{"id":2527,"date":"2024-01-09T11:13:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T18:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/ccs\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2024-01-09T11:13:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T18:13:54","slug":"applications-now-open-for-internships-at-riordan-mansion-for-summer-and-fall-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/applications-now-open-for-internships-at-riordan-mansion-for-summer-and-fall-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications now open for internships at Riordan Mansion for summer and fall 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many students in CCS programs intern at the local historic state park <a href=\"https:\/\/azstateparks.com\/riordan-mansion\">Riordan Mansion<\/a> in Flagstaff, Arizona. The deadlines for applications are:<\/p>\n<p>Summer February 1<\/p>\n<p>Fall April 1,<\/p>\n<p>Spring October 1<\/p>\n<p>Applications are accepted year round and interns are selected through a competitive process.<\/p>\n<p>To apply, submit the following to Park Manager Nikki Lober at <a href=\"mailto:nlober@azstateparks.gov\">nlober@azstateparks.gov<\/a>. If you have any questions, please email or call 928-779-4395.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Letter of Interest: include availability, area of interest, reasons for wanting to intern, and<br \/>\nif for academic credit please include program requirements &amp; advisor contact<br \/>\ninformation.<\/li>\n<li>Resume<\/li>\n<li>Letter of recommendation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>About Internships at Riordan Mansion State Historic Park<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Goal of Internships:<\/strong> To provide Public History, Museum Studies, Arts and Cultural<br \/>\nManagement, Parks and Recreation Management and other students in appropriate fields of<br \/>\nstudy with a quality learning experience in a history museum and park setting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overview:<\/strong> An internship at Riordan Mansion State Historic Park is an excellent opportunity to<br \/>\ndevelop your career experience. Interns at Riordan Mansion are unpaid volunteers. As such you<br \/>\nwill be required to complete a Volunteer Contract, background check and all required volunteer<br \/>\ntraining. Interns will learn to give guided tours and assist in basic visitor services (welcoming<br \/>\nvisitors, operating a cash register, and answering questions). In addition to the above duties an<br \/>\nintern can select an area of interest to receive additional training and support as time permits.<br \/>\nThese areas include but are not limited to: interpretation, curatorial, archives and maintenance.<br \/>\nAt least one internship is available each semester. Internships are generally available for credit<br \/>\nand the hours will depend on the program requirements. Students, with the agreement of<br \/>\ninternship supervisors and faculty, may repeat the internship for an additional semester. If funds<br \/>\nare available from the Northern Arizona Pioneers\u2019 Historical Society and Riordan Action<br \/>\nNetwork a small stipend may be paid.<\/p>\n<p>Student interns will be exposed to the various aspects of museum and public history work<br \/>\nthrough well-supervised and designed projects. Students will gain quality work experience with<br \/>\nthe guidance and mentorships of Riordan Mansion supervisors and NAU faculty advisors.<br \/>\nDepending on the requirements of the program for which a student is earning credit the<br \/>\ncompletion of an internship project may be required. The parameters of the project will be<br \/>\ndetermined in collaboration with the intern, park supervisor, and faculty advisor.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of past projects include:<br \/>\n\u25cf Exhibit research and development<br \/>\n\u25cf Research and development of specialized tours<br \/>\n\u25cf Public program development and delivery<br \/>\n\u25cf Collections Management<\/p>\n<p>Qualifications:<br \/>\n1. Excellent customer service skills<br \/>\n2. Ability to work weekends<br \/>\n3. Ability to give one hour long guided tours through multi-level historic home.<br \/>\n4. Ability to work as a team member.<br \/>\n5. Skill in oral and written communications.<br \/>\n6. Ability to understand and apply park rules and collect park fees.<br \/>\n7. Ability to communicate with the public in a positive, professional manner under both<br \/>\nfriendly and intense circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-uncropped-large wp-image-2528\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/Internship-Opportunity-with-Riordan-600x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/Internship-Opportunity-with-Riordan-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/Internship-Opportunity-with-Riordan-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/Internship-Opportunity-with-Riordan-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/Internship-Opportunity-with-Riordan-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/Internship-Opportunity-with-Riordan-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/Internship-Opportunity-with-Riordan.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many students in CCS programs intern at the local historic state park Riordan Mansion in Flagstaff, Arizona. The deadlines for applications are: Summer February 1 Fall April 1, Spring October 1 Applications are accepted year round and interns are selected through a competitive process. To apply, submit the following to Park Manager Nikki Lober at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[5,20,17,31],"class_list":["post-2527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-museum-studies","category-public-humanities","tag-ccs","tag-naucal","tag-nauccs","tag-naumuseumstudies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2529,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions\/2529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}