Learn more about the Estenson Summer Internship Program. Spend the summer
working with an entrepreneur in a small business owned, managed, or suvervised
by St. Olaf College alumni.  Students are provided with an orientation to the
entrepreneurial process of nurturing ideas, articulating a vision, and building a 
business strategy.  This opportunity is exclusively for St. Olaf students of all 
classes and majors! Competitive wages offered.
Visit  http://www.stolaf.edu/services/cel/Estenson.html for more imformation.

In this week's e-newsletter . . .

Career Opportunities
Federated Mutual Insurance Company, Fund for Public Interest Research

Internship Opportunities
Grass Roads Restoration LLC...

Summer Jobs
SportsLife Camps

Workshops
Princeton Review GRE Preparation...

Events
World Wide Service Fair, Meet the Pros

Job Humor
Elevator Rules (a mini-series)

Career Opportunities

Federated Mutual Insurance Company
Positions:   Actuarial Analyst, Associate Accountant, Business Application
Programmer/Analyst, Claims Representative, Sales/Marketing, Underwriter -
Commerical Accounts Analyst   
To apply, submit your resume via OleRecruiting

Fund for Public Interest Research
Fund for Public Interest Research helps some of the top progressive groups in
the country wage the campaigns that help preserve our environment, protect 
human rights, clean up politics, and challenge corporate power. They are hiring 
smart, passionate students as *Citizen Outreach Directors* to run their regional 
field offices across the country next year -- running campaigns for groups like 
the Sierra Club, the Human Rights Campaign, Save the Children and the State
PIRGs. This is a full-time, post-graduate job opportunity.
Application deadline: Wednesday, February 28     
Information session: Wednesday, February 28
6 p.m., BC 142   
On-campus interviews will take place the next day, Thursday, March 1. Students 
can apply on-line thru OleRecruiting!

Internship Opportunities

Grass Roads Restoration LLC
Native Plant Landscape Technician
Gain experience utilizing native plants in both large-scale and traditional landscape settings and in habitat resoration projects in St. Paul and Minneapolis. See OleRecruiting.

Summer Jobs

SportsLife Camps
Summer Coach
SportsLife is looking for staff coaches to serve churches in the greater Twin Cities area and the greater Milwaukee area for the summer of 2007. See OleRecruiting.

Workshops

Interest Inventory Workshop
(Prerequisite: Attendance at Indentifying Vocational Interests workshop)
Wednesday, February 21
4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Modular Village, CEL Seminar Room

Internship Reflection Session
Thursday, February 22
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Modular Village, CEL Seminar Room

Princeton Review GRE Preparation
Thursday, February 22
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
BC 144

Post-Study Abroad Vocational Retreat
Must register in the CEL; space is limited.
Wednesday, February 28
5 - 9 p.m.
Downtown Northfield (transportation provided if necessary)

Events

ELCA Global Missions Visit
Monday, February 19
11 a.m.
BC Stav Hall

Koinonia & Bear Creek Lutheran Camp Visit
Thursday, February 22
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
BC, Stav Hall

Camp Yolijwa Visit
Thursday, February 22
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
BC, Stav Hall

World Wide Service Fair
Friday, February 23
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
BC Crossroads

Meet the Pros
Thursday, March 8th
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
University of Minnesota

Meet the Pros, an event where your students get to interact with "pros" in the communication business, is back and scheduled for March 8 at the U of M campus in Minneapolis. Check out the speakers that will be at the event!

Go to www.iabcmn.com for more information and to register for Meet the Pros.

Job Humor

Welcome to a four-part series of Job Humor. This series, entitled "Elevator Rules," from the extremely informative website of the same name, will teach you proper technique and etiquette while calling, boarding, riding, and exiting the elevator at work, school, or home (the latter categories are subject to change according to the location and height of your building).

This week's topic: Calling/Waiting For the Elevator

Going One Floor?

If you are going up or down one floor, use the stairs! This rule should especially be observed during peak traffic times like morning and afternoon rush.

Exceptions:
1. When you have a cart, stroller or large packages
2. When the elevator is empty
3. If you are disabled or injure

Pushing the Call Button

i. Re-pushing
NEVER re-push the call button after someone has already pushed it. This indicates that you either do not understand how the button works, or you do not trust the person that has already pushed the button to do an adequate job of it.

ii. Wait for the door
If you arrive as a door is closing, regardless of how many people are in the car, DO NOT press the button. The people in the car are already prepared mentally for their trip and do not need to be interrupted. WAIT for the door to close completely before pressing the button.

If you press the button by mistake, and a door stops closing, do not board unless asked. Politely apologize and wait for their car to leave.

iii. Ok to ask
If pressing the call button would require you to push through someone, it is acceptable to ask someone else to push the call button for you as long as they are not further away from it or unable to reach the button for you (i.e. coffee in their hands, etc.)

Oversize Packages
In any case where you are carrying or pushing a large package, you should wait for an empty elevator. If you are invited to board a loaded car, be sure all riders agree to the invitation and that it is not mere polity. If you are unsure, insist that you are willing to wait for the next empty car.

Stay tuned next week for the second part of our epic mini-series, "Boarding the Elevator."

Student Spotlight: Interim Break in Washington D.C.

Over Interim break six students, along with Merrie Benasutti, Associate Director of Service and Civic Leadership, traveled to Washington, DC. to explore service and vocation. The group stayed at Luther Place Memorial Church and served at N Street

Village, an organization roughly seven blocks from the White House that serves homeless women. Students also had the opportunity to job shadow alumni who have found their calling in public and social service. Students and alums enjoyed dinner at the home of Philip Moeller, who shared his thoughts on poverty and work with the World Bank.

Trip participants included: Laurel Osman, Tony Olson, Bethany Birkelo, Vera Belazelkoska, Akiko Minowa and Deanna Tollefson.

Highlights :

• Chili-cheese fries at Ben’s Chili Bowl
• A tour of the Capital and visit with Rep. John Kline
• Job shadowing amazing Olaf alums working in public and social service
• Staying at the N Street shelter with homeless women
• Homeless simulation
• Meetings with community organizations addressing hunger and homelessness
• Visiting the Holocaust Museum

Student comments:

• “It was good. I met many people who are living their calling and the experience was eye-opening.”
• “Humbling, eye-opening, extremely valuable.”
• “I loved this place. I learned a lot. I felt the urgency of helping those in need and I felt the power of people with convictions to help make the world a better place. I gained motivation to continue my studies in social justice because one person’s dedication will make a change!”
• “Great! I really felt I got a lot out of it. I saw things from a different perspective and gained insight into how I can apply these things in future experiences.”
• “Amazing! Our time serving here, listening to speakers, etc., coupled with our own planning of job shadowing and museum visits really helped me think about vocation and service. I definitely learned a lot. It was great.
• "Amazing experience. Inspiring!”
• “Eye opening, Wonderful!”