Exploring Ethics

The  undergraduates of the Ethics Center Leadership Council (ECLC) share their thoughts and views on topics and events related to the Center's work in the new blog "Exploring Ethics."

Posts include:

  • "Tunisia and Egypt: The Parallels of Human Rights and Democracy"
    "The Battle After War"
  • "The Moral Imagination"
  • "Female judges, lawyers and rights – oh my! Chipping away at the glass ceiling in international politics"

Read and comment here: http://blogs.brandeis.edu/eclc/

Ethics Center Leadership Council

 

A "Social Justice Street Team"

The Ethics Center Leadership Council (ECLC) is composed of four undergraduate students who work together and independently to build engagement with and awareness of the Center’s resources; reach out to students, faculty and staff at Brandeis and to people at other schools and organizations; and promote and enhance interactive conversations about topics concerning social justice on campus through various means.

Requirements:

Applicants must be current first years, sophomores or juniors. We are seeking students who can work independently and collaborate, and are interested in some or all of the Ethics Center's areas of work. (Interest and excitement is more important than experience.)

The ECLC will meet as a group eight times over the course of the fall semester. Each ECLC member will work on four two-week independent initiatives, selected from a number of options. At the end of the semester, each ECLC member will produce a report on their work, including recommendations for next steps.

ECLC members receive a stipend of $250 per semester.

Kate AlexanderRachel GilletteAnna KhandrosTenzing SherpaBeneva DaviesYuan Yao

The ECLC was piloted in the spring 2011 semester and continued in the 2011-2012 academic year. Read about the inaugural ECLC members here, and read about the fall 2011/spring 2012 ECLC members here.

How to Apply

Note: The application deadline is Monday April 30 at 12 noon.

By Monday April 30th at noon:

  • Complete the online application via SurveyMonkey here. Application includes a 250-500 word essay and the name of a Brandeis faculty or staff recommender (no written recommendation required).
  • Submit paper copies of the following materials to Barbara Strauss at the Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex (ASAC) room 309 – all single-sided and unstapled:
    • double-spaced printout of the essay,
    • unofficial or official Brandeis transcript,
    • resume

Finalists will be notified by Wednesday, May 2nd.

Finalist interviews will be conducted Tuesday May 8th and Wednesday May 9th. You will indicate your availability for interviews as part of the online application. (NOTE: We prefer to conduct interviews in person, but if necessary can arrange for an interview via Skype.)

Questions?

Contact the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life
phone: 781-736-8577
email: ethics@brandeis.edu
office: ASAC 309, across from the Heller School

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