LINC Project Manager Positions Available for Illinois Student Leaders

Apply NOW! Fall 2012 LINC Project Manager Positions (For graduate students and advanced undergraduates)

Consider this significant opportunity to acquire training and experience in project management and classroom facilitation while leading a real project of importance to a nonprofit community partner! There are many positions available to co-manage a LINC-Learning in Community section (ENG 315) with interdisciplinary projects related to social and environmental issues, engineering and technical problems, youth development, education, community health, international development, and more! [See the University's online course schedule for meeting times for each section.]

Project Managers earn 4 credit hours for ENG 498/598: LINC-Applied Project Management and facilitate the regularly scheduled ENG 315 sessions for one of the projects. They assess student work, coordinate communications with the partner, manage the project, and participate in a weekly training meeting with other Project Managers (W 12:00-12:50 OR W 4:00-4:50). ENG 498/598 counts as a pre-approved elective for the Leadership Studies Minor.

To join the LINC team, complete the brief online application: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/9593703. Please apply ASAP. Interviews begin April 9. Project Managers participate in specialized pre-semester training in the Graduate Academy for College Teaching (Aug 20-21). For more information, see http://linc.illinois.edu/. For questions, contact Bruce Elliott-Litchfield (b-litch@illinois.edu) or Valeri Werpetinski (werpetin@illinois.edu).