[Fredslist] Announcement of the Emerging Leaders Summer Internship Program

[David Stein]

>Hello Everyone:
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>The National Business and Disability Council is now administering the 
>Emerging Leaders Summer Internship Program, with Booz Allen Hamilton as 
>the corporate leader.  Please read the following announcement.
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>For higher education institutions, please forward this announcement on to 
>students with disabilities who may be interested.  Please ensure that 
>students understand to reply directly to the Emerging Leaders Program, if 
>they are interested.
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>For employers, this is a great opportunity to participate in this program 
>as a potential corporate site or to be aware of this program when you are 
>recruiting students with disabilities and they have this internship 
>experience on their resumes.
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>In either case, this is important information that assists students with 
>disabilities in their career search.
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>Emerging Leaders Summer Program 2006
>The National Business & Disability Council is pleased to announce that we 
>have begun work on the Emerging Leaders summer Internship program for 
>college students with disabilities for the summer of 2006.  Thanks to the 
>support of Booz Allen Hamilton, the website, www.emerging-leaders.com has 
>been updated with important information for both potential interns and 
>employer partners.
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>Corporate Partners have agreed to participate in the process and will be 
>reviewing resumes of qualified applicants; provide a minimum eight-week 
>paid internship of applicants who meet company business requirements; 
>cover the cost of reasonable accommodations, i.e. sign language 
>interpreters, along with travel and hotel accommodations for Emerging 
>Leaders intern hired by companies to attend the Emerging Leaders 
>internship development conference in McLean, VA.  (Dates to be determined).
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>So that we can better match applicants to available opportunities, we will 
>be asking participating employers to furnish internship descriptions or 
>guidelines on basic job requirements, as well as geographic areas for 
>which interns are being sought.  Internship applications are now being 
>accepted and will be processed on a rolling basis, so companies that sign 
>up first will have the greatest selection of applicants.
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>If you have any questions, contact Sandy Lipton at 516-465-3751.
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>Regards and GOOD LUCK!
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>Thank you.
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>Alan Muir, Executive Director
>Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD)
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