Museum Studies

Summer internship opportunity at the Fort Tuthill Military Museum

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on March 16, 2024

Internship announcement! Non-paid Internship Vacancy Number: 2024-01 | Fort Tuthill Military Museum

Position Overview

The Fort Tuthill Military Museum (FTMM) invites applications for two Spring/Summer 2024 Internships. The interns will work closely with the General Manager and FTMM staff to develop exhibits related to Arizona’s military history from 1865-present.  This internship is an opportunity for the intern to research, design, and create/complete two physical exhibits for the 2024 season which runs from May through October.

The museum is located in two original… Read more

CCS at the CAL in Action Showcase on March 7

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on March 14, 2024

CCS students and faculty represented the department at the CAL in Action Showcase on March 7, 2024! Dr. Becky Pratt-Sturges, Dr. Diana Coleman, and Dr. Gioia Woods set up and worked our table filled with swag and flyers with CCS majors Joce Dolezal and Ella Conner as well as CCS intern Colin Grosvenor. Dr. Woods also moderated the featured panel, Entangled Spaces: Past, Present, & Future with the CAL 2023-2024 Arts & Humanities Fellows, which included CCS Assistant Teaching… Read more

Upcoming Career Workshops in March

Posted by Rebekah Pratt-Sturges on March 4, 2024

Join the College of Arts and Letters for a series of career workshops in March! These are designed to support students with essential skills for their professional journey at NAU and beyond. The workshops will cover a variety of topics critical to career readiness and success, including resume building, interview preparation, networking strategies, and more. Learn more at https://legacy.nau.edu/college-arts-letters/events/workshops/. 

March 6 Networking and Your Personal Narrative

3 p.m. SBS Castro Room 225

March 18 Internship Basics: Applying

1 p.m.… Read more

The Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action Fund Call for Proposals

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The Clara M. Lovett Humanities in Action Fund supports Public Humanities programming that advances the professional development of students and is community focused. Thanks to a generous grant from past NAU president Dr. Clara Lovett (1993-2001), NAU’s Department of Comparative Cultural Studies will award two annual grants to teams comprised of NAU faculty and students who are engaged in community-based Public Humanities projects. Two grants for up to $2000 each will be awarded each year. The deadline for submission… Read more

Summer 2024 research support for NAU students at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

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The Martin-Springer Institute (MSI) is offering a stipend for one qualified NAU graduate or advance undergraduate student to pursue a research-based project at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington D.C.

Application deadline: Friday April 5, 2024 (noon)

 The MSI provides financial support of up to $4,000 to cover expenses for one NAU student spending a minimum of 10 weekdays in the USHMM archives and library in Washington D.C. The stipend is meant to cover expenses for airfare, local… Read more

Opening of “Disappeared: Portraits of Absence” at Coconino Center for the Arts

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CCS Museum Studies minors often complete internships with the Martin-Springer Institute each semester. Several students contributed this last semester to the planning of the exhibit “Disappeared: Portraits of Absence” at the Coconino Center for the Arts, which opened this past Thursday. Missed the opening? Check out the exhibit March 2-23 in the Project Gallery. Learn more here.The image depicts a gallery with white walls with black and white photographs hanging from the ceiling… <a href=Read more

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