On Friday, August 8, 2008, the Venture Consortium’s offices will move to the newly renovated J. Walter Wilson. The building will host an array of departments that will support the needs of Brown University students. Brown’s Office of Facilities Management has renovated the entire building. Venture will be located on the third floor with the Curricular Resource Center and the Registrar’s Office.

Our new location is:

J. Walter Wilson - Room 313

69 Brown Street

Providence, RI 02912

Our mailing address remains the same:

The Venture Consortium

Box 1838

Providence, RI 02912

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As classes are ending and finals are completed, some students may still be looking for a summer internship and a few graduates are looking for jobs. Venture resources can help you connect with future opportunities:

• Venture’s Public Interest Resource Guide contains a list of great books, websites, and listservs to help kick your search into high gear. If you’re looking for more detailed resources in a particular field of public interest work, visit our exploring options website.
• Are you graduating and unsure of how “to do” a job search? Our Job Search Strategies have tips for you.
• Do you need job and internship leads? Sign up for The Engaged Life listserv.
• Inspiration can help if you’re stuck. Check out the “stories from the field” section of our blog to read about the work of recent alums.

Each Venture campus has Engaged Life program coordinators who are available to help you through the summer. If you need more information, contact themкомпютри втора употреба.

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Venture’s Urban Education Semester provides undergraduate students the opportunity to learn about the theory and practice of urban education by combining formal studies with an experience in k-12 public schools. During the Spring 2008 Semester, one UES student has embarked on a unique placement experience. Max Familian, Vassar College ‘09, spends half of his placement time working on projects at the Renaissance Charter School and the rest of his time working for Teachers Unite.

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Graham Browne (UES Fall ‘06, Brown ‘08) has been working with Venture Staff and UES participants to create a video overview of the Urban Education Semester. Click to the video to learn more about the program and experience the sights and sounds of UES.

In addition to the UES website, learn more about UES through:

• The UES video overview
• UES Facebook Group
• UES postings on the Venture’s blog

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Venture’s Urban Education Semester provides an opportunity for students to study the theory and and experience the practice of urban public education in New York City. Our students and program staff are regularly discussing America’s public education system, the work of teachers, and educating students. Some recent thoughts include:

>> Entries Yuka’s (UES Alum from Fall ‘07) UES Journal (October & November)

>> Jan’s (Venture Staff) thoughts about a documentary on a first year teacher

Deadlines for the Fall 2008 Urban Education Semester are approaching…

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Recently, I needed a vacation from work and time to reflect and get away from the day to day work life. I didn’t have much time to plan a big trip; I just wanted to go to a place that would allow me to relax and take in some good outdoor activities with minimal work. Does such a place exist? Read the rest of this entry »

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Channel surfing PBS stations over the weekend, I caught a program (”Telling the Truth: The Best in Broadcast Journalism“) about this year’s Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards. What really caught my attention, in part because of my own enthusiasm about our Urban Education Semester program here at Venture, was the feature about a first-year teacher in an inner-city public middle school. Dateline NBC miked her up, filled her classroom with cameras, and filmed her throughout her first year of teaching. It was captivating; days later, I find myself still thinking of her. Google’s loaded with pages about the documentary: “The Education of Ms Groves” — catch it if you can!

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Before the start of the spring semester, some Brown University students returned to Providence to participate in unique opportunities. Venture staff spent time with two groups of these students to support their interests in pursuing careers in community work.

• Each Winter Break, Brown’s Swearer Center for Public Service runs Breaks Project. 30+ students from all class years spend a week before the start of classes living communally in downtown Providence. They explore and investigate local issues including hunger, homelessness, public health, and housing. At the end of their week Venture staff and staff from Brown’s Career Development Center ran an interactive workshop aiding students in connecting their experience to careers and internships in common good work.
• For the second year, Brown undergraduates had an opportunity to return from winter break a week a half early to pursue unique learning opportunities through january@brown. This program included coursework and unique co-curricular experiences that exposed students close up to new learning opportunities and the city of Providence. As part of january@brown, Venture staff partnered with staff at Brown’s Swearer Center for Public Service to present students with information on ways to connect with community service and community work, both as students and as a career.

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