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Nourish International is seeking interns for its Spring 2010 internship program. Interns will work closely with full-time Nourish staff to expand and perfect Nourish’s model.

Anyone with a high school degree is eligible to apply. To apply, send a resume and cover letter toallie.treske@nourishinternational.org by Wednesday, November 18th by 5:00 pm. Be sure to mention the position for which you are applying. Internships are volunteer experiences.

Applications are to participate with the National Office of Nourish International.  Nourish's UNC Chapter can be contacted by email Jonathan Tarleton at jtt11@email.unc.edu.

A complete list of the positions is available below.

About Nourish International- Nourish International is one of the Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative's earliest success stories. Founded at UNC as "Hunger Lunch" in 2003 by Sindhura Citineni, Nourish International received inspiration and assistance from CEI's programs and community to develop into a nonprofit venture. It incorporated in 2006 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on eradicating poverty worldwide. Nourish works with students on 29 campuses in the United States. This summer, Nourish sent 60 students to work on community development projects with partners in 8 communities world wide. In 2008, Nourish received the North Carolina Peace Prize for excellence in cross-cultural solutions and sustainable development. For more information, visit www.nourishinternational.org

Positions:

PR Coordinator

Commitment: 10 hours a week
Skills needed: Excellent communication skills, organizational and planning skills
Description: This volunteer will work side by side with Nourish staff using social media and publicity campaigns to raise awareness about the organization.  The PR assistant will be given leadership in designing and planning fundraising events.
Positions available: 1

Special Projects Intern

Commitment: 10 hours a week
Skills needed: Strong writing skills, organizational and planning skills
Description: The Special Projects Intern will be in charge of up keeping Nourish databases, and developing an Exit survey. The intern will also be involved in some grant writing.  This position is ideal for people interested in gaining experience in grant writing and non-profit management.

Positions available: 1

International Projects Coordinator

Commitment: 10 hours a week
Skills needed: Strong communication skills, research and organizational abilities
Description: The International Projects Coordinator will work closely with our community partners abroad and student chapters.  They will facilitate plans for the each partnership to implement a sustainable development project in Summer ’10.

Positions available: 1

Chapter Founders Team Members

Commitment: 10 hours a week
Skills needed: Strong communication skills, ability to work closely with others

Description: Chapter Founders Team Members will be integral to the expansion of Nourish International.  They will contact faculty and staff from our target universities to publicize our program.  They will also recruit applicants to our Chapter Founders Program and guide them through the process.

Positions available: 3

Web and Marketing Intern

Commitment: 10 hours a week
Skills needed:

Requirements:

• Solid understanding of HTML concepts, with examples of past projects
• Experience working with CSS and PHP
• Aptitude towards problem solving
• Interest in learning new skills, technologies

Plusses:

• Knowledge of Flash Actionscript and MySQL databases.
• Image processing experience
• Project management experience

Description: The Intern will work closely with nourish staff in assisting with web and graphics projects. This position is ideal for people interested in web design and programming.

Positions available: 1

Chapter Support Intern

Commitment: 10 hours a week
Skills needed: Excellent communication and organizational skills
Description: The Intern will work side-by-side with Nourish staff assisting with chapter support, communicating with student leaders, and developing fundamental chapter documents.

Positions available: 1

This fall, Nourish has five awesome interns that will be working on a variety of projects within the National Office.  We're thrilled to have them working with us. Meet them and read their bios below!

Julie Jenkins- Public Relations Intern: Julie is a senior Journalism and Mass Communications major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She is also pursuing minor degrees in entrepreneurship and English. She hopes to one day work in the nonprofit sector. Julie currently serves as the Public Relations and Marketing Chair for UNC’s Relay for Life, a yearlong fundraiser benefiting the American Cancer Society.  She began interning with Nourish in January 2009 as a member of the fundraising team and now works as the Public Relations Intern.

Amanda Conklin- Chapter Coordinator Intern: Amanda Conklin is the new Chapter Coordinator Intern at Nourish. She is a sophomore at UNC- Chapel Hill and is majoring in International Studies. She is is also involved with Student Government, Millennium Village Project, and Model United Nations on campus. After graduation, she would like to pursue a career with the Foreign Service sector of the State Department

Allie Treske- Chapter Founders Intern: Allie is the Chapter Founders Intern at Nourish's National Office. Allie joined Nourish in January 2009 and continues to work on recruiting new chapters at universities around the country.  A senior double major in political science and international studies, Allie hopes to continue working in the non-profit sector post graduation.  Outside of Nourish, Allie is involved in a variety of activities, including TA-ing for UNC's Great Decisions Committee and flipping around with UNC's Club Gymnastics Team.

Michelle Rugel- International Projects Intern: Michelle Rugel is a Junior International Studies and Political Science double major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  This year she is one of the Co-chairs for The Millennium Village Project, a student group out of the UNC Campus Y.  She is also co-leading the Latino Issues Alternative Spring Break trip through APPLES, a student-lead program that builds sustainable service learning partnerships between students and communities.  Michelle has been an intern at Nourish International for over a year, working on the Chapter Founders program as well as working with community partners to develop a project database.

Kristin Elliot, Special Projects Intern: Kristin Elliott is serving as Nourish's Special Projects intern. She is a near graduate of UNC-CH's Performance Studies Department and is a local actress and artist.

On September 17^th, Nourish International partnered with Carolina HopeFest for a five hour benefit concert featuring acclaimed singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson and the Grammy Award Winning Indigo Girls.  Other performers included Christa Wells, Jon Shain and the Mumbling Beefheads. The weather was gorgeous and the event was a huge success!  Thanks so much to our sponsors:  iContact and 518 West.

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls                                                                                                       Matt Nathanson