Grades Are In

I have submitted final grades and they are available on Eagle Net. Here is the conversion scale that EWU uses fro turning letter grades into the four-point scale.

I was really impressed with the final projects. Bot the variety and quality were amazing. I am planning another "Behold the Awesomeness of My Public History Students" post on Northwest History to show off some of the digital projects--please let me know if you do not want to be included.

If you have any questions about your grade or want to pick up your papers or just want to chat, please email me at the start of Spring quarter and set up an appointment. I will not discuss grades via email.

Have a great Spring Break.

Thank You For Taking my Course

I have almost all your final projects and the look to be excellent--easily the best batch of projects I have received in a public history course. Thanks to all for working so hard and showing such passion and enthusiasm.

I forgot one of the main points I usually make on the last day: I have a continuing commitment to you. If next quarter, or next year, or five years from now, you have a question or need some academic advice, please get in touch with me.

Now relax and enjoy some Sexy Sax Man:

Pais Summer Internship in Paradise!

Paid Internship - Priest Lake Museum– Summer 2011

The Priest Lake Museum in Northern Idaho is offering an internship for Summer, 2011.  The Priest Lake Museum partners with the Priest Lake Ranger District of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests and the Bonner County Historical Society. 

Curatorial Intern:  The intern will be instrumental in digitalizing, researching, and reorganizing the museum’s photograph collection.  The intern will be scanning, documenting, and cataloging images already in the collection as well as processing collections on loan to the museum.  The intern will complete data-entry in Past Perfect museum software. 

What can the student expect to learn from the internship? Care and management of museum collections, Past Perfect collection management software, and small museum management experience.

Duration of the Internship: Employment will commence around mid-June and run six weeks.

Required:  Students that have completed graduate level coursework in Museum Studies, history, or related field will be given priority.  Undergraduates with experience will be considered.  

Qualifications: A high degree of responsibility and the capability to work independently. The position would best be filled by an energetic, self-motivated, flexible individual. Ability to lift 30 pounds and work at times in rustic conditions.  Excellent organizational skills are necessary.

Compensation: $1200 stipend, $800 expenses

Housing: Assistance may be provided.  

Application Process: To be considered for an internship position, submit an application package to the Priest Lake Museum Association by April 1, 2011.  For questions, contact search committee chair, Kris Runberg Smith at ksmith@lindenwood.edu.

Application package includes:

• Cover Letter
• Resume

·         Two Letters of Recommendation

Send to search committee chair: 

                Kris Runberg Smith, Ph.D.

                Associate Professor of History

                History Department

                Lindenwood University

                209 S. Kingshighway

                St. Charles, MO  63301

                Or e-mail to ksmith@lindenwood.edu

Please Do Not Park in the Digital Archives Parking Lot

Expand Your Horizons, Thursday at Noon

Just got this email reminder, and so I remind you:

Please join us on Thursday, March 10, 2011, Noon-1:30pm for this quarter’s Global Studies Lecture, presented by the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Social Work.  Lunch begins at noon and the lecture will begin at 12:30 pm.

Dr. Michael Zukowsky, Professor in the department of Geography/Anthropology, will present, Sciences Across Societies:  Scientific Networks, Cultural Pluralism, And the Future of Knowledge.
The lecture will be held in Hargreaves, second floor Reading Room and is open to all.

Job Opportunity at the Digital Archives

Just in--the DA is looking for a bright history graduate student to shower with riches (well, $10 an hour) along with professional experience in our state-of-the-art facility:

The Washington State Archives, Digital Archives has an opening for a graduate student for the spring quarter. The position is part-time, and could lead to full-time during the summer. The position is open to students who have completed a graduate level seminar on archival theory and practice.

Duties will include providing reference service to researchers by e-mail and phone, assisting the archivist with creation of a reference manual for the Digital Archives, and other projects and duties as assigned.

Interested students may contact Debbie Bahn at debbie.bahn@sos.wa.gov or (509) 235-7500 ext 207. The Digital Archives may request a writing sample (5-10 page paper from a humanities course). Graduate credit is available.

Presentations This Week

I look forward to all of you presenting your projects next week. Don't get too formal--just give us five or seven minutes of your best stuff, a flavor of what you are doing. Do not try and present everything and do rehearse and keep it to the time limit. Do not create an elaborate Powerpoint or anything unless that Powerpoint is something you were doing anyway. Sometimes a handout can be useful.

You can also use this time to solicit feedback from the class about technical issues you might be having or things that don't seem to be clicking as you would like. There is a lot of collective knowledge in our classroom.