Want To Liven Up Your Winter Break?

Winter Break may seem like a long ways off, but honestly, daydreaming about snowball fights, hot cocoa, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is sometimes the only way I don't lose my sanity during times of academic chaos such as these.

Everyone gets excited about this mini vacation of ours for the reprieve it grants us from work and the swine plague. Try not to snooze all of it away, though. You'll miss out on the chance to partake in the annual Winternship (ah, who doesn't love a good pun?) Program, cosponsored by the Communications & Media Studies department and Career Services.

The Winternship Program offers students the chance to shadow a Tufts alum at his/her job in the media field for a week, from January 11 - 15th, 2010. Internships are offered at 26 different sites in Boston, NYC and Los Angeles. Participating companies include The Boston Globe, Walden Media, Paramount, TV Guide Network, Random House and World Leaders Entertainment.

All Tufts students (regardless of major or minor) are eligible to apply for a maximum of three internships. To be considered, you must submit the Student Application Cover Form, typed answers to the two short essay questions, a resume and an unofficial transcript to Career Services in Dowling Hall by 5pm on Wednesday, November 4th (hardcopies only). Additional information and application materials may be found here.

The Winternship Program is a terrific opportunity for Tufts students. It gives you the chance to learn about a particular field you may not have previously gotten the chance to explore, establish valuable connections with Tufts alums, and update that resume of yours so it looks all swanky just in time for the bevy of job interviews you'll be going on come spring.

...sorry. Did that last part freak you out? Forget I mentioned it. Go to your happy place: snowball fights!