Scholarships and Opportunities

Scholarships

Paul Christensen Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: July 5th, 2009.
Lamont Barrientos, Women’s Center Advisory Committee Member, generously offers this scholarship to a Women’s Center client for the upcoming 2009-2010 academic year. The scholarship will be awarded to a student who is enrolled part-time, studying toward an A.A.S. degree and has a G.P.A. of 2.0 or better. Funds may be used for tuition/fees (enough for one 3-credit course), books, or any other educational cost. Preference goes to those students residing in North Chicago, Waukegan, or Zion.

See the flyer for more information.
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The Jeannette Rankin Foundation
The Jeannette Rankin Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for, and awarding scholarships to, low-income women, ages 35 and older. Each scholarship recipient has a vision of how a college education will benefit herself, her family, and her community. Most recipients are in truly meager financial circumstances and may have other hardships or disabilities.
www.rankinfoundation.org
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Opportunities

Chicago Cares
Chicago's Largest Day of Service Needs You! June 13th, 6AM - 7PM
Sign up by Monday, June 8th.
Help Chicago Cares paint, plant, clean, organize and build at 40 schools across our city while we raise more than $800,000 to benefit Chicago Cares! You can be part of the 16th Annual Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon by starting a team of volunteers, registering as an individual or making a pledge to support a Serve-a-thon volunteer today. Want to meet someone with similar inter-ests? Consider joining one of our Chicago Cares teams!

We will meet at the College of Lake County by 6am, and take college vans with Alpha Alpha Pi and other college organizations to the Serve –a-Thon site. We will leave the city around 5pm to be home no later than 7pm.
Please see the attached flyer for more information.
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Planned Parenthood Volunteer/Internship
Summer volunteer/internship opportunities are available at Planned Parenthood. The website now features an online application tool for students to use. For more information please visit http://www.plannedparenthood.org/illinois or contact Danielle Pauk, Community Organizer, 312.592.6821.
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Part Time Personal Assistant/CaregiverNeeded
Assistant needed by stroke patient with limited mobility to help with:

• Assist with showering, dressing, and hair styling
• Help with walking and feeding of small dog
• Prepare breakfast and lunch
• Help with folding laundry
• Assistance with correspondence, etc.

Must have own transportation. Occasionally will take patient to therapy appointments and on errands. Gasoline will be provided by patient. Will need to exercise with patient (short walks) and assist patient with prescribed exercises.

If interested please call Lukan:
847-791-8363 (cell) or 847-543-1907
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Health Radio Program Project Manager/ Assistant Production Coordinator
Nutritional Institute is looking for a key individual to run and coordinate our exciting new “Health Talk Radio Show”. The show consists of Natural Health News, Practitioners, and Professionals that provide Health Education utilizing safe and non-toxic products, testing, and nutrition.

Detailed Job Description: Part-time health talk show program coordinator matches challenging position with an excellent environment. You will work closely with radio hosts and speakers and a variety of nutritionists and doctors. Job will require you to schedule the hosts and speakers, research and contact different nutrition experts, and give continuous updates to those involved with the project.

Needs excellent computer skills, multi-tasking skills, organization and attention to detail. Very busy fast paced position working with projects that have very short turn over requirements.

The Project Manager plans, directs, and coordinates activities of designated project to ensure that goals or objectives of project are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters.

Detailed Requirements as follows:
- Strong attributes for the position include; organized, high-energy, highly motivated, self-starter, creative thinker, independent, and flexible with leadership qualities
- Schedule health radio talk show hosts, speakers, and guests
- Planning and organizing project activities
- Write promotional announcements copy/schedule
- Work on location at station events
- Assist with training of new part time staff and clerical duties
- Must multi-task and manage multiple projects at once
- Strong written & oral communication skills
- Computer skills, including MS Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Sales background helpful
- Must be comfortable working in a dynamic, can-do, result-driven environment

Location: Grayslake , IL and your home office
Pay Rate: Incentive Compensation

Please send resumes to info@nieusa.com

For more information, contact:
Nutritional Institute
P.O. Box 7010
Grayslake , IL 60030
PH: (847) 223 7699
FX: (847) 223 5678
http://www.Nutritionalinstitute.com
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Outreach Specialist and Community Resource Specialist positions Would you like a career in social justice & women’s services?
Porchlight Counseling Services is a nonprofit organization that is focused on assisting college sexual assault survivors. We offer free, confidential, off-campus counseling to college students who have been assaulted. We also educate people on campuses and in the larger community about the issue of sexual assault.

We currently have positions open for a fill-time Outreach Specialist and a Community Resource Specialist. These positions are part of the Americorps/VISTA program. These positions are available in the Spring/Summer of 2008. These jobs will be headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, but will involve community outreach to Chicago and all the suburbs.

The ideal candidate for these jobs will be organized, self- motivated, a good communicator, and committed to helping sexual assault survivors.

For more information about Porchlight, please visit www.porchlightcounseling.org. For more information about the Americorps/VISTA program please visit www.arnericorps.org.

To apply for these positions, send a resume and cover letter to;
Laura Sabino, Executive Director
Porchlight Counseling Services
P0 Box 1080
Evanston, IL 60204
Or email it to: laura2iD@porch1ightcounselin.org
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Barnard Center for Research on Women
http://www.barnard.edu/bcrw/
Started in 1971, the Barnard Center for Research on Women has welcomed a wide range of visionaries and public intellectuals in recent years, including Anna Deavere Smith, Sister Helen Prejean, Winona LaDuke, and Lani Guinier. Along with their very fine lecture series and other such public programming, they have developed a delightful website which contains a number of features that can only be found in the virtual world. One such resource is the webjournal “Scholar & Feminist Online”, which was started in 2000. With a mix of essays and informed commentaries by such persons as Anna Quindlen, each issue takes on a different theme, such as the cultural value of sport. One of the other quite handy additional resources is the guide to New York City’s Women and Social Justice Organization.
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Center Assistant
Women’s Center
Northwestern University

Reports to: Director & Director of Programs for the Women’s Center

Job Summary
Oversees the financial and administrative operations of two Women's Center offices in the delivery of support services to students, staff and faculty. Is responsible for the Center’s resource and referral information, publications and website. Under general direction, assists the director and director of programs by performing the supporting administrative, clerical and financial functions of the center. Supervises three to four work-study students.

Position’s Scope
Manages departmental budgeting consisting of $385,000 including balancing, reconciling income and expenses and closing at the fiscal year end. Position and office serves students, staff and faculty. Must maintain and protect highly confidential information on students, staff and faculty. Will supervise up to four work-study students.
For more info please see the attached adobe acrobat file.
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Volunteer Position
The Women's Self-Employment Project is recruiting volunteers to fill the following position:

Position: Program Facilitator
Job Status: Part time

Qualifications: Student must be majoring in Business or Finance, or have relevant experience. Graduate students preferred, although will consider Undergraduate Juniors or Seniors. Experience in Small Business ownership or business management preferred. Teaching experience a plus.

Position Description: The Women's Self-Employment Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to assist low and moderate income women in the Chicago area achieve economic self-sufficiency through asset development and business building activities. In addition to business development and financial education classes, WSEP gives out microcredit loans of up to $75,000 for small women-owned businesses. The intern will help carry out this mission by facilitating weekly Financial ProForma class for groups of between 5 and 15 women. The evening class is 5 sessions long and held continuously throughout the year. There is a 1-2 week break between each class. The position is 10-15 hrs/wk. The Financial ProForma curriculum is the second part of WSEP's Entrepreneurial Education class series. The ultimate goal of the class is to help women finish comprehensive business financial statements and projections for their business plans. Topics covered in the class include fixed/variable costs, sales projections, pricing, break-even analysis and cash flow projections.

Please send or email cover letter and resume to:
Maddy Brigell
WSEP
11 S. LaSalle, Suite 1850
Chicago, IL 60647
Fs1@wsep.com
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