ELC Now Hiring Dream Job Positions

Attention all UCD students, the opportunity of a lifetime is finally here: to work at the Experiential Learning Center!  Join our dream team and tackle the important work of Experiential Learning.  You can be a part of the elite!  Don't let this opportunity pass you by . . . do work that you'll love and make your resume shine! Only available for those students eligible for work study. 


What are we looking for? 


Number one:  We need a dedicated, confident, and driven individual to join our ranks as a Front Desk Assistant.  The action is all at the front desk.  Field phone calls, manage calenders and projects in this exciting position.  The front desk assistent is the short stop of the office; everything comes here first.  Requirments include: a familiarity with Microsoft Office Tools, excellent communication skills (written and verbal), a positive attitude, great work ethic, and a collaborative mode of functioning.  Become a master of the universe and join us! 


Number two:  What we need is a media wizard to join the crème de la crème Student Media Team!  As part of this team, you will provide support for the ELC website, graphic design (print/digital), video, and social media.  You will also partake in what will become the next YouTube sensation . . . the Internator Project (coming soon).  Let your creativity thrive with us and be prepared for fame and glory.  Do you have experience with design for web, flat screens, Facebook, You Tube, etc.?  How about experience in web design basics, video basics (editing, motion graphics, Final Cut), social media and Adobe CS4?  Then WE WANT YOU!  Make history and join our team! 


Think that your up to the challenge?  Contact Tony Smith at (303) 556-2253 or email him at tony.smith@ucdenver.edu.  Better yet, stop by our office located in the Tivoli Student Center Suite 260

Week Four: Training Complete

          This week I spent the majority of the time working on the short blurbs I wrote about nine different companies.  I researched their various “about me” sections and mission statements, wrote short, 5-7 sentence paragraphs about each one and edited them once over.  Along with this, I printed out the certificates of the trainings that I did last week.  The only question left is where to hang this beautiful “Training Completion” certificate?

Week Three: Technical Difficulties

     Today, I got online to complete my trainings and found the computer wasn’t working.  I called IT multiple times only to find out that I will have to wait even longer to get the training done.  I then attempted to print something, but had to call the tech guys back (waiting on hold once again) to try and map my computer to print.  I have to wait for a tech guy to come out this Thursday to fix that problem.                   
     That aside, I did email Kris to get a list of people who I will be writing an article on (I’m excited to finally start writing after all the technical issues).  I read up on some more internship, co-op, and service learning material.  I looked through the student Intern files and took out some important information including interview question examples (which I compiled, typed up, and put in the Staff Writer File).  I also planned out my “Staff Writer” portfolio and ordered a very sharp-looking binder and fifteen colorful tabs to put in it.   

Week Two: I'm a Mac Man

Welcome to my journal!  Tracking a day in the life of an intern . . .

   

    Not only did I re-learn the complexities of the PC in all its slowness (I’m a Mac man), but I also learned many valuable things about how the Experiential Learning Center operates.  I read the FAQ’s, got my password information set up, and familiarized myself with the staff writer files.  I tracked down a few of the faculty members here and asked them what their job entails.  Through this, I started to get to know some of the people around the office.  I also saw how extensive the ELC web is.  I learned about advising, internships, volunteering, research . . . I even started asking myself, “what does this place not do?”  Overall, I learned a ton about the Learning Center and how it functions and I’m excited to contribute (as well as take advantage of the resources).    

Upcoming Volunteer Fair

“All of us have it within our power to get off the bench, get into the game, and make a lasting contribution to this nation."

–President Barack Obama, February 9^th, 2009  

• WHO: The ELC Along with Over 30 Organizations
• WHAT: The ELC hosts the UCD Volunteer Fair every   semester.  What does this mean?  It means that over 30 organizations will be on our campus connecting with students, faculty and staff.  Service coordinators from all of these organizations will be on hand to provide all of us with important part-time service opportunites.  What are you interested in?  You'll find it at the UC Volunteer Fair . . . it's the place to be!
• WHEN: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 from 10:30am-3:00pm
•  WHERE: North Classroom Atrium, Auraria Campus

For more information about this wonderful event, contact the ELC Service Coordinator, Kyra Tarbell. 

Week One: New Guy

Welcome to my journal!  Tracking a day in the life of an intern . . .

    Today was my first day.  I got oriented and met some new people around the Experiential Learning Center.  I attempted to find a faculty sponsor, but found that contacting faculty over the summer is not an easy task.  I then sat down to read about the internship process, and I was surprised to find out how extensive it is.  From a company’s standpoint, the argument for hiring interns seems overwhelming because of how cost-beneficial they are.  I never knew there was so much that went into internships. 

    There is a lot of material to learn, but I’m excited to meet new people, learn about the way the Learning Center operates, but most of all—start writing.

The Imaginarium of Dr. ELC

                In today’s ever-changing and highly-competitive job market, experience is becoming more and more important.  How many people, with a hot-off-the-press degree, complain about the hardships of finding a job without experience?  What if I told you there is a way you can get that experience, while still in school, so you can graduate with a hot-off-the-press degree and a pocketful of valuable experience?