<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div style=""><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Neil Carlson <<a href="mailto:nec4@calvin.edu">nec4@calvin.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Center for Social Research staff and student recruitment for summer 2015 and AY15-16</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">February 24, 2015 at 5:25:11 PM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">CSR <<a href="mailto:csr@calvin.edu">csr@calvin.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Allison Rudi <<a href="mailto:agr23@calvin.edu">agr23@calvin.edu</a>>, Greg Kim <<a href="mailto:kk35@calvin.edu">kk35@calvin.edu</a>>, Kandin Unger <<a href="mailto:klu3@calvin.edu">klu3@calvin.edu</a>>, Kathryn Bardolph <<a href="mailto:kab25@calvin.edu">kab25@calvin.edu</a>>, Laura Luchies <<a href="mailto:lbl7@calvin.edu">lbl7@calvin.edu</a>>, Owen Selles <<a href="mailto:oas2@calvin.edu">oas2@calvin.edu</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dear department chairs, past and present CSR Governing Board members, other Calvin clients and friends, and Calvin Matters readers:<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i>[Please share this opportunity with interested faculty and students! However, your selective judgment is very helpful—mass dissemination to entire lists of majors usually results in wasted effort for students and for CSR.]<o:p></o:p></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>RECRUITMENT of students and imminent/recent grads<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>looking for very talented and dedicated new recruits</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(for both immediate and future positions) among current Calvin students and imminent or recent graduates.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Do you know</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a student, impending graduate or recent graduate with capacity to learn rapidly, a technical mind, an interest in research, and a strong self-motivating work ethic? If she or he is looking for work starting in late May or early June, we’d like to talk to him or her about CSR. (Positions starting in Fall 2015 are conceivable but less likely to be available.)<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We have<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>several openings</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for undergraduate Research Assistants and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>two staff Research Specialist</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>positions for one- to two-year terms full time. We are particularly interested in applicants with experience in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>multicultural relations (especially Spanish language competence)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and those with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>GIS and/or programming skills</b>.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">For more information and an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>online application</b>, direct potential candidates to our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><a href="http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/csr/employment-opportunities" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Employment Opportunities</a></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>page or to search for the Center for Social Research in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><a href="https://calvin-csm.symplicity.com/employers/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">CalvinLink</a></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>system. Direct inquiries are welcome to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:klu3@calvin.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Kandin Unger</a><a href="mailto:tkm4@calvin.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(for student positions; Kandin will serve a second year as Research Associate) and to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:laura.luchies@calvin.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Laura Luchies</a>(for recent-grad staff positions). Interested candidates may also schedule visits to CSR with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:kab25@calvin.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Kathy Bardolph</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(x6-7799).<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Next year will be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>an exciting year at CSR</b>. Our engagement with Grand Rapids as a community is deepening, and we have an array of fresh academic and community research work, especially the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.kentcountyspeaks.org/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Kent County Deliberative Poll</a>, our inaugural CSR-initiated collaborative community research initiative.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We are losing both of our full-time Research Specialists to intentional turnover this summer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Owen Selles</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>will have served a storied two-year career at CSR boosting our technical toolkit and reputation into the stratosphere. He is moving on to graduate school in environmental science. We’ll also celebrate<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Kyung-Sung (Greg) Kim</b>’s year of incomparably mature and insightful service to Gatherings of Hope and many other projects; he returns to Korea for his mandatory military service.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Your<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>feedback</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on your experience with CSR and our team members is always welcome. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Blessings on each of you and all your work,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Neil<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Neil Carlson, PhD<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Director, Center for Social Research<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Calvin College<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">3201 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids MI 49546<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">616 526-6420 (office) | 616 634-7321 (mobile)<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:neil.carlson@calvin.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">neil.carlson@calvin.edu</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.calvin.edu/csr" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">www.calvin.edu/csr</a></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div>Joel C. Adams, PhD</div><div>Chair, Dept of Computer Science</div><div>Calvin College</div><div><a href="http://www.calvin.edu/~adams">http://www.calvin.edu/~adams</a></div><div><a href="mailto:adams@calvin.edu">adams@calvin.edu</a></div></div>
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