Prospective Oldenborg Residents
Attention All Pomona Students!!! Oldenborg welcomes applications from rising Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
Do you have at least one year of college experience in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, or Spanish?
Are you interested in a foreign language immersion experience?
Are you interested in living in a Special Interest Group?
Apply to live in OLDENBORG CENTER
Download Oldenborg room draw applications:
Language Hall or Special Interest Group
Note: Students must complete separate applications if applying to live in a language hall and a special interest group.
•Applications available at Oldenborg and the Office of Campus Life
•Applications due in the Oldenborg Main Office by 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 9
•Students with international interests can propose a Special Interest Group
FMI: contact Oldenborg Center by email orMary Boyington, Assistant Director x 71159
**Students interested from other 5C campuses, please see Oldenborg Staff for details
Interested in working for us? Please let us know! Contact Oldenborg Center by email.
POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR OLDENBORG
LANGUAGE RESIDENTS
Oldenborg Center serves three unique functions at Pomona College, a liberal arts college of approximately 1500 students located 35 miles east of Los Angeles. Oldenborg is at once a) a foreign-language residence hall, b) an international exchange venue, and c) an international affairs center. Oldenborg houses approximately 145 undergraduate students each academic year; the selection process is competitive and successful applicants must demonstrate both knowledge of, and engagement in, modern foreign languages and international affairs. Oldenborg is divided into six separate language sections (Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish), each of which is directed by a Language Resident who is a native speaker of that section’s language.
VISA REQUIREMENTS
Language Residents are Exchange Visitors as classified by the U.S. Department of State visa regulations. Language Residents hold J-1 non-degree student visas and, in order to maintain good standing as defined by visa regulations, must enroll in and successfully complete a full academic course load each term as defined by Pomona College (three academic credits). In addition, visa regulations limit Language Residents to work no more than 20 hours per week.
DUTIES
Language Residents are Pomona College staff employees; i.e, they are teaching assistants, not teaching faculty or research scholars. Moreover, since part of Oldenborg’s mission is to provide structured, but still informal, learning opportunities outside the classroom, the majority of work duties performed by Language Residents also takes place outside the classroom and is designed to supplement and enrich the regular academic programming already offered by the College. Language Residents report to the Oldenborg Center Director and, under the Director’s guidance, collaborate with foreign language and international relations faculty in structuring and implementing programming that supports engagement with foreign languages and cultures at the College. As such, Language Resident duties and responsibilities include:
• To serve as facilitators in intermediate and advanced foreign language conversation classes.
• To attend weekday foreign-language lunch tables and provide leadership that stimulates conversation in the target language.
• To organize and provide leadership for Center cultural events, such as film screenings, guest presentations, and other discussions. Although some events may be undertaken on student initiative, the advice and assistance of the Language Resident will be necessary.
• To promote use of the target language and interest in the foreign culture(s) relevant to the language section; to do so in a manner consistent with the Center’s spirit of providing a foreign language immersion environment for students.
• To be prepared to collaborate with individual foreign language faculty for a maximum of 5 hours per week as agreed upon by the Oldenborg Center Director and the Department Chair of the respective language program (monitor drill sections, substitute teach, etc.).
• Additional duties as required.
COMPENSATION
Oldenborg Language Residents receive $11,000 for the academic year (mid-August until mid-May), room and board (16 meals per week plus $160 Board Plus per semester), and College employee benefits (subsidized health care plan). Since Language Residents must complete three academic credits each semester per visa regulations, the College waives Language Resident tuition for course loads of up to three credits. Language Residents must pay their own travel expenses. All contracts are for one academic year; occasionally, and upon the College’s review, contracts may be renewed for a single additional year.
QUALIFICATIONS
Language Residents must be native speakers of one of the six languages emphasized by the Center: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, or Spanish. Language Residents must hold a B.A. degree (or equivalent), preferably in foreign languages, linguistics, or a related field. A TOEFL score of 600 or equivalent demonstrable fluency in English is required.
APPLICATION MATERIALS
Applicants for the position of Oldenborg Language Resident should submit the following materials:
• Language Resident Application Form
• Cover letter in English (indicating reasons for applying for this position, extracurricular interests, eventual career plans, and other relevant information)
• Curriculum vitae in English.
• Official transcript of academic work (with English translation).
• 2 letters of recommendation. Letters should be sealed by the recommender and, if possible, sent directly to the Oldenborg Center Director.
Finalists for the position will be contacted for a phone interview. For full consideration, application materials should be received by January 31, 2007.
Application materials should be sent to:
Professor Rita Bashaw, Director
Mary Boyington, Assistant Director
Oldenborg Center - Pomona College
350 N. College Way
Claremont, CA 91711
USA
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