Special Opportunity for Students:
The National Council Fellowships:
Washington, DC Summer Internship Program
May 31 - August 5, 2011
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations' Washington, DC Summer
Internship Program offers undergraduate and graduate students a
ten-week professional, academic, and career opportunity internship in
the Nation's Capital. The program features an energizing and demanding
mix of professional involvement, intellectual challenge, career
exploration, and cultural encounter designed to provide interns with a
rich and varied experience during their time in Washington.
* Professional workplace experience: Interns are placed with one of
over a dozen Near East and Arab world related organizations in
Washington, D.C., where they are expected to work 35-40 hours/week
under the direct supervision of their host organizations.
* Academic seminars: Interns take part in twice weekly seminar
sessions designed to provide them with greater depth of knowledge about
the Arab world, to underscore the cultural, economic, and political
diversity of Arab states, and to explore the intricacies of Arab-U.S.
relations.
* Site visits: Interns are offered a behind-the-scenes look at many
of the central institutions of federal government, national security
policymaking, international diplomacy, and international business.
Sponsorship: The program is administered by National Council
professionals and staff, together with more than two dozen of America's
foremost scholars and leading foreign affairs practitioners. The
programs, activities, and functions represented by the organizations
and corporations that provide the professional work experience
component of the program are varied. Included among placements in
recent years have been educational development and exchange
organizations, bimonthly and quarterly publications, humanitarian
relief groups, broadcasting networks, area studies centers,
international transportation companies, foreign trade associations,
peace and justice advocacy groups, and a variety of non-governmental
organizations.
June 1 - August 6, 2010
About the Program
The National Council's Summer Internship Program offers professional
work experiences combined with twice weekly evening seminars that bring
academic experts and experienced foreign policy practitioners to meet
with the interns in candid off-the-record discussions and free-wheeling
question and answer sessions. Our goals are: (1) to provide a realistic
Washington, D.C. work experience that will pave the way to career
development; (2) to provide interns with firsthand experience
behind-the-scenes of the foreign policy analysis and advocacy process
in Washington, D.C.; (3) to provide a strong academic component dealing
with U.S. political, economic, and cultural relations with Arabia and
the Gulf region; (4) to help participants begin the process of career
networking by introducing them to working professionals in government,
business, journalism, and NGOs; and, (5) to highlight the wide range of
career opportunities awaiting those who aspire to work in the field of
U.S.-Arab relations as well as to provide counseling on the graduate
school and fellowship application process.
As complements to the program, interns will also be exposed to D.C. in
a less formal manner via films, cultural events, embassy and museum
visits, off-the-record conversations with former diplomats, group
dinners, and suggestions for exploring the sights and sounds of
Washington, D.C. This allows students not only to experience living and
working in the city but also encourages them to appreciate the cultural
diversity of the urban environment and the exciting cultural,
educational, and recreational opportunities available in the Nation's
Capital.
Cost and Fellowship Stipend
A $125 non-refundable program fee must be submitted with the
application. This fee helps to defray the costs of administering the
summer internship program and the accompanying seminar presentations.
Internship program participants, upon successful fulfillment of the
program's academic and internship requirements, receive a $1,000
fellowship stipend.
How to Apply
Interested undergraduate or graduate students should send a letter of
interest (1-2 pages) to the National Council office by mail or e-mail.
This letter should provide basic information about yourself, your
interests, previous course work related to politics, economics, foreign
policy, and the Middle East, and some indication of the type of
internship that would most interest you. Please recognize that this
letter of interest is a vital part of the application and serves as the
National Councils introduction to the potential intern. It deserves
significant time and attention and should not be a cursory addition to
your completed application packet.
In addition, the National Council asks that you submit:
1) A double-spaced essay (no more than 2-pages in length) on the topic:
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Arab World: Successes, Failures, and Future
Prospects
2) A resume or curriculum vitae
3) Transcripts of all university-level work
4) Two letters or recommendation, at least one of them from a faculty
member who knows your work well
5) A signed Internship Program Application [link below and available at
ncusar.org]
6) $125 non-refundable program fee
Special preference will be given to applicants who have participated in
the National Councils Model Arab League program, but this is not a
requirement for selection as an intern.
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATION:
ncusar.org/programs/11-NCUSAR-Summer-Intern-Program-Application.pdf
All materials should be submitted by mail delivery service (UPS or
FEDEX) to the National Council office by March 18, 2011. Application
materials may be submitted as e-mail attachments but hard copies of all
documents with original signatures should also be submitted by mail or
delivery service. Applications submitted after the March 18 deadline
will only be considered on a space available basis.
Program Accomplishments
Nearly 200 students have participated in this program to date. Some
have joined the U.S. Foreign Service. Several work as staff to Members
of Congress or congressional committees dealing with matters of foreign
policy. Many have proceeded to graduate school to obtain their masters
degrees or doctorates in international relations with an emphasis on
the Arab countries, the Middle East, and the Islamic world. Some have
been employed by the National Council and other non-governmental
organizations. Still others have become professional foreign affairs
journalists. These are just a few of the opportunities that program
alumni have encountered.
2011 Summer Internship Program Leaders
Chairman: Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founder and President, National
Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown
University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies; and consultant to the
U.S. Departments of State and Defense (since 1973 and 1974,
respectively)
Director: Dr. James Winship, Vice President, Programs - National
Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; National Council Malone Fellow in Arab
and Islamic Studies; and former longtime Professor of International
Relations and Model Arab League Student Faculty Adviser at Augustana
College
Coordinator: Ms. Megan Geissler, Programs Coordinator, National Council
on U.S.-Arab Relations
Housing
Estimated cost for ten-weeks of student housing in Washington, D.C. is
$2,000 - $2,500, not including meals and incidentals. Detailed
information will be provided to assist interns in locating reasonably
priced student housing at area universities or other student housing
facilities. Many National Council interns choose to take advantage of
the summer housing programs at George Washington University because of
its central location and the large summer intern community that gathers
there.
About the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
Founded in 1983, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations is an
American non-profit, non-governmental, educational organization
dedicated to improving American knowledge and understanding of the Arab
world. The Council has been granted public charity status in accordance
with Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All
contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
The National Council does not employ or retain a lobbyist.
Vision
The National Council's vision is a relationship between the United
States and its Arab partners, friends, and allies that rests on as
solid and enduring a foundation as possible. Such a foundation, viewed
from both ends of the spectrum, is one that would be characterized by
strengthened and expanded strategic, economic, political, commercial,
and defense cooperation ties; increased joint ventures; a mutuality of
benefit; reciprocal respect for each other's heritage and values; and
overall acceptance of each other's legitimate needs, concerns,
interests, and objectives.
Mission
The National Council's mission is educational. It seeks to enhance
American awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the Arab countries,
the Mideast, and the Islamic world. Its means for doing so encompass
but are not limited to programs for leadership development,
people-to-people exchanges, lectures, publications, an annual Arab-U.S.
Policymakers Conference, and the participation of American students and
faculty in Arab world study experiences. As a public service, the
Council also serves as an information clearinghouse and participant in
national, state, and local grassroots outreach to media, think tanks,
and select community, civic, educational, religious, business, and
professional associations. In these ways the Council helps strengthen
and expand the overall Arab-U.S. relationship.
National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
1730 M St. NW, Suite 503, Washington, DC
Phone: 202-293-6466 | Fax: 202-293-7770
ncusar.org
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