Open Door Family Medical Centers, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated individual interested in food systems and farm to institution partnerships to apply for a position as a Community Garden Coordinator. 

The intern will be responsible for the care and maintenance of two school gardens located in Port Chester, NY (40 minutes north of New York City).  This maintenance will include watering, weeding, basic pest management, and harvesting.

The intern will also be responsible for partnering with local institutions in determining where to donate the produce, and conducting parent and school children community events on a weekly basis to involve the community in the garden.

Individuals with interest in food systems, public health, and education, are encouraged to apply.  Interested applicants should contact Estelle Meunier, SBHC coordinator, at emeunier@odfmc.org and copy Alicia Ward at award@odfmc.org. Please provide a brief description of your summer plans as we can maintain a flexible hourly schedule for the right candidate.

This position is part-time, fifteen hour a week position with the intern completing three hours each day on a consistent schedule determined with the intern’s availability.  Please note all internships at Open Door are unpaid.

Find more information on these internships as well as hundreds of others on the CALS Specific Internship Database.

Brooksby Village – New!

Grounds-Keeping Intern  (unpaid) 

We are a beautiful 90-acre, 1400-resident gated non-profit community looking for a hard worker this summer who is interested in learning the “ins and outs” of grounds-keeping.

Responsibilities include:

• Annual plant care
• Garden trash pick up
• Goose fence maintenance
• Policing of grounds
• Maybe some sidewalk grinding

Sweet Tooth Candy Company

Start-up Internship/Volunteer (unpaid) 

Are you excited about applying the latest innovation and technology to develop industry-leading food products that deliver health benefits for children? Are you an entrepreneurial problem solver with knowledge about process engineering, the chemical and physical properties of foods, and how machinery works with food products? We are seeking a food science/engineering student or recent graduate to become part of a fast-moving start-up venture creating cutting-edge food and beverage products focused on children’s oral health. Your role will include working side-by-side with the two co-founders to refine product formulations for improved mouth feel, taste, shelf stability, and cost-effective production. This position will start as a volunteer role, with potential for growth into an equity-sharing position in the company, depending on quality of candidate’s contributions to company success.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, problem-solver, with strong teamwork and communication skills. You will get exciting opportunities not only to apply your technical skills, but to also learn about business planning, operations, and marketing.

Volunteers can work in NYC or remotely.

For more information on these positions visit the CSI database.

Cornell University is providing these opportunities as a courtesy and does not endorse the opportunities, employers, or organizations offering them. Applicants should research the employers, organizations, and opportunities before proceeding.

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The Match Corps is a one-year, full-time professional tutoring fellowship, where elite college and recent college graduates work intensively with students in small groups (1:1 or 2:1). Corps members not only provide academic support, but also build strong, meaningful relationships with students and families. Match Corps members are high-achievers with a relentless work ethic. Each corps member will have a personal caseload of students with whom they will work all year. They work tirelessly to ensure the success of their students. We currently have Match Corps: Chicago positions available in low performing Chicago public high schools.  To find out more about our Match Corps: Chicago, check out this link: http://matcheducation.org/match-corps/match-corps-chicago

Some members of the Match Corps want to teach for more than two years. These Corps members also take part in our Match Teacher Residency (based in Boston) and are trained to specifically work in charter schools. Here is some more information about MTR: http://www.matcheducation.org/join-us/match-teacher-residency-boston. We currently have a few more openings in our Match Teacher Residency program for passionate future elementary school teachers.

Peer Advisor Spotlight: Resources for Soon-To-Be Alumni

By Kae-Lynn Wilson, CALS Senior majoring in Animal Science

Hey seniors, are you ready?  We only have 23 days left as undergraduates. We’re almost free from all those prelims, papers, and finals! Well, I mean, unless you plan on going to grad school…or med school… or vet school (congratulations, by the way!)… or wherever it is that you’re going that still requires exams and papers.

For those of you who are like me and don’t immediately plan on more schooling, what would you like to do next? Are you going to take a year off and just relax? Are you going to travel? Do you have a job all set and ready for you? Oh yes, that dreaded 3-letter word:  Job.  Don’t panic! You’ve got time; and we are still here for you. We will not throw you out into the ocean of life without giving you a few floaties first.

The CALS Career Services Office has 6 main categories to help new alumni, which can be found here. From our Alumni Career Link, resume critiques, and job search appointments, the career services team can help you in person, over the phone, or online. If you plan on staying local for a little while, be sure to check out our career libraries or stop by our office to make an appointment with a career advisor.  You can get job search materials both in person or online, and be sure to check out the job postings on CCNet or Experience! The Career Services team will do their best to help plan your next step.  Call us anytime at 607.255.2257.

Take a deep breath. We’re almost there. And we’re going to do great things.

Interested in collecting and organizing Kodachrome slides of the operation of my flower shop?  I’ve kept picture records of all the installations throughout the country, from California to Maine to Texas and many states in between. We have been asked to document these great events in a book that illustrates how we have designed and constructed these parties. The person interested would have an opportunity to enjoy the country life on a farm that has formal European style gardens with greenhouses, horses, barn and pasture. We have a hillside dedicated to botanical plants. For a diversion  from the rigors of the collection of slides, you might help with gardening. It would be to your advantage to have a car because we are out in the country and you will need to find housing approx. 30 minutes from my house (several colleges nearby). But rest assured there are restaurants, bars and shopping within a few miles.  There is also a very nice library attached to the house that has hundreds of gardening books available to you.  The selected candidate will be paid $3,000.00 for the time spent here.   If interested, please send a resume to Jo-Lynn Buchanan, Jb44@cornell.edu.  She will then forward them to the alumnus, Don Vanderbrook.  The location of the internship is Claystone Farm, Newberry, Ohio. 

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Featured Internships – CSI Database 

Find more information on this internships as well as hundreds of others on the

CALS Specific Internship Database. 

Check out some of these postings in the CALS Specific Internship (CSI) database… 

PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP – NEW!

Cornell University – Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics

The internship is for 10 to 12 week, starting mid to late May.  Work study NOT required. There is also a possibility for continued work in the fall.

 The intern will work on project related to disease and insect resistance in tomato.  Project combines work in the field, greenhouse and laboratory.  

 We are looking for a motivated student, just finishing Sophomore or Junior year at Cornell, who desires an opportunity for real experience in vegetables and plant breeding.   We prefer someone who is majoring in Plant Science, or a biological major with experience/interests in plants/agriculture.  

For more information on this positions visit the CSI database.

Cornell University is providing these opportunities as a courtesy and does not endorse the opportunities, employers, or organizations offering them. Applicants should research the employers, organizations, and opportunities before proceeding.

Peer Advisor Spotlight: Postgraduate Survey and Report

by Katelyn Walley, CALS senior majoring in Animal Science

The end of the semester is almost here! Undergrads are busy filling out financial aid forms, scheduling classes for next year, and finalizing internship plans. Those lucky seniors are entering the job market or looking forward to more classes in graduate school, studying for that last final, and attending all of their last semester gym class meetings. Be sure to stop in our office at 140 Roberts Hall before you leave Ithaca for the summer if you are still looking for summer employment, internship opportunities, or full time positions. We would be happy to help!

Our office is busy wrapping up the 2012 Postgraduate Survey and the results will be posted soon. This comprehensive Postgraduate Survey is completed by graduating seniors regarding their post graduation plans. If you are graduating (or maybe already have) in 2013 (January, May, or August), it is important to remember to complete your 2013 Postgraduate Survey. For undergrads, this can be a useful tool for future use.

All personal information is kept confidential and the survey results are used for reporting purposes only. The survey results capture important criteria such as job title and employer, geographical location, salary, how the job was found, and much more. It also takes into account graduate school and the degree seeking, and job industry sectors. The survey results provide overall CALS information and are also separated by major.

On our website, we have reports for the past four years, and are used by a variety of constituents within and outside of Cornell. Current students use them as a career tool, prospective students and parents us them to see how Cornell graduates are faring in the employment and graduate school sectors, alumni use it to keep informed, and employers use them as a recruiting tool. As a senior, they can be used to “benchmark” yourself against you peers to evaluate your professional decisions.

I encourage you to take a look at current and past year surveys – there is a whole heap of interesting information available, and can be utilized at any stage of your Cornell career and beyond!

Performance Coatings International – 8 internship opportunities:

·         Technical Science Writer Intern

·         Business Plan Intern (4)

·         Landscape Architecture Intern

·         Chemistry Intern

·         Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Interns

For more information on these positions and directions on how to apply, go to CCNet.

At the Big Ten+ Graduate School Expo October 20 & 21, 2013, students will:

• Get an inside look at graduate school and the application process
• Receive advice about funding opportunities from experts
• Network with representatives from more than 75 of the nation’s top graduate institutions
• Attend a premier graduate school fair

This two day mini-conference is especially designed for students interested in graduate education in:

• Science
• Technology
• Engineering
• Mathematics
• Other science-related disciplines.

The Big Ten+ Graduate School Expo awarded more than $50,000 in travel scholarships last year.  Women and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to attend.

Visit www.purdue.edu/gradexpo for more information and to join our mailing list!