The National Baseball
Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY is looking for students for the 2015
Frank and Peggy Steele Internship Program.
The National Baseball
Hall of Fame and Museum is an independent, non-profit educational institution
dedicated to fostering an appreciation of the historical development of
baseball and its impact on our culture by collecting, preserving, exhibiting
and interpreting its collections for a global audience as well as honoring
those who have made outstanding contributions to our national pastime.
The Frank and Peggy
Steele Internship Program for Youth Leadership Development provides meaningful,
hands-on training in numerous professional careers including research, photo
archives, technical services, exhibit design, membership, education, archives
and collections management, recorded media, development, special events,
programs and events, multi-media, publications, and public relations. In
addition, interns learn and work in the company of baseball's best-known
personalities during the annual Hall of Fame Weekend and Induction Ceremony,
held in Cooperstown each summer.
To be considered for the
Frank and Peggy Steele Internship Program for Youth Leadership Development,
students must have completed at least their sophomore year and be enrolled in a
bachelor's or master's degree program at a college or university during the
internship, or have just graduated in May of 2015. All Steele interns receive a
bi-weekly stipend during the ten weeks of the program and access to affordable
student housing. If fulfilling an academic requirement, college credit may also
be awarded.
For more information and
the application, please visit http://baseballhall.org/education/internship-program
or contact Stephanie Hazzard, Director of Education, (607) 547-0349.
