questions about the fellowship program, eligibility requirements, or submission process to George L. Wimberly, Director of Professional Development, at 202-238-3225 or fellowships@aera.net.

Employment, Internship, Research, & Leadership Opportunities

Senator Smith Internship 

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Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board

More jobs with Minneapolis parks

To view a full list of job postings and to apply for any opening at MPRB, visit www.minneapolisparks.org/jobs.

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships for undergrads

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships provide significant funding for students whose academic and professional goals will be furthered by the study of a modern, less commonly taught language. Undergraduates can receive up to $15,000 for tuition, fees, and living expenses for the academic year or up to $7,500 for summer. These fellowships are open to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.

More information and application instructions are available at z.umn.edu/flas. In addition, information sessions for FLAS fellowships will be held via Zoom on:

  • Thursday, November 10 at 3 p.m.
  • Wednesday, November 16 at 11 a.m.
  • Tuesday, November 29 at 1 p.m.

Zoom link for all sessions: Link

  • Meeting ID: 937 3456 6310
  • Passcode: 7UUXf1

Boren Awards for Study Abroad

Boren Scholarships for students interested in long-term, language-focused study abroad. Students planning to study abroad outside of Western Europe or the English-speaking world between the summer of 2023 and summer of 2024 need to apply by the February 1 deadline. Applicants will need to write an essay about the significance of their destination and plan of study for national security and articulate plans for a career with the federal government.

Interested students should contact ONIS at natschol@umn.edu to learn more.

Capitol Pathways Program: Student Application Now Open!

Our student application is NOW OPEN and will close on Friday, November 11th at 11:59pm (CT).

This program is ideal for students interested in learning about policymaking, civic engagement, and advocacy. Students who want to be engaged and make an impact in community are highly encouraged to apply. Our program is also open to students with undocumented status and international students.

About Capitol Pathways:

Capitol Pathways is a paid spring internship program for college students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). With the long-term goal of making our government truly representative of our diverse communities, the program opens access to the Minnesota Capitol and policymaking to the next generation of BIPOC leaders. Through this program, students gain leadership, legislative and professional development training alongside an immersive hands-on paid internship experience with an organization working in policy during the legislative session. This is a spring 2023 internship from January – May 2023.

In the program, Capitol Pathways students:  

  • Join a cohort of up to 35 other BIPOC students for support and community building.
  • Are matched with an organization (lobbying firm, nonprofit, government agency and others) working to advance various policy issues during the 2023 legislative session. 
  • Work at their internship a minimum of 10 hours per week during the length of session and are compensated a minimum of $15/per hour.
  • Participate in a paid legislative training to build their understanding of the legislative process.
  • Attend a race & equity training to build awareness of their identities and gain strategies on how to navigate the Capitol and professional working environments as young BIPOC folks.
  • Attend monthly paid cohort meetings with their peers for career readiness and professional development training. 
  • Are consistently exposed to other job, internship and networking opportunities through their host organizations, programmed social hours following cohort meetings, a robust alumni network, and ongoing mentorship by program staff. 

Capitol Pathways info sheet: Click here for an info sheet with details on the program, program timeline and more.

How to apply: Please visit our website for details on how to apply!

To prepare for their application: Students are encouraged to view the full application (Word Doc version here) before submitting an application via the portal. Along with their application, they are expected to submit their updated resume.

Join our info sessions! If students have questions or want to learn more, they can join one or both of our upcoming virtual info sessions:

  • Wednesday, October 26th from 11am – 12pm
  • Thursday, November 3rd from 1pm – 2pm

Students can sign-up for the info session(s) by completing this form: https://forms.gle/WQhP9aNiMSn1YPqF8

Resources & Other Opportunities

Food resources available to UMN students this fall include: 

  • Boynton’s Health’s Nutritious U Food Pantry is an on-campus, free food pantry available to any graduate and undergraduate student attending the University of Minnesota.
    • Coffman Memorial Union Room 103A, directly behind the Goldy Gopher statue
    • 12-6 pm on the last Tuesday-Thursday of the month
    • 10/25-10/27, 11/29-12/1, 12/13-12/15
  • Mobile Market. This market on a bus offers affordable and fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, grains, and other high-quality groceries. Students can pay with cash, card, or their EBT card (SNAP benefits). The Market will be open on the south side of Memorial Union and will run for two hours each time. Mobile Market will return to campus next Monday, 10/17 and will run the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month from 2:30-4:30 pm.
    • Back (south) entrance of Coffman Memorial Union
    • 10/17, 11/7, 11/21, 12/5, 12/19
  • Boxed, prepared meals to-go. Meals prepared by the Campus Club in partnership with Minnesota Central Kitchen. These are available to all students at no cost; proof of need is not required. Vegetarian options are always available. Students who could benefit from these meals should come to Room 103A on the 1st floor of Coffman Memorial Union (same location as Nutritious U) on Thursdays from 3 – 4 pm or whenever meals run out. Note the shorter availability window, as this is a popular resource and meals no longer last until 6pm. Email swipes@umn.edu for more information.
    • We’re also distributing these meals to students living at Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative (CTC) on Thursdays from 12-1 pm, and to students living at Como Student Community Cooperative (CSCC) on Thursdays from 1:30-2:30 pm. These meals are available at the CTC North Parking Lot and CSCC Basketball Court.
  • (On Hold) Swipe Out Hunger meal cards & Gubhub gift cards. Swipe Out Hunger’s dining hall meal program and $20 GrubHub giftcards are not active at this time, though may start up again later this semester. 
  • St. Paul Campus Mobile Food Shelf (Foodmobile). Free groceries & household items are available to any University of Minnesota student and their family living in St. Paul. The Foodmobile will be available on the 2nd Thursday of every month from 12-2 pm in the Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative Housing north parking lot. This program is operated by Keystone Community Services and will run through the academic year.
    • 10/13, 11/10, 12/8
  • SNAP Screening. Some UMN students are eligible to receive federal SNAP benefits, which can help them pay for groceries. Students can self-screen for SNAP eligibility by clicking “Find out if you should apply” on the SNAP for UMN Students webpage. They will be directed to the online SNAP application if they are likely eligible based on their responses.  

Tools and support for research papers and projects

Thank you for reading. Have any questions or concerns? email us at socadvis@umn.edu

Best, Clare