- No textbooks required. No extra course/lab fees. No previous experience necessary.
- Excellent networking opportunity.
- Learn ‘on the job” while increasing your Civic IQ.
- Work with national experts/leaders in the voter engagement field.
- Great addition to your resume!
- Future opportunities for paid employment with IUSB’s American Democracy Project.
- All work is strictly non-partisan.
POLS-Y200: CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL TOPICS: IUSB VOTES PRACTICUM (TuTh 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM DW2170, 3 credits, Dr. Bennion)
Register new voters! Help create an online voter guide! Participate in political debates, debate watch parties, and interviews featuring candidates for local, state, and national offices. Take advantage of opportunities to connect with nationally-known experts and join national political conversations online. This hands-on workshop will provide with you with an opportunity to learn about national efforts to engage student voters and to develop a campus-wide, campus-specific, election engagement strategy. Enroll today to educate yourself, your peers – and the broader community – about elections and politics in Indiana.
POLS-Y481: FIELD EXPERIENCE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY PROJECT PRACTICUM 15936 (TU 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM, 3 credits, Dr. Bennion) – MEETING TIME IS NEGOTIABLE!
Plan, publicize, and host a variety of candidate debates, public forums, and other educational opportunities designed to prepare local citizens to participate actively in the 2022 midterm election and to make a difference in their communities. Learn about national efforts to engage student voters, review the literature on how to mobilize students and non-student voters, participate in important conversations about contemporary political controversies, and help create an action plan and voter education materials for our campus and community leading up to the May primary and November 2022 midterm elections. (Availability on some Tuesday, Wednesday, and/or Thursday evenings required. Weekly team meeting time is negotiable and the event schedule for our evening/public events can be adjusted to fit the schedule of our team ).
Contract Dr. Bennion – ebennion@iu.edu – to learn more).
NOTE: All work with #IUSBVotes and #IUSBADP is strictly non-partisan.