"I learned about the country, but more than that I learned many things about myself. It is a great experience of personal growth."
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In 2001 the University of Washington established a Rome Center Student Internship position. In 2009 it was named the Trina Deines Rome Center Internship, in honor of Rome Center's Director Emerita.
The internship position is designed to provide University of Washington students with practical experience working in an office environment, affording them the unique opportunity for prolonged contact with a cultural environment other than their own. This single Internship position is especially suited to a student working on Italian language studies or on another independent study topic which would be enriched by study in Italy. The Rome Center Student Internship position is outlined below.
GENERAL TERMS:
Dates: One year, starting in July
20-hour work week
Flexible hours; some hours required outside normal office hours.
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS: UWRC internship applicants must have already participated on a UW study abroad program based at the Rome Center.
Interns must be enrolled as students for the duration of the internship. (This means that students who have already graduated are not be eligible.)
Interns may arrange to do independent study while in Rome and a UW faculty member needs to oversee this independent study. Interns have registered via "Concurrent Enrollment" through the Office of International Programs and Exchanges (IPE). This requires a UW faculty member to oversee independent study, but for more info please visit the IPE office, Room 459 Schmitz.
Email: ipe@u.washington.edu. Phone: (206) 221-4404.
WAGES & HOUSING:
Studio apartment at Rome Center provided (includes all utilities except phone)
$400 monthly stipend
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
Study visa (long-stay, multiple-entry type) for 1 year
Basic understanding of spoken Italian
Basic understanding of computer hardware & software
Submit application form
JOB DUTIES:
Library & computer lab assistance (monitoring computer lab & library, assisting work study students, shelving & cataloging library materials and providing general assistance)
Help students get settled, integrated into life in Rome
Assist staff and faculty (setting up classrooms, problem-solving, handling keys and deposits, assisting with A/V equipment, etc.)
General office assistance (errands, filing, distributing mail, photocopying, etc.)
Other (as assigned by supervisor; Student Intern reports to Rome Center Associate Director)
Previous student interns have thoroughly enjoyed becoming "Romans" for a year, and we have loved their enthusiastic and capable assistance. If you are interested in this position, please feel free to write and ask for more information and an application.
Please contact:
Jennifer Wilkin, Associate Director
University of Washington Rome Center
Piazza del Biscione 95, 00186 Rome
Tel. (011-39-06) 686.8807
Fax (011-39-06) 6880.2849
Email: wilkin@u.washington.edu
Campus address:
Office of the Provost/Rome Center,
Box 351237
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