Part-Time Student Rural Memory and Place Scholar Internship, Center Rural Engagement

CENTER FOR RURAL ENGAGEMENT (BL-CFRE-IUBLA)

As part of the Rural Scholars Program, the Indiana University (IU) Center for Rural Engagement (CRE) improves the lives of Hoosiers through collaborative initiatives that discover and deploy scalable and flexible solutions to common challenges facing rural communities. Working in full-spectrum community innovation through research, community-engaged teaching, and student service, the center builds vision, harnesses assets, and cultivates sustainable leadership structures within the communities with which it engages to ensure long-term success.

The IU Center for Rural Engagement seeks a student for a project-based internship in partnership with Indiana Landmarks. The Scholar will interview and transcribe oral histories of some of the oldest Black residents in rural south-central Indiana and document locations of historic significance for digital mapping.

• Conduct oral history interviews and transcribe them
• Research and map locations of historical significance to rural Indiana history
• Participate in Rural Scholar leadership programming

• Currently enrolled as a student at Indiana University

• Experience with Geographic Information System (GIS) ArcGIS

• Valid driver's license with the ability to be insured by Indiana University

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority-setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in the area of specialty
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Ability to problem-solve

• Strong writing and editing skills
• Interpersonal skills, including trust-building, listening, and respect for complex histories

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without accommodation.

Rural Scholars commit to their internship for 1 academic year, from August until completion in May.

Bloomington, Indiana

This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule (mix between remote and in-person work), subject to change in the future based on university policy and business needs.

$15.00 per hour

Hourly hires are eligible for a $0.50 raise for each academic semester (Fall/Spring) that they continue with the CRE in their position.

8 hours per week

August through May

Part Time Employee

Nonexempt

Part Time Employee

Part Time Student Employee

Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.

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