Looking for a career? Free online seminar.

Starting and Building a Career in the Nonprofit World

Tuesday, April 21, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time

http://philanthropy.com/live/2009/04/career/chat.php3

College students preparing to graduate this spring are facing extraordinary uncertainty about their career prospects. Not only is the job market tight, but they also confront increased competition from experienced nonprofit workers who have been laid off and businesspeople who want to change careers.

So what can new graduates do to land their first professional job? How can they stand out in a crowd of more experienced applicants? What should a college senior be doing now to prepare for a future career in the nonprofit world? And how can people who have been working for a few years for charities and foundations make the most of their opportunities?

Join us on Tuesday, April 21, as we explore these questions and others.

Related Articles

• Rethinking Nonprofit Jobs (11/13/2008)
• A Handbook on How to Start a Nonprofit Career (9/4/2008)

Extra Credit Blog Opportunity

Yale Professor Amy Chua

“Rise and Fall of Hyperpowers:
Tolerance, Intolerance, and Lessons for America”

Wednesday, April 16

12:30 – 1:30

Haggar Parlor

Professor Chua will be speaking about her new book, Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance – and Why They Fall (Anchor, 2009), which was hailed by Paul Kennedy in Foreign Affairs as "Has a chance of becoming a classic . . . It has an almost Toynbeen sweep." Harvard's Niall Feguson said "Few readers will fail to be impressed by the height of this book's ambition and by the breadth of scholarship on which it is based." The Times Literary Supplement called it "Extraordinary . . . An incredibly ambitious book, but Chua is up to the task."

She has lectured widely outside the United States, including in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, China, Mexico, Taiwan, Turkey, and South Africa. She teaches in the areas of contracts, law and development, international business transactions, and law and globalization, and is a recipient of the Yale Law School’s “Best Teaching” award.

For more information, visit the CWIL Website. Refreshments provided and book signing to follow.

This event is co-sponsored by: CWIL, Business Administration and Economics, Political Science, Justice Education, History, and Intercultural Studies

Power discussion questions

One place to turn to learn more about the author, Linda Hogan, is at the NativeWiki website. There, you'll also find valuable resources pertaining to many indigenous populations and native peoples.

Reading Questions (optional):
In what ways does Omishto feel torn between different worlds? How does she describe these worlds?
How would you characterize her relationship to place?
How are her ties to other people/characters distinct from her ties to animals and nature?
What kind of a narrator is she?
Why is the novel titled "Power"? What different kinds of power are at work here?