The National Park Service and partnering agencies will offer internships during the academic year of 2016-2017.  This notice covers the period January – May 2017. Internships are for 400 hours (usually ten weeks at forty hours per week) and in Washington, DC except where noted.  Stipends range from a total of $4800 for shorter positions up to $18,000 for longer-term positions; the position supervisor will have details on the stipend amount for a given position if you are called for an interview.  The exact starting dates will be determined on a case-by-case basis.  

To be eligible, you must be currently enrolled in an academic program in historic preservation or an allied field, or very recently graduated (degree received August 2015 or later).  Interns are not eligible to work more than 1200 hours in this program; previous interns in the program must stay within this overall limit.

Sample Job Postings (92 current open and available):

• Archeology Program
  
• Cultural Resources Office of Interpretation and Education
• Cultural Resources GIS
• National Capital Region, Anthropology
• National Capital Region, National Historic Landmarks Program
• Harpers Ferry Center, NPS Commissioned Art Collection
• Cultural Resources Office of Interpretation and Education, Youth Programs and Heritage Initiatives
• Park Cultural Landscapes Program
• Tribal Relations and American Cultures, Archives Assistant
• Midwest Archeological Center, Park Archeology Program
  

and more!

Deadline to apply is October 28, 2016. To download the full document of job listings & instructions to apply, visit job number 9287118 in UMBCworks.

For help getting started with your resume/cover letter contact the Career Center at (410) 455-2216, visit our drop-in hours from 2-4PM (M-F), or schedule an appointment in UMBCworks.

1 Peter 2:4 – “As you come to him, the living Stone – rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him…”

Everything seems to be in flux all around us. We hear about wars, rumors of wars, terrorism, economic uncertainty, and hearts melt with fear and insecurity. Sometimes we look to the world or national leaders and find that they too are up and down with every news cycle. Follow politics, and that’s even worse. What are we to do?

When nothing seems stable, let’s follow the words of the psalmist who said of God’s people, “They remembered that God was their Rock…” (Psalm 78:35). In another psalm, David asks, “Who is the Rock except our God?” (Psalm 18:31). And finally in desperation as his heart grows faint within him because of his situation, the David cries, “Lead me to the rock that is higher than I” (Psalm 61:2).

David knew that in the midst of uncertainty and attacks from enemies around him, God was unchanging and unmovable. And that was before the coming of Jesus to this earth to die for our sins so that we could have eternal life and a restored relationship with the Father, before Jesus rose again and ascended to heaven and sent us the promised Holy Spirit to dwell inside every believer and to enable us to walk in a manner worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus alluded to himself as the “stone the builders rejected [which] has become the cornerstone” (Matthew 21:42). Later on, the apostle Peter quoting the prophecy of Isaiah, referred to Christ in the following way: “See I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame” (1 Peter 2:6).

Praise the Lord! Jesus is our Rock and those who trust in him will never be put shame! What a wonderful promise to hold on to when everything upon which we might want to lean on seems to be giving way. Our God is the Rock! Jesus is the Rock! We can put all of our weight and care upon him! (Taken from Jim Cymbala’s daily devotional.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIy0Lbt9Is4

-AP