Sorry, folks–when we’re six people it seems a bit redundant to post! I think we all know what we’re doing on THURSDAY of this week, now–determining our grant winner. Just so you know what to expect, the “4150 Grant Proposal Evaluation Form” is HERE. This is what you’ll fill out for each application, anonymously. We will also write a class press release about the whole project. Last year this made it onto the Newark Advocate front page–you can see the article they wrote after receiving our release under “News” on my website, here: https://u.osu.edu/weiser.23/news/
On TUESDAY, then, we’ll do a few things:
- Discuss the President’s and Dean’s messages on campus climate, just out this weekend, and how we fit into that campaign for a campus climate of respect in our divided nation. We’re really doing something useful with what we’re now going to call the “listening to diversity” project. In fact, if this works, I’m thinking we could be a model as people around the university talk about what to do to improve climate for everyone.
- Check in on where your spring internship stands. I’ve heard from most people and will write back the stragglers before class if necessary.
- Move into our final “project,” which we’ll continue into the spring but start now, which is your professional profile. This will include eventually your resume, web e-portfolio of work, and a LinkedIn profile to start networking. Since we’ll look at resumes with our Career Development Specialist before Thanksgiving, I’ll have you read “resume stuff” over next weekend, so for tomorrow look at cover letters. Link to some pages from the ever-helpful Writing that Works are here to read: RESUME–The Cover Letter. If you did not take Business Writing, the pages from the even more helpful Business Writing Today are also very useful:cover-letter-writing. What would a cover letter to your internship site from you look like? I’ll have you write a POST for your blog site that drafts the letter–get started on it whenever you have time. We’ll look at drafts in class after Thanksgiving, most likely.