OPPORTUNITIES

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

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COLLEGE COURSES

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WELCOME

Hello, Students!

Can you believe that we are halfway through the semester already? It seems like just a few days ago that the fall semester began. The Centralized Academic Scholarship Hub is officially open! Make sure to start on those applications soon.

- Lilly Amechi, SSC Student Intern

The Centralized Academic Scholarship Hub (CASH) is now open! This is an excellent opportunity to apply for prestigious campus awards and scholarships. Apply to everything, no matter if you think you aren't qualified for the scholarship–the worst the scholarship review committee can tell you is no.

Click here for more information about CASH and the application.

Student Spotlight: Taylor Broadbent

Q: What is your favorite course you have taken in the college?

My favorite course would have to be a tie between American Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (P SC -4283) with Dr. Wert and The Early Republic (HIST-3173). I loved Con-Law II because we really dug into Supreme Court precedent and legal writing, which is really useful and fun to me. In the Early Republic, Dr. Malka does an amazing job of explaining the complex relationships different groups of people had with U.S. haistory in a thoughtful way. This course also covers the Mexican American War and the significant role the Indigenous people of the Southwest and Plains played in that conflict. I was also introduced to one of my favorite academic books, The War of a Thousand Deserts, in this class, which I HIGHLY suggest you read.

Q: What do you love about the college?

I love that in our college we can choose paths to incorporate all our passions. As a letters major, I can explore many different subjects and am encouraged to create my own path. To me, that has meant blending my passions for the ancient world, my love for our country and my indigenous heritage.

Q: How do you incorporate self care into your schedule?

Every night, I make sure to make time to do the daily crossword puzzle, listen to an audiobook or read. This is important self-care for me because it gives my brain some time to decompress and slow down. I also have a hard limit for how much homework I make myself do a night. I am a firm believer that at a certain point you must give your brain a break and by setting those hard limits for myself and always allowing time to decompress I am giving myself the ability to do greater work tomorrow.

Q: How has college challenged you? How have you grown from that challenge?

When reflecting on my high school self versus my college self, I see a more prepared leader who is a much better listener and is more cautious with my words than when I arrived at OU. The challenge of being a college student is to learn how to connect with people who you don't agree with, and that takes a lot of maturity – maturity I know I didn't have two years ago. That maturity and growth is really the biggest challenge I have faced since I arrived at OU. I think that my advice to students facing the same challenges is to show compassion to others and to not be afraid to make mistakes, but to make sure you grow from them.

Students, meet Taylor Broadbent! She is a junior from Moore, majoring in letters with a constitutional studies focus and minors in Latin and Native American studies. In addition to her academic endeavors, Broabent serves as a Cortez A.M. Ewing fellow, civic engagement fellow for Oklahoma Votes, president of College Democrats of Oklahoma, director of legislation for OU Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature, humanities representative in the Undergraduate Student Congress, treasurer for Pre-Law Society and member of the Society of Fellows. Outside of school, she works as a student intern for the Department of Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs- South Cental Climate Adaptation Science Center and Skyfire Media Inc.

Opportunities

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Earn Credit For Your Internship

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Harding Fine Arts Academy Foundation in OKC seeks an Office Administration Intern from any major. Will offer experience in fundraising, event planning, and marketing. Details on Handshake.

GreenChoice, a startup "grocery search engine & marketplace that empowers conscious consumers with dietary needs to shop their values with ease," seeks a content marketing intern. Paid $500/month. For more information, click here.

Amazon seeks a paid workplace health and safety specialist (WHSS) intern for summer 2022. Located in OKC. You can find the application here.

Applications are open for the Fleming Scholar Internship program at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. This is an awesome paid summer biomedical research internship for students in their first, second or third year of a program in science or math. For more information and the application, click here.

Enterprise seeks summer management trainee interns for its OKC locations. Hands-on training, 40-45 hours/week paid, starts May 2022. More information can be found here.

Sierra Delta: Service Dogs for Veterans seeks a paid remote social media marketing intern. You can find this opportunity here.

TRC Companies seeks a team of paid environmental science interns for summer 2022 at over 140 locations across the US. Details on Handshake.

American Fidelity of OKC seeks a paid data science intern. Looking for a team player who is excited to solve business problems using data and emerging technologies.

Look here for more information.

Applications are now open for the 2022 mass media fellowship! If you're a STEM student who wants to write about the top science stories next summer, consider applying before January 2nd, 2022! Click here for more information.

Partner workshops and job postings distributed by the Student Success Center do not imply the college’s endorsement of the mission of any individual organization external to the university. Students are encouraged to learn for themselves about individual opportunities and organizations and to contact ssc@ou.edu with questions.

Faculty Spotlight

Andrea Benjamin, Associate Professor in the Clara Luper AFAM Department

Andrea Benjamin is an associate professor in the Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma. She earned her Doctorate. from the University of Michigan in 2010. Her research interests include race and politics, local Elections and voting behavior and public opinion. Her first book, Racial Coalition Building in Local Elections: Elite Cues and Cross-Ethnic Voting, explores the potential for Black and Latino coalitions. Using the Co-Ethnic Elite Cues Theory, the book shows that Blacks and Latinos rely on endorsements from co-ethnic leaders when casting their ballots. This is especially true when race and ethnicity are salient in the campaign. This book was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. Dr. Benjamin is currently working on a project about coalitions, electoral representation, and policy representation in local politics. A majority of the data come from Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Benjamin lives in Oklahoma City and she currently serves on the Boards of Sally’s List, North East Oklahoma City Renaissance and the Oklahoma ACLU. She is also a co-chair of the Human Rights Commission Task Force in Oklahoma City.

How do you merge your passions for political science and African American Studies?

I double majored in political science and African American and African studies, so this position really lets me enjoy my favorite parts of both fields. My research focuses on race and politics in the local context, so I am able to use both Political Science and African American Studies in my work. I love that we can always turn to our local politics to see examples of what we are studying in any given class.

What is your favorite course to teach?

The Black Athlete in America is my favorite course to teach right now. I think sports and politics go hand in hand and I like teaching students to think about how Black athletes helped shape our society over time. Not all Black athletes are activists, but many are, so we can learn from those examples.

What is the most rewarding aspect of being a professor?

Teaching is the best part of my job. I love research as well, but nothing is more exciting that seeing my students learn, engage and grapple with the course material and the world. I am always so happy when students take what we learned in class and use it in their real lives. I especially love when they start engaging in their local politics! That is the best feeling in the world.