Earn your degree while exploring the world! Due March 15!!

The College of Information is accepting applications for the following study abroad and internship opportunity. This program offers students the opportunity to earn credits while getting to know the culture, customs, and history of another country.

June 2010 – December 2010

The FSU London Study Centre is pleased to offer two places in their Study Abroad and Internship Program, one with a focus on Library and Information Studies, one with a focus on Information Technology Administration.

Owing to immigration requirements, applications need to be processed as soon as possible. Thus the program has a closing date of March 15. All applicants must have a valid passport through 2011, and will be required to apply for an entry clearance visa immediately upon acceptance. This process will require submission of biometric data. FSU International Programs will provide guidance on the visa process upon acceptance.

The successful applicants will be provided with a comprehensive academic experience in which classroom learning will be complemented by a part-time work placement, six months free shared accommodation in central London, a stipend to cover essential costs, free online tuition, and the opportunity to take part in the free or subsidized F.S.U. trips to England and Europe. Students are required to take the three hour internship course LIS 5945 or 4940 in the summer and fall.  In the fall students must take an additional 3 credit course for a total of six credit hours. Undergraduates if selected may take one 3 hour campus-based course in London.  Graduate students can take an asynchronous College of Information course or DIS.  Students will work 20 hours per week in the library and spend equal amount of time on coursework.

Dates

The program lasts for six months from June 2010, until December 2010. Exact dates will be identified by the London Study Centre staff .  You must be a College of Communication & Information, School Library & Information Studies graduate student (for the library position). Undergraduate Information Technology students are considered for the IT position.  You must be enrolled this semester.

Applications are reviewed by the SLIS Information Internship Director and SLIS Director in consultation with other faculty.  Telephone interviews with London staff will be scheduled in the last two weeks of March.

General Requirements

The supervisory position requires previous coursework toward the completion of either the MLIS, or Specialist degree. A GPA of 3.00 or higher is mandatory.

Procedures:

Submit electronic versions of the following to Dr. Christie Koontz (Christie.Koontz@cci.fsu.edu) by March 15.

• A current resume.
• An unofficial transcript of CI studies.
• A brief statement of between 500–1000 words about why you have an interest in an internship in the London library position and contributions you think you will make to this internship site.
• Do NOT fill out the online application in Blackboard for the internship—the site is under development.

Additional Information:

General information about the FSU International Study Programs can be found at: http://international.fsu.edu/ .

Financial Aid Students

Keep in mind those stipulations of receiving financial aid when you consider if this internship is suitable for your current situation.  There is a time difference of five hours between FSU’s main campus and London. If you are signed up for courses this summer you may need to reconsider whether these courses are feasible with the requirement of the internship course and the time difference.

Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society is currently accepting applications for the 2010 summer internship program — ten weeks of exciting research and shared exploration. Application deadline: March 5th.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in identifying areas of potential improvement in operations by documenting and analyzing business process workflows.

• Assist in the preparation of feasibility studies for IT initiatives to include business case, cost benefit analyses and risk assessments.

• Assist in the development and organization of Service Level Agreements.

• Assist in the definition of project scope, requirements, and deliverables and develop, modify, or provide input to project plans.

• Analyze problems and issues presented by customers and recommends corrective action.

• Prepare meeting agendas and minutes.

Knowledge, skills and abilities, including utilization of equipment, required for the position:

REQUIRED/ENTRY-LEVEL KSAs:

Proficient with MS Office Suite.

OTHER KSAs:

• Knowledge of project management principles and methods, including cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, task planning and project communications.

• Knowledge of the methods of data collection and analysis and knowledge of basic management principles and practices.

• Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document work flow and other activities relating to the improvement of management and operational practices.

• Ability to organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents and other written materials.

• Ability to conduct fact find-solving techniques and ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.

• Ability to communicate effectively and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Other job-related requirements for this position:

Working hours:

(A) Range of hours in which the intern must set their schedule: Daily from 9:00am to 5:00pm

(B) Total hours in workweek (Interns must work at least 20 hours per week) 20 to 30 flexible

Required Background Checks:

Security Check: Oath of Confidentiality

Background investigation required

Background & fingerprint required

Fingerprint Investigation required

Drivers License Req’d

Send Resume to: eranderee@cci.fsu.edu

The Oglesby Union seeks an undergraduate web/media assistant working towards a degree in an appropriate area of specialization (Communications, Media Production, Media/Communication Studies, Marketing, Advertising, Information Technology, etc.).

The undergraduate media assistant will work with the Oglesby Union Marketing & Communications media specialist and Marketing & Communications Director to communicate the mission and market the programs and services of the Oglesby Union through the use of Internet and media technologies. The candidate should be familiar with editing HTML, social media (Facebook & Twitter, blogs, etc.), editing digital photos, photography/videography, and take an interest in learning and applying Internet based technologies. Some of the tasks and expectations of the web/media assistant include, but are not limited to the following:

€    The web/media assistant will work under the direction and supervision

of the media specialist in a webmaster role to maintain the web sites of the units comprising Oglesby Union.

€    The web/media assistant must be able to follow instructions, adhere to

policy guidelines.

€    Communicate effectively both orally and in writing, in such areas as

Public Relations duties for Oglesby Union events, and writing press releases and scripts for video production.

€    Work as a photographer and videographer to document various Union

events at various times and days. Manage Union¹s photography database.

€    Collect content from the various units comprising Oglesby Union to be

included on their respective websites. Help develop and maintain content for the Union¹s web presence.

€    Maintain Twitter and Facebook accounts. Work on social media projects

and campaigns as assigned.

€    Assist with developing electronic marketing strategies.

The undergraduate web/media assistant should have some familiarity with Adobe CS3 Dreamweaver and Photoshop, and some experience editing digital video (iMovie, Final Cut, etc.).  The undergraduate student assistant should be comfortable working with Macintosh and PC computers. Experience with graphic design and knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and InDesign is a plus, but not necessary. Interest in Wordpress a plus.

The undergraduate web/media assistant must be able to interact and communicate well with other students and represent the department to campus and non-campus groups effectively.

This position is ideally suited for a Freshman, Sophomore or first semester Junior student involved in some aspect of campus activities or student leadership. The position is an OPS part-time (up to 20 hours a week) position at $7.25 per hour.

Contact Ian Arnold, Media Specialist, Oglesby Union Marketing Department if interested in position.

iarnold@admin.fsu.edu 645-7166

Job ID:     6473416
Company Name:     Miami Children’s Hospital
Location(s):     Miami, Florida, 33101, United States

Worksite:     Hospital, Multi-Hospital System, Integrated Delivery
Apply URL:     http://www.mchr.com

Job Description

Miami Children’s Hospital is South Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children. This free-standing pediatric hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with several specialty programs ranked among the best in the nation in 2009 by Parents magazine. We have also been recognized as a Top 125 Training Organization for the past four years.

Job Summary

The primary objective of this position is to help design, develop and support MCH web sites for Intranet and Extranets, client servers and distributed software applications and systems.  The web developer designs, encodes, test, debugs, installs and maintains systems.  This individual is also required to work on diverse problems where analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of various factors as well as exercising judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results. Demonstrates knowledge in a variety of field concepts, practice and procedure standards. Functions at an advanced level in two or more languages, platforms and frameworks.  Individual is able to participate in developing recommendations for complex projects of diverse scope and can perform a variety of complex tasks independently.  While general supervision required for project direction is provided either by the project leader, Team Lead or the Manager, the individual must exercise his/her own judgment within loosely defined parameters in a dynamic environment.  Basic project management functions are required, including defining task, resource estimation, status reporting and project plan maintenance. The developer is responsible for providing technical direction and guidance to consultants, clients and other team members. The individual is accountable to continually enhance skills, knowledge and abilities so as to advance their professional knowledge and continually improve in their job role.  Other duties as assigned.

Job Roles

* Designs, develops and maintains MCH web application systems.  Encodes, tests, debugs, installs and maintain supported applications.
* Develops user requirement document, including use-cases, process flows and navigational maps.
* Designs, develops and maintains MCH web content using two or more desktop publishing/imaging applications:
o Photo Editing (Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro)
o Drawing (Macromedia Freehand, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw)
o Page Layout (Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign)
o Presentation (MS PowerPoint, Astound)
o Multimedia (Macromedia Director, Flash, streaming audio and video)
o Others (Adobe Distiller/Exchange, GifBuilder, GifConverter, 3D Studio)
* Works effectively on project teams, including:
o Participation in establishing deadlines and providing ongoing communication of progress to keep projects on track and on time.
o Assist project leader and department leadership in establishing project team goals, objectives and budge, and identify, coordinate and acquire resources to reach them.
o Assist project leader, Lead or Manager to establish project quality standards, monitor project status and maintain project plans on schedule.
o Provide ongoing performance feedback to project team members and contribute input to annual performance reviews. Serve as a mentor and coach to other team members in area of expertise. Serve as a staff preceptor.
o Prepares organized and concise written client deliverables and communicates project progress to clients in a timely and effective manner.
o Provides technical guidance to consultants and other team members regarding implementation requirements.
* Demonstrates continuous learning to enhance knowledge regarding new Internet and authoring technologies so as to advise and recommend future web site development direction.
* Demonstrates knowledge of networking technologies, including security and encryption on the Internet and basic networking concepts. Applies this knowledge to advance web development at MCH.
* Documents all work per IT standards.
* Demonstrates attention to detail so that code developed and deployed is bug free and meets the functional specification of the client.

Qualifications

* B.S. in Computer Sciences, Information Systems or a related major or at least five years of experience in Information technology in a technical role.
* At least five years of experience in web development, implementation and support.
* At least five years of experience in Information Systems development, implementation and support.
* Ideal candidates are skilled in web development using Sharepoint, .NET, ASP, HTML, Java Script, Java and Macromedia Flash. Must have working knowledge of :
o User interface design  (touch screen input experience a plus)
o Proficient in optimizing database transactions
o Familiar with building executables from source code
o Knowledge and advanced skill in dynamic or active web content and the use of one or more of the following: Perl, C/C++, CGI, ASP, VB Script, Apache, IIS, SQL Server or Visual Studio
o Working knowledge of XML
o Familiar with full life cycle software development
o Familiar with embedded development environment
o Proficient in one or more languages, platforms or frameworks
o Working knowledge of networking technologies, including security and encryption on the Internet and basic networking concepts
* Knowledge of web technology field commonly used concepts, practices and procedures standards
* Good interpersonal communication skills
* Good technical documentation skills
* Good time management skills

To apply, please visit www.mchr.com.