These programs offer financial support for unpaid internships that involve literature and language. Stipends are $ 1,000.00 for a semester-long internship during the academic year and $2,000.00 for a summer internship.  

This semester, spring 2009, Hendrix-Murphy student interns are:

•    writing publicity, organizing workshops, and maintaining relationships with sponsors for the Little Rock Film Festival and

•    maintaining the website, creating publicity, and marketing for the Arkansas Repertory Theatre.

In past years, student interns have:

•    translated Spanish legal documents for a local attorney who practices immigration law during the school year in Conway, Arkansas;

•    wrote movie reviews and edited copy for the Arkansas Times during the summer in Little Rock, Arkansas;

•    produced a labor law blog during the summer for an attorney in St. Louis, Missouri;

•    reviewed submissions and edited selections for the southern literary journal Oxford American;

•    worked with students in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs and assisted in administration and advertisement for the Arkansas Institute of Languages;

Students whose internships are supported by Hendrix-Murphy Foundation work with an academic advisor and workplace supervisor and complete final reports summarizing their experience. To apply,  click here .