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Archives for Bush Faculty Development Committee 1993-2002

New faculty 1993-2001

Faculty Development Grant

from the Bush Foundation

Nov 2002 - Nov 2005

Augustana College
Sioux Falls, SD

Augustana Internship Centers Update
9 Nov 2003

Denver

Minneapolis

Chicago

San Francisco

Washington, DC

International

[Also visit the Augustana Career Center.]

Within the current Faculty Development grant, one of the six overall emphases is entitled: Internships and the Expression of Liberal Thinking.
Click on these links for Summary concept, and for proposal Details (3a).
In addition, for convenient reference, an unofficial copy of the current version of the Registrar's Internships form is available here (as of Nov 2003). [If you need to get the free Adobe Reader first, click here.] However students should obtain an official printed copy from the Registrar's Office.

As indicated in the Summary, Augustana wishes to provide as many diverse undergraduate experiences as possible within a real-life application of liberal learning and vocational interest. These internship centers would also trigger faculty development in the sense of using distance learning methods and technologies to support the students while they are at the internship site.

From the Details (3a) link: By the end of the project, the college will develop at least five internship centers at various places around the country. These centers will be integrated into the College's funding capability by the end of the third year. Recruit 3 alumni in each geographical area, orient team, and place 2-5 students in each center per year.

Of the locations mentioned, we are proceeding initially with Denver, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Chicago. San Francisco and Washington, DC are likely next steps as we move toward developing at least five internship centers at various places around the country, within the three years of the grant.

Students
How to get started in pursuing an Internship in this program

The recommended procedure (current draft) grows out of suggestions from one of our Alumni steering committee members. This procedure will be updated periodically. In getting started, please become thoroughly familiar with this web site and with the Registrar's Internships form.

1. The student "applies for the program" by contacting the Faculty Development Coordinator (currently Arlen Viste), or the Dean of the College.
2. This application entails turning in a resumé and writing a letter of intent (indicating the student's top five or ten interests in an internship).
3. The student either chooses an internship that is listed on this web site or through links within it, or agrees to be paired with a professional (Alumni contact) in one of the internship metro area communities.
4. The Alumni Contact receives the resumé and application from the Faculty Development Coordinator and makes contact with the student by e-mail and/or phone.
5. The Alumni Contact is interested in helping the student make connections in the business world, and not simply in magically "getting them an internship." This means that the Alumni Contact will be interested and very helpful, but the final responsibility is the student's.
6. A plan is set for the time and manner in which the Alumni Contact and the student will move forward.
7. The student picks up the Internships form from the Registrar's Office, works with her/his Academic Advisor and selects an Internship Advisor, notes deadlines, and files the forms within those deadlines.
8. The Faculty Development Coordinator is kept fully informed as the process develops, through such means as CC: in e-mail.

The Alumni Contact, the Faculty Development Coordinator, and the student's Academic Advisor and Internship Advisor will work with the student as she/he develops plans for the Internship, but it is the student's Internship.

Denver Area Internship Center

An exploratory/organizational dinner meeting was held on 29 June 2003. Dick Hanson and Arlen Viste met with a group of Denver area Augustana alumni at the Holiday Inn in Northglenn, CO, on the near north side of Denver. Discussion and conversation around internship center ideas were encouraging and supportive.

The steering committee of the Denver internship center includes:
Kari Blanchard ('81), DigitalGlobe
Arvid Brekke ('47), former Augustana Regent, retired
Gregory Erickson ('86), Realtor
Dr. David Quissell ('66), Prof & Chair, Univ of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry, Department of Craniofacial Biology
Dr. Marilyn Stember ('67), Augustana Regent, Prof, Univ of Colorado Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing
Steven Stokes ('96), Special Event Supervisor, City of Northglenn
Cletus Thill ('70), VP National Sales, Last Word Mgmt, Omnivest

Sample Denver area internship opportunities for Augustana students
(Augustana students: for further details contact Arlen Viste
or Dick Hanson, and visit with your faculty Advisor):

Augustana Lutheran Church, Denver
   Internship in Senior Ministry and Parish Nurse
   Possible dates: Jan 5-24, 2004
   Internship in Music Ministry
   Possible dates: Jan 3-24, 2004
   Alumni contact: Arvid Brekke

DigitalGlobe, Longmont, CO
   Internship area: business/technical combination
   Applicable majors / minors: Physics, Computer Science,
      Engineering, Remote Sensing, Business, Pre-Law
   Particular interest in remote sensing
   Possible dates: Summer/Fall 2004
   Seniors preferred (Junior year completed)
   Internship description
   Alumni contact: Kari Blanchard

Univ of Colorado Health Sciences Center (School of Dentistry, Department of Craniofacial Biology, and others)
   Internship area: summer student-faculty undergraduate research
   Possible dates: 8-10 weeks in Summer 2004
   Summer after Augustana Junior year preferred.
   Strong students majoring in the sciences, particularly
      Biology, Chemistry, Nursing
   Alumni contacts: Dr. David Quissell and Dr. Marilyn Stember

One company is called Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver which is dedicated to working with young inner city girls in an after school program to teach them business and life skills. They routinely have interns and would be interested in an Augie student as well.
Alumni contact: Steven Stokes

Another company is called Leaders Challenge and is a high school youth leadership organization. The intern would work throughout the spring and/or summer and would work at Johnson and Wales University (a culinary arts/event management/marketing school) where Leaders Challenge will have their offices starting later this fall. Steven Stokes has been a contractor for this organization, and can guarantee that the student would work hard, but have an amazing experience! They could work part or full time in this position. They would work on student recruitment, marketing, event management, a fundraiser (black tie dinner), and the preparations for a leadership camp for high school juniors.
Alumni contact: Steven Stokes

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Internship opening at the National MS Society, Training and Resource Center in Denver. We are looking for a junior or senior student with excellent people and writing skills to assist with national donor development and recognition. The internship would allow the student to make contacts nationwide with fund development professionals, and experience working for a large non profit, in a very professional environment
Alumni contact: Ellen Hicks Penrod ('96)
National Corporate Development Coordinator, National MS Society

Urban Servant Corps
   A lot of the non-profit agencies that the Urban Servant Corps sends
   volunteers to are open to interns. They include places like a clinic
   for the uninsured, a women's agency that helps those formerly
   incarcerated, those with drug problems, etc., an agency that helps
   the homeless with food and finding a job, and many other places.
   Alumni contacts: Erin Kaspar ('02) and T. J. Kaspar ('02)

Other types of opportimities suggested by steering committee members include recreation management, sports and entertainment management, city government, not-for-profit management

Minneapolis / St. Paul Area Internship Center

An exploratory/organizational dinner meeting was held on 28 Sept 2003. Arlen Viste met with a group of Minneapolis area Augustana alumni at the Radisson Hotel South (I 494 and Hwy 100) in Minneapolis. Discussion and conversation around internship center ideas were encouraging and quite supportive.

The steering committee of the Minneapolis / St. Paul internship center includes:

Delores Wennblom Anderson ('53), former Regent, AAA Travel, Alumni Achievement Award 2003
Marlin Berkland ('72), GE Foundation, Controller
Dr. Carol Bland ('68), U of MN Medical School, Prof, Psychology, Regent, Alumni Achievement Award 1997
Mary Beth Blegen ('65), blueprint coordinator for Saint Paul Public Schools, 1996 Teacher of the Year, Alumni Achievement Award 1996
Mark Brodin ('88), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, sound designer
John Haglund ('83), 3M plant manager, Chemical Engineer
Dr. Darren Hovland ('92), Dentist
Dr. Cheryl Leuning ('72), Augsburg College, Chair of Nursing, former Augustana faculty, Alumni Achievement Award 2003
David Lillehaug ('76), Fredrickson & Byron, Attorney
Dr. Merle Loken ('1946), U of MN Medical Center, Prof Emeritus, Radiology, former Regent, Alumni Achievement Award 1976
Kari Sonnichsen Marshall ('93), Minnesota Orchestra, Artistic Administrator
Rev. Allan Negstad ('64), St. James Lutheran Church, Crystal, Pastor
Dorothy Nelson ('49), Alumni Council
Rev. Verlyn Smith ('50), former Augustana faculty, former Regional Director of Campus Ministry, ALCF Past President, retired, Class Agent
Benjamin Stone ('82), US Bancorp Piper Jaffray, Managing Director, Fixed Income Capital Markets, Horizon Award 1995
Jill Velure ('91), 3rd/4th Grade Teacher, Chaska; Class Agent
Dr. Mark Viste ('92), Medtronic, Senior Scientist, chemist
Scott Woelber ('89), Math Dept Chair, Edina High School

Internship opportunities are possible for January Interim and for Summer. In addition, a brief Internship during Spring Break may be possible, shadowing or observing the work of professionals. Some schools refer to this brief sort of experience as an externship. Steering committee members provide important networking, helping to identify and facilitate possible Internships for which Augustana students may qualify. They can also provide a friendly face and welcoming presence, helping the student to begin to feel comfortable in the Twin Cities environment.

Augustana students are encouraged to think about possible areas of mutual interest with one or more of the steering committee members. Then contact Arlen Viste or Dick Hanson, visit with your faculty Advisor, and obtain Internship forms from the Registrar. Student creativity is encouraged.

Examples of potential Internship sites include, but are not limited to:

3M Company
Alumni contact: John Haglund

Alebra Technologies
   Selected internships in the summer months for students interested
   in computer science, technology marketing, and/or finance
   Alumni contact: Gerry Fisher ('72)

Augsburg Fortress publishing house
Contact: Sandy Middendorf, HR VP; Beth A. Lewis, President & CEO

High Watermark Video
Alumni contact: Josh Reitan ('99)

Law-Related Internships & Networking Possibilities
   Alum Contact: Kari Jensen Thomas ('92), Associate Director
   for Career Services at William Mitchell College of Law and
   Minnesota Women Lawyers Board of Directors member

Medtronic
Summer Associates
Alumni contact: Dr. Mark Viste

Minnesota Life Insurance Company
   Alumni contact: Steve Thor ('84)
   Summer internship opportunities in the areas of Information Services
   (application development, Network Systems, Systems Engineering, etc.),
   Actuarial Science, and Management Services (a business management
   development area responsible for developing managers and supervisors)

Minnesota Orchestra
Alumni contact: Kari Sonnichsen Marshall

Minnesota School Boards Association
Alumni contact: Jan Rhode ('69)

Nonprofit Internships
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Springboard for the Arts
Alumni contact: Bjorn Arneson ('00), also housing advice

Piper Jaffray
Alumni contact: Benjamin Stone

St. James Lutheran Church, Crystal
   General ministry, youth ministry, or children's ministry
   Also look at ISAIAH and Faith in the City
   Alumni contact: Rev. Allan Negstad

St. Paul higher education budget internship
Alumni contact: Judy Borgen ('68)

Thrivent, Minneapolis offices
Alumni contact: Dorothy Nelson
Thrivent contact: Darcy Matz

VEAP (Volunteers Enlisted to Assist People)
   A non-profit organization serving families in need
   in Bloomington, Edina and Richfield.
   Internship areas: Social Services, Transportation, Food Shelf;
      PR, Communications, Computer work
   Alumni contact: Benjamin Stone

Chicago Area Internship Center

An exploratory/organizational dinner meeting was held on 12 Oct 2003. Arlen Viste met with a group of Chicago area Augustana alumni at the Chicago O'Hare Marriott. Discussion and conversation around internship center ideas again were encouraging and supportive.

The steering committee of the Chicago internship center currently includes:

Delores (Dee) Candia ('70), Admissions Area Coordinator for Luther College, former Augustana staff

Mario O. Candia ('81), Language Specialist, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, former Augustana staff

Blaine Crissman ('84), Prism Mezzanine Fund, Chicago

Gordon W. Engdahl ('72), The Dow Chemical Company, Corporate Risk Management

Katie Knutson Foutz (2000), Staff Writer, The Naperville Sun (daily newspaper), Class Agent

Rev. David P. Lerseth ('64), Director of Global Mission Support, ELCA, Class Agent

DrPH Carole A. Kobler Miserendino ('79), RN, Consultant, CAM & Associates

Rev. Jennifer Thomas ('94), Lake Park Lutheran Church, Milwaukee

Joel Vander Kooi ('98), Law School student, Valparaiso University; former Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand, later mission work there

Marvel Glinz Vander Kooi ('99), Elementary Teacher, Amabassador Academy, Gary, IN; former Church Youth Worker; former Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand, later mission work there

Internship opportunities are possible for January Interim and for Summer. Steering committee members provide important networking, helping to identify and facilitate possible Internships for which Augustana students may qualify. They can also provide a friendly face and welcoming presence, helping the student to begin to feel comfortable in the Chicago area environment.

Examples of potential Internship areas / sites include, but are not limited to:

ELCA, Chicago
Alumni contact: Rev. David Lerseth

Our Saviours Lutheran Church, Naperville
Augie grad Rev. Tom Grevlos is Senior Pastor
Alumni contact: Dee Candia

Many Internship opportunities in Modern Foreign Languages, especially Spanish, and in ESL
Alumni contact: Mario Candia

Chicago-based finance summer Internships
Business Administration, Accounting and Economics majors
Alumni contact: Blaine Crissman

Diocese of Joliet, two week mission trips from Chicago to Sucre, Bolivia
Alumni contact: Mario Candia

Suburban Chicago newspapers
Naperville Sun
Alumni contact: Katie Foutz

DuPage County Government
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Alumni contact: Katie Foutz

Public Relations firms in the Chicago area
Citizen Advocacy Center, Elmhurst, IL
Alumni contact: Katie Foutz

The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI
Alumni contact: Gordon Engdahl

Nursing Internships in the Chicago area
Alumni contact: DrPH Carole Kobler Miserendino, RN

Inspiration Cafe
Mission is to restore a sense of dignity, repect and community to homeless men and women and help them in their journey back to self-sufficiency
Alumni contacts: Marvel Vander Kooi and Katie Foutz

Hilltop Neighborhood House, Valparaiso
Hilltop's Mission is to enrich the quality of life by enhancing access to affordable health and child care, and by creating opportunities for meaningful participation in community life. Spanish speakers are needed.
Alumni contacts: Marvel and Joel Vander Kooi

Inner city Christian School: Ambassador Academy, Gary, IN
   Alumni contact: Marvel Vander Kooi
   Interns for the school's special classes, which are gym, computer,
   and Spanish. This school would provide a unique experience
   because it is an inner city Christian school.

Several congregations in Greater Milwaukee Synod ELCA
   Internships in Youth Ministry and other areas are available
   in these congregations.
   An urban ministry immersion experience is possible.
   Lake Park Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Pr. Jennifer Thomas
   Living Christ Lutheran Church, Germantown, Pr. Lester Spies
   Calvary Lutheran Church, Brookfield, Pr. Gary Liedtke
   Trinity Lutheran Church, South Milwaukee, Pr. Bill Mains
   St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Greendale, Pr. Carolyn Fredriksen
   First United Lutheran Church, Sheboygan, Pr. Gail Hermodson
       Youth Ministry, Senior Ministry, or a combination.
   St. John Lutheran Church, West Milwaukee, Pr. Donna Brown
   King of Glory Lutheran Church, Greenfield, Pr. Paul Bauman
   Galilee Lutheran Church, Pewaukee, WI, Pr. Joy McDonald-Coltvet
       General ministry intern or a parish nurse intern
   Parish nursing Internship at Kingo Lutheran Church, Milwaukee,
       and Hephatha Lutheran Church, Milwaukee
   Redeemer Lutheran Church, Plymouth WI
       Well-rounded internship experience or youth intensive
Alumni contact: Pastor Jennifer Thomas

San Francisco Area Internship Center

Dick Hanson met with a group of San Francisco area Augustana alumni in early February 2004.

Meetings and discussions included these Augustana Alumni:

Dr. Keith Bostian ('73), CEO, Iconix Pharmaceuticals

Nathan Hallanger ('98), Ctr for Theology and Natural Sciences (CTNS)

Rachel Halvorson-Hallanger ('98), Asst Dir of private K-8 school, Raskob

H. Eugene Hoyme, MD, ('72) Professor of Molecular Genetics, Stanford University medical school.

Gloria Hoyme ('73), Burlingame School District

Richard Pierson ('79), Software Development Engineer, Agilent Tech

Randy Starkey, MD, ('75) Neurologist, Associated Neurology Med Group

Jane Zaloudek ('72), financial planner, Kochis Fitz, Augustana Regent

Augustana students are encouraged to think about possible areas of mutual interest with one or more of these San Francisco area Alumni. Then contact Arlen Viste or Dick Hanson, visit with your faculty Advisor, and obtain Internship forms from the Registrar. Student creativity is encouraged.

Examples of potential Internship areas / sites include, but are not limited to:

Internship in Genetics at Stanford University, particularly during January Interim.
Alumni contact: Gene Hoyme MD

Special Education Internship, Burlingame School District
Alumni contact: Gloria Hoyme

Education internships
Alumni contact: Rachel Hallanger

Kinamed - laboratory work - Dr. Mark Hellerstyein and Dr. David Fenimen.
Health and medical careers - John Swartzberg, MD, MPH
Bayer Lab - Jill Detmer
Alumni contact: Randy Starkey, MD

Internships in technical areas
Alumni contact: Richard Pierson

Internships in:
   Church Music;
   Youth work in churches;
   Social service placements
Faculty contact: Alicia Vargas, Asst Prof of Contextual and Multicultural Studies, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley
   Alumni contact: Nathan Hallanger, CTNS

Washington, DC Area Internship Center

Dick Hanson met with a group of Washington, DC area Augustana alumni, 29 April - 2 May 2004. Possibilities for productive interaction with the existing Washington Semester program are also being examined.

Meetings and discussions included these Augustana Alumni:

Debra Anderson ('71), Consultant

Dr. John Hamre ('72), President and CEO of CSIS (Center for Stategic and International Studies), Augustana Regent

Dr. Carol Rae Hansen ('75), Foreign affairs/acad consultant, MacMillin & Sherbornne Pub Grp, Augustana Regent

Pr. Lyla Klee ('62), Director of Ministries, Messiah Lutheran Church

Dr. David Lynn Nelson ('64), Program Director, Solid-State Chemistry, NSF

Rita Robison ('80), VP Comm Real Estate Services, Spaulding and Slye

Ellen M. Pinholt, MD ('74), Lt Col US Army, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Augustana students are encouraged to think about possible areas of mutual interest with one or more of these Washington DC area Alumni. Then contact Arlen Viste or Dick Hanson, visit with your faculty Advisor, and obtain Internship forms from the Registrar. Student creativity is encouraged.

Examples of potential Internship areas / sites include, but are not limited to:

Internships at CSIS
Alumni contact: Dr. John Hamre

Dr. Hamre also suggests checking internships at:
The Urban Institute
The Brookings Institution (which is once again accepting interns)
The Heritage Foundation (which might possibly provide housing)
The American Enterprise Insititute

Internships at:
The White House
Congress
Governmental agencies (there are many)
Alumni contact: Debra Anderson

Internships at:
National Science Foundation
US Naval Research Laboratory (physics) - Michael Vilcheck
NIH, research arm
United Community Ministry (church careers)
Mount Vernon
Alumni contact: Pr. Lyla Klee, who has contacts at these agencies

Internships at:
World Wildlife Fund
National Association of the Red Cross
Catholic Relief Services
Sierra Club
Audubon Society
National Cathedral (needs docents)
Levine School of Music (music majors)
Byzantine Studies Program (Dumbarton Oaks) - focus on early Christian history
Women in International Security - at Georgetown
Library of Congress - summer intern program
League of Women Voters - takes interns
Corcoran Museum (docents)
League of Conservation Voters
NIH - grant procurement
AAUW
Alumni contact: Carol Rae Hansen, who has contacts at these agencies

Internships at:
Library of Congress - Thomas Imhoof
Alumni contact: David L. Nelson

Internships at:
Fort Dietrich (science and research - very competitive)
Walter Reed Research Institute
Alumni contact: Ellen Pinholt, MD, Lt Col

International opportunities

Initial direction --

Connections with the Lutheran World Federation and ELCA

LWF in Geneva, Switzerland

LWF regional US office

Young Adults in Global Mission - 1 year international opportunities

Global Mission Service with the ELCA

Alumni contact: Rev. David P. Lerseth ('64), Director of Global Mission Support, ELCA, Chicago, Class Agent

Last updated Friday, March 17, 2006

Send comments to Faculty Development Committee
klindell@augie.edu
or Arlen Viste
e-mail: viste@augie.edu