Opportunities for Majors
Publishing Internships for Students in the Boston Area
Networking with BU Graduates
To network with BU graduates, go to The Office of Career Services online at the Career Services Website. Then click Career Advisory Network.
The Career Advisory Network has been put together by BU alumni and comprises more than 5,300 alumni advisors worldwide who assist fellow alumni and BU students via peer-to-peer networking, information sharing, mentoring, and more. A wide variety of industries and locales is evident on the network, including many that would be of interest to English majors—for ex. publishing.
Paid Research Opportunities at BU for Undergraduates:
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is a University-wide program that helps students locate faculty-mentored research projects and provides financial support for many such research projects.
Students who receive funding will typically perform 15-20 hours of research per week and are encouraged to apply for one of UROP’s awards, which are described below:
1. Faculty Matching Grant (FMG): up to $1,000 paid by UROP, and the remainder (e.g., $1000) paid by faculty mentor’s department/grant directly to student as a stipend
2. Student Research Award (SRA): up to $2,000, paid entirely by UROP directly to the student as a stipend
3. Funded Research Opportunity Grant (FROG): awards up to $750 for research supplies, transferred directly to faculty mentor’s department/program.
UROP’s spring application deadline is usually in December; its summer application is usually in March. Visit UROP’s website to download the UROP application and to acquaint yourself with the application deadlines as they come up.
Call (3-2020), email (urop@bu.edu) , or visit the UROP office (143 Bay State Road) with any questions.
A list of some summer research opportunities outside of Boston University is available here.
Opportunities to Teach
Opportunities to teach with only a BA are out there. Private schools–primary and secondary–do not require an education degree or state certificate. Every year a recruiting firm for private schools (Carney, Sandoe & Associates) offers an information session followed by job interviews on campus. Carney, Sandoe & Associates has placed 23,500 teachers and administrators in private schools since 1977 and has thousands of positions available in all primary and secondary subjects. Moreover, all services are free to the job-seeking candidate.
Contact information:
Sean Stubblefield
Associate Director of Recruitment
Carney, Sandoe & Associates
136 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: 617-542-0260
Fax: 617-542-9400
Email: sean.stubblefield@carneysandoe.com
Carney, Sandoe & Associates
Teach for America. Check www.teachforamerica.org/ For high school graduates, they provide room and board and a stipend. For college graduates, there are fully paid teaching positions with benefits. In addition, at the end of two years, you will receive a sum of money (a few years ago it was around $10,000.) which may be used for graduate school or to repay student loans. The deadline for applications is usually in February. Minimum GPA for graduates is 2.5. (The average GPA of those accepted is 3.5). If accepted, many professional schools will defer your acceptance for two years. Also, during the 2-year period, you can have your loans deferred.
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The MATCH Corps, a highly selective one-year urban education fellowship, is looking for top-notch seniors who are interested in joining next year’s Corps. To apply, just fill out the form that is available on the website: www.matchschoool.org/matchcorps/marchcorps.htm
The MATCH Corps program began in 2004 and is the first of its kind in the nation. The Corps is a group of 135 top recent college graduates who work one-on-one with six to eight MATCH High School, Middle School, or Elementary School students each day for an entire academic year. Corps members live together in apartments nearby the Middle School and Elementary School, and in a dorm on the top floor of the High School. All three schools are open-admission Charter Public Schools in Boston, MA. This full-time service year program is designed to fully close the academic Achievement Gap between minority students and their non-minority peers, one student at a time. Each Corps member works to guarantee the academic success of MATCH students while building personal relationships. Corps members also undertake secondary projects such as serving as teaching assistants, and may also coach teams and power extracurricular programs.
We also offer an optional teacher training program called MATCH Teacher Residency. In MTR, Corps members receive additional training on the weekends with the aim of becoming unusually effective first year teachers in high-poverty schools. Graduates of MTR go on to teach at some of the most highly regarded charter schools in the country and tend to outperform other rookie teachers in the classroom.
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A recent graduating English major was able to find an excellent opportunity teaching ESL abroad (with only the BA in English) with the help of a consulting firm called Jeju ESL Consulting.
He writes: “I worked with the very helpful, trustworthy recruiting agency called Jeju ESL Consulting . I’d definitely recommend them; it seems middlemen are the main way of landing something over there .” You can read up on Jeju ESL Consulting firm by going online: jejuesl.com