Call for Applications: Humanities EXCEL Fellowship with The Hive Poetry Collective, 2024-2025

This role is open to work-study and non-work-study students. This role requires work authorization.

Application Deadline: October 13, 2024

The Humanities Division and The Humanities Institute are excited to announce an experiential learning opportunity for undergraduates at UC Santa Cruz to work with The Hive Poetry Collective.

The Humanities Experiential Career Exploration and Learning (EXCEL) Program connects Humanities majors and minors to organizations in the community for paid internships. In this cohort program, EXCEL Fellows gain practical experience and professional training while learning about positions outside of the university that build on their studies in the humanities. At the same time, community partner organizations benefit from students’ assistance and academic expertise. EXCEL Fellowships carry on the success of THI’s Public Fellows program, and they foster positive collaborations between the campus and community, demonstrating the value of a Humanities degree for a range of careers.

About The Hive Poetry Collective

Hive Poetry Collective’s mission is to unite a diverse community to appreciate all kinds of poetry by all kinds of people. We believe that poetry, through its beauty and craft, changes people’s minds and opens them to fresh ideas, self-reflection, and self-inquiry. In so doing, poetry has the power to inspire social change.

Pursuing a vision of equity, diversity, and inclusion, we resolve to create a space that honors diversity across all lines of difference, including age, economic circumstance, ethnicity, sex, race, range of ability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, and poetic styles.

The Collective aims to challenge beliefs and assumptions about our differences and explore new, uncharted areas in our programming. Given that inclusion and openness are evolving, we recognize we will always have room for growth. Still, we pledge to consider various perspectives to make real, lasting, and equitable change.

Position Description: Communications & Events Intern

Under the guidance of the Hive Poetry Collective’s Intern Liaison, the Hive intern will assist with various tasks to support Hive’s programming for the weekly poetry podcast and the bi-monthly live poetry events in Santa Cruz. Meeting at least four times per quarter with the liaison. These tasks involve The Hive’s website, Hive Live! events, promotional materials, and social media updates. 

RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS 

• Communications (75%): 
  • Updating web page (hivepoetry.org) as needed (WordPress). 
  • Preparing newsletter copy for the Hive’s three-times-a-year newsletter
  • Creating graphics and copy for event promotion (Canva).
  • Using already-created press releases, prepare promotional materials as needed for various media outlets. 
  • Increasing and maintaining The Hive’s social media presence (especially on Instagram and Facebook) 
• Events (25%): 
  • attending all Hive Live! events (second Tuesday, every other month, 7 p.m.)
  • setting up Bookshop readings for Hive Live! events (and at any other locations)
  • striking Bookshop Hive Live! events 

You are the right candidate if…

• You are a declared major or minor in a department in the Humanities Division, and you are in good academic standing. [required]
• You have work authorization. [required]
• You can communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• You can synthesize information and ask for clarification
• You are comfortable engaging with the public
• You know WordPress, Canva, and social media platforms (or you learn quickly)
• You can move mobile bookshelves and set up chairs and tables for reading. 

Internship Term: November 2024–June 2025 

Hours: 10 hours/week

Compensation: $20/hour depending

Location: Communications to be done remotely. Events will be on-site, typically at Bookshop Santa Cruz on Pacific Avenue in Downtown Santa Cruz—flexible schedule except for event support.

Mentorship: You will report to  The Hive’s Intern Liaison, Julia Chiapella. The partner supervisor will delegate tasks and review your work, provide coaching, and help you understand what working in this field is like. You will meet to check in at least once per week.

Apply By Submitting

1. Your resume 
2. A short cover letter (no more than one page), answering these questions: Why are you interested in this position? How does your academic expertise and skillset prepare you for this role? What are you hoping to gain from this opportunity?  

REVIEW these resume and cover letter resources to ensure you are a strong candidate!

• Please address your cover letter to The Hive’s Intern Liaison, Julia Chiapella. 

APPLY NOW

Please contact Assistant Director of Experiential Learning Kylie Rachwalski at hum-experiential-learning@ucsc.edu with any questions.

The Mellon Foundation, The Helen and Will Webster Foundation, The Humanities Institute, and the Humanities Division generously support the Humanities EXCEL Program.