Saturday, February 20, 2010 10am – 2pm Ripken Stadium Club Level 873 Long Drive – 2nd Floor Aberdeen, MD, 21001 Representatives from all Maryland-based Ripken entities will be on-site to interview for 2010 Spring/ Summer Internships! Internships in Sales, Baseball Ops, Game Day Entertainment, Camp Counselor, Retail & Merchandising, Video and Audio Production and much more! For a complete listing visit, www.ripkenbaseball.com and click on “Career Opportunities!” Questions? Call 410-823-0808

Your exciting NEW resource for connecting with internships in engineering and the sciences. The engIN is a collaboration between nine selective engineering schools: Bucknell, Dartmouth, Harvey Mudd, Lafayette, Olin, Smith, Swarthmore, Tufts, and Union. This means MANY MORE internships are waiting for you! How does it work? Go to https://engin-csm.symplicity.com/students and log in: Username: Your full email address Password: Your last name Complete required profile information and be sure to change your password Browse and apply to as many internships as you wish Set up “search agents” or check back regularly for more internships

Many opportunities listed on the BRIDGE, including: Deadline: Thursday, February 11, 11:59 p.m. STELLAService: Customer Service INTERN Deadline: Friday, February 12, 11:59 p.m. M & T Bank Corporation: Investment Banking Intern Deadline: Monday, February 15, 11:59 p.m. B. Braun Medical Inc.: R&D INTERN Summer 2010 Kings County District Attorneys Office: SUMMER 2010 COLLEGE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Dept. of Justice – U.S. Penitentiary Federal Bureau of Prisons: Summer and Spring Semester Case Management Interns Harpers Ferry National Historical Park: Education Intern Raytheon Co. (Integrated Defense Systems Bus. Unit): Various Engineering & Business Internships RBC Wealth Management: Summer Intern The Food Trust: Project […]

The goal of the Internship Challenge is to get internship opportunities for Bucknell students to apply to and acquire for Summer 2010. Be on the look out for internship opportunities as they come in throughout the semester. Check out the BRIDGE for new internship postings daily! For more information go to the Internship Challenge website If you have any questions, please contact the CDC (cdc@bucknell.edu)

By Mackenzie Horan ’11 When I applied for externships last October, I truly had no idea what I was in for. The application process was easy, I had time to spare over winter break, it might be nice to add to my résumé… None of my reasons reflected the amazing experience that lay ahead of me. I was assigned a two-day January externship with Matt Gay, the Associate Vice President of Advertising Operations at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO). We played phone tag for a week or so before finally making contact, but after our first conversation I remember thinking […]

One Time. One Place. The Washington DC Arts Scene.
Monday, February 15, 2010
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Harman Center for the Arts

610 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20004
(near the Gallery Place/ Chinatown Metro station)
Questions? E-mail sjameson@shakespearetheatre.org

“You may never have another time in your life to devote yourself fully to a nonprofit organization which exists to serve the greater good. Non-profits are desperate for the talents Bucknellians have, but few have the resources to pay us. Thanks to the generosity of the BPIP donors, we can use these skills for the betterment of our communities.” –Ian Hartshorn ’07, 2006 BPIP Internship Fund Recipient, The Global Interdependence Center BPIP Internship Fund Information Sessions: Tuesday, February 9, ELC 217, Noon – 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February, 11, ELC Gallery Theatre, 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Thursday, February 18, ELC 217, […]

Discover Alumni Relations & Career Development Center Explore Careers Find Alumni Prepare for Your Future at the… FIRST YEAR KICK OFF Friday, February 12th CDC—Botany Building Drop in any time from 10—1 pm FREE FOOD! Now that you are members of the Bucknellian community and B-Link, stop by the CDC and learn how to: Make good career decisions Effectively connect with alumni Use B-Link First 75 get a FREE 1 GB flashdrive with CDC handouts on it; Chances to win prizes for all! Hot chocolate bar, rice krispie treats, Winter popcorn and more…

Bucknell University Press is celebrating 40 years in publishing. Students, Faculty and Staff are invited to participate in a workshop on scholarly publishing on Tuesday, February 23rd, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm in the Traditional Reading Room of the Bertrand Library. If you are preparing a scholarly manuscript, seek a career in book publishing, or are simply interested in the process by which a book is made, join members of the Press and Bertrand Library for this illustrated and interactive workshop. We will describe and demonstrate the path from proposal to product, taking in matters of selection, evaluation, preparation, design, […]

On February 18th BFN will be hosting a day long event where we will be speaking with alumni and other professionals in various parts of the Finance industry such as Investment Banking, Private Wealth Management, Asset Management, Private Equity, and more. We will spend the morning (9 am -12 pm) at JPMorgan Chase and the afternoon (1 pm – 2:30 pm) at Goldman Sachs. The cost of the trip will be $10 per person to cover transportation by bus and lunch. This can either be paid in cash or charged to your BUID, see Kay Heimbach at the Alumni House. […]

When you are unsure of the path your education is going to lead you, not only can frustration set it quickly, but so can disappointment and the feeling of failure. As sailors had a method to navigate the mass expanse of the oceans blue, we too have many methods that can be helpful when trying to navigate career paths. Take advantage of the FREE self assessment tools the Career Development Center has to offer, such as The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Campbell Interest and Skill Survey, the Self Directed Search and the Strong Interest Inventory. These tools help you to: […]

Just found another interesting article to feed this debate: 3 Ways Unpaid Internships Pay Make sure you check out our last blog post…Get an unpaid internship or wait tables? …and let us know what you think!

This interesting article on CNN’s business section sparked an equally interesting debate. What to do when faced with making money or gaining experience at an internship? By Anne Fisher, contributorJanuary 28, 2010: 5:07 AM ET NEW YORK (Fortune) — Dear Annie: Please settle an argument. I’m a junior in college, studying engineering, and I have two choices for what to do this summer. One is, I could wait tables at the same upscale restaurant where I worked last year, and earn enough tips to pay my tuition for my entire senior year. The other option is, I’ve been offered an […]

Looking for a job in the nonprofit sector but not sure where to start?  Blue Avocado, a website for nonprofits, reviewed 33 nonprofit job sites and rated them based on different criteria.  Read the full post and download the entire directory as a PDF file!

Started in 2004, Bucknell’s Public Interest Program (BPIP) Internship Fund is supported by alumni and parents and provides $2500 stipends to underclassmen who have obtained unpaid summer internships with a nonprofit, public interest or government offices. This fund offers financial support for students who might not be otherwise able to work at an unpaid internship without the help of the fund. Q&A with Le’Andra LeSeur, 2008 BPIP Internship Fund Recipient Student Bio: Class: 2010 Hometown: Lilburn, GA Major: Business Management, Art and Art History Activities: Member of the Woman’s Basketball Team and Scholars in Service Intern at Atlanta Contemporary Art […]