{"id":4653,"date":"2012-08-14T01:23:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T01:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=4653"},"modified":"2022-08-04T20:09:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T20:09:58","slug":"research-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/history\/research-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Research &amp; Internships"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47494\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47494 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2014\/04\/Zyzzogeton-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"History major Michael Wilson discusses his research on the Native American ghost dancers at Zyzzogeton, Augsburg's annual celebration of student scholarship.\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2014\/04\/Zyzzogeton-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2014\/04\/Zyzzogeton.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">History major Michael Wilson discusses his research on the Native American ghost dancers at Zyzzogeton, Augsburg&#8217;s annual celebration of student scholarship.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Augsburg students have many opportunities for doing history beyond the classroom.\u00a0 If you are a current student, just talk with your advisor in the History department to set this in motion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>URGO<\/strong>: Every summer, Augsburg&#8217;s Office of <a title=\"URGO summer research\" href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/on-campus-research\/\">Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunities <\/a>(URGO) sponsors student research directly with faculty. This gives students 10 fully-funded weeks of time to pursue their own historical interests, or to work with a faculty member on one of their projects. Here&#8217;s a sample of recent projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Kay Carvajal Moran, \u201cOral Histories of Organizations Supporting Migrant Laborers During the Covid 19 Pandemic\u201d (2021)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Grant Berg, \u201cFight for Your Right: Black St. Paul\u2019s Struggle for Democracy at Home and Abroad During World War II&#8221; (2017)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Nicholas Stewart-Bloch, \u201cChanging With the Times: Midland Cooperative and the Shifting Political Economy of America\u201d (2016)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS)<\/strong> offers many internships for our students. Augsburg currently hosts the ACTC Museum Fellowship Program, a semester-long course on the ins-and-outs of museum work taught by a wide range of museum professionals, followed by a semester-long internship advising students in the public schools on their History Day projects. The MNHS also offers <a title=\"MNHS internships\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mnhs.org\/internships\">regular internship opportunities<\/a> for our students, including working on History Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hennepin History Museum (HHM):<\/strong>\u00a0 The Department maintains strong ties to HHM, where students can find internships and volunteer activities.\u00a0 In 2019, students began developing <a href=\"https:\/\/digitours.augsburg.edu\/tours\/show\/7\">digital walking tours<\/a> for the museum in a project-based partnership.<\/p>\n<p title=\"Zyzzogeton\"><strong>Zyzzogeton, The Last Word<\/strong>: Augsburg&#8217;s annual celebration of student research,\u00a0<a title=\"Zyzzogeton\" href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/zyzzogeton\/\">Zyzzogeton<\/a> (named for the last word in most dictionaries),\u00a0 provides an opportunity for students to share their research, whether from an URGO fellowship or an off-campus internship.<\/p>\n<p>There are many more research and internship opportunities, both locally and nationwide. We can help you find the placement that&#8217;s right for you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-47574 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2021\/09\/unnamed-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Students sitting around a table\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2021\/09\/unnamed-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2021\/09\/unnamed-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2021\/09\/unnamed-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg students have many opportunities for doing history beyond the classroom.\u00a0 If you are a current student, just talk with your advisor in the History department to set this in motion. URGO: Every summer, Augsburg&#8217;s Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunities (URGO) sponsors student research directly with faculty. 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