Opportunities for Students
Career Center Resources
The Career Center is open for all students to:
- Review resumes or cover letters
- Search for jobs and internships
- Practice with mock interviews
- Explore majors and career paths
Schedule an Italian Language and Cultural Studies Career Coaching appointment for a 1:1 meeting with a career coach to discuss career paths and set goals
The Career Center also offers:
- Interview rooms, for on-campus or virtual interviews
- Headshot photo booths, to take a professional headshot photo
- The Equity Internship Fund, providing financial support for students participating in unpaid internships
- Paid micro-internships through the Parker Dewey platform
- MyWorldAbroad, to learn about international opportunities on global job and internship boards
More on the Career Center's World Languages and Cultural Studies team
Career Center opportunities
Opportunities in the US
THE NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION
CONGRESSIONAL
FELLOWSHIP
Applications are open!
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Congressional Fellowship Program places outstanding Italian American college students and recent graduates in offices of members and associates of the Italian American Congressional Delegation (IACD) to educate and support the next generation of Italian American leadership.
Upon acceptance to the program by NIAF and a successful interview with a Congressional office, NIAF will award fellows with a stipend of $1,000 during the course of their fellowship. Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in exclusive NIAF Government Affairs Program events. While interning on Capitol Hill, the sponsoring Congressional offices help our fellows to network and make valuable professional connections both in Congress and in the greater DC public affairs community.
Recent NIAF Fellowship Offices Include:
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY)
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ)
Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA)
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
Fall 2025 Fellowship Deadlines
Application Opens: June 25th, 2025
Application Closes: July 11th, 2025
For inquiries, call 202-387-0600, email information@niaf.org, or visit niaf.org.
Opportunities Abroad
English Assistantships in Italy
English Language Assistantships are available in elementary and middle schools in Brescia for the periods: September 22 - December 22, 2025 or March 1 - May 31, 2026
DETAILS
Program opportunities:
- A serious and rewarding cultural experience within the school
- The opportunity to create contacts with educational professionals as well as with students who find the educational environment dynamic and stimulating
- A tutor within the school who will help the assistant with any difficulties
- The opportunity to become close to one or two Italian families, who will host them complimentarily and therefore are strongly motivated by this type of experience to host: the assistant will become a part of the family and needs to act responsibly
- A total salary of €2400 (paid in 3 installments of €800)
- Full board accommodation in family
- A total of 240 working hours in the class (in addition to the hours needed to prepare the lesson plans)
- Insurance for the activities that take place at the school. For those who are not a part of the European Economic community, we require you to purchase health insurance which will cover possible medical costs
DUTIES
- Working as Foreign Language assistants/teachers in English classes
- Delivering some grammar clinics
- Catching up classes in the school
- Preparing students for language proficiency certifications
- Teaching adults some evenings
REQUIREMENTS
- B1 level of Italian
- Be between 21 and 27 years old, a native English speaker, and have studied some type of linguistics
- Have as neutral an accent as possible
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with children and adults
- Have a predisposition to work in a school (ability to collaborate with teachers, and seriousness in preparing English lessons and other scholastic subjects)
- Be flexible and have the capacity to problem solve and be reliable for your advising teacher at the school
- Choose willingly to live with a family, knowing that this is an important experience linguistically and culturally (the family is not an Airbnb)
- Enrollment in Italian Studies major or minor is preferred but not required
APPLICATIONS
- Write to prof. Gianfranco Serioli (serioligianfranco@gmail.com) a full statement (in English or Italian) of all relevant information, including interest for the position, ability and willingness to comply with all the requirements, evidence of inclination for/experience in teaching and/or interacting successfully with foreigners, young people, motivation for living in family, etc.
- Provide a CV
- Provide a teacher's recommendation
- Candidates will be requested to attend a virtual interview. The interview will last
approx. 30min and will include
- 20min oral presentation (in English)*
- 10min Q&A
- Applicants will also have the opportunity to ask any questions they may have, or clarify any desiderata
DEADLINE March 25, 2025