MONTGOMERY EXPERIENCE
Interim 2012 May 7 – May 25
Application Guidelines

APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 15, 2012

Send Dr. Steve Borrelli (sborrell@bama.ua.edu) the following information, numbered in the following order, typed neatly, as a Microsoft Word document attached to an e-mail:

1.) Name and Campus-Wide ID number

2.) Preferred e-mail address

3.) Preferred phone number

4.) Expected year of graduation, current major, current minor

5.) Current GPA; GPA in major field

6.) List titles and course numbers of all previous courses taken at UA or elsewhere that might be useful preparation for a state government internship (need not be PSC courses)

7.) Write one or two paragraphs explaining how a state government-related internship in Montgomery will help you achieve your long-term academic and/or career goals.

8.) Identify any specific skills or strengths you have that would help you to be an especially effective intern.

9.) List, in rank order (most preferred to least preferred), all of the potential work sites that you might be interested in. List as many or as few as you like, but be honest; do not list any that you really would find unacceptable, and do not fail to list work sites that are perhaps not ideal but are acceptable. Website addresses are provided so you can make a more informed choice.

Governor’s Office http://www.governor.alabama.gov/Default.aspx

Lt. Governor’s Office.http://www.ltgov.state.al.us/

Attorney General’s Office. http://www.ago.state.al.us/

State Budget Office. http://www.budget.state.al.us/

Alabama Legislative Reference Service http://lrs.state.al.us/

Alabama Department of Mental Health http://www.mh.alabama.gov/

Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.(economic development agency)

http://www.adeca.state.al.us/default.aspx

Public Service Commissioner Lucy Baxley’s (D) Office. http://www.psc.state.al.us/Baxley/Baxley.htm

Public Service Commissioner Twinkle Cavanaugh’s (R) Office http://www.psc.state.al.us/cavanaugh/commissionercavanaugh.htm

Alabama Education Association (interest group). http://www.myaea.org/

Alabama Arise (interest group). http://www.alarise.org/

Alabama State Department of Corrections http://www.doc.state.al.us/

Alabama Rural Health Association http://www.arhaonline.org/index.htm

Governor’s Office of Faith-Based Initiatives http://www.servealabama.gov/

Agriculture Commissioner’s Office www.agi.state.al.us

Secretary of State ‘s Office www.sos.state.al.us

Alabama Chapter, AARP http://www.aarp.org/states/al/

Alabama State Nurses Association (interest group).http://www.alabamanurses.org/

Manufacture Alabama (interest group).http://www.manufacturealabama.org/

Alabama State Parks Office, Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources www.dcnr.state.al.us/about/
ACLU Alabama, www.aclualabama.org/AboutUs
Business Council of Alabama, www.bcatoday.org
Alabama Association of Realtors, http://www.alabamarealtors.com/
Alabama Department of Archives and History, http://www.archives.state.al.us/

(Please let me know if any of these links don’t work, especially if you can find more updated ones!)

10.) OPTIONAL – MAY BE SKIPPED! If you have a special interest in, knowledge of, and/or connections with, another Montgomery-based government office, campaign organization, or political interest group that is NOT listed here, please tell me what that office or group, why you want to work for them, and what leads (if any) you may have for contacting that agency/group.

11.) WORK/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE. Please list all work experience and long-term volunteer/community service experience you have. If the list is extensive, you might want to choose those past experiences that might be most relevant to your suitability for a Montgomery internship.

12.) EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. Please list all campus and off-campus activities in which you are involved, which were not already listed in #11. Be sure to include any officership or leadership roles you may have played in one or more organizations. Again, if the list is overwhelming, narrow it down to those groups most revelant to government and politics.

13.) REFERENCES. Please give DETAILED and COMPLETE contact information (full names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, mailing addresses, etc.) for THREE people----professors, teachers, coaches, former employers, organizational advisors, etc.---who know you well and can address your suitability for a position of responsibility. Students who supply fewer than three references and/or incomplete information will not be considered for an internship.