Recruiting for Columbia Links Summer 2011 Program
Dear Teachers, Counselors, Principals and Friends of Columbia Links:
We are recruiting for the Columbia Links Summer 2011 high school journalism academy and seeking student applicants from grades 10 to 12.
Columbia Links is a skills-building and leadership development program for youth and teachers in Chicago Public Schools, housed at Columbia. Through workshops, mentoring with professional journalists and journalism graduates and the creation of youth-produced publications, Links works to build expertise, skills, news literacy and opportunities that connect students, teachers and volunteers through journalism.
This summer session begins July 6 and runs for six weeks, three days a week. Students receive a $50-a-week stipend and bus cards each week to get to and from the college.
The classroom is turned into a teaching newsroom. Students will have access to computers, Flip videos, recorders and point-and-shoot cameras.
The only qualification for the reporting academies is that the students attend a CPS school or alternative school, commit to doing the work and attend the workshops and mentoring sessions. Students must apply online at www.columbialinks.org ; see the link to the summer 2011 program on the left-hand side.
Attached is a flyer for posting and sending to counselors, teachers, students and others who may be interested.
Feel free to call or e-mail with questions. The deadline for applying is June 7, 2011.
Sincerely,
Brenda
Brenda Butler
Executive Director
Columbia Links
www.columbialinks.org
Columbia College Chicago
www.colum.edu
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