Deadline Nears for ASME's Early Career Leadership Intern Program

If you're an ASME member and you're ready to make a difference in your career and gain experience at the leadership level of ASME, you have until Jan. 15 to apply for the Early Career Leadership Intern Program to Serve Engineering (ECLIPSE).

The Center for Leadership and Diversity's Committee on Internship Programs is currently inviting eligible ASME members to apply for participation in the program. Through ECLIPSE, the committee hopes to place early-career engineers in highly visible and productive roles within the ASME organization, encourage continuing leadership training, and provide mentoring to these engineers by high-level ASME volunteers.

The program is open to ASME members who have spent from three to 10 years in the workforce and have not previously served as a Leadership Development Initiative or Minority Leadership Program intern.

ECLIPSE is a competitive internship program. The deadline for applications is Jan. 15, and all applicants will be notified by Feb. 28.

ECLIPSE participants are matched with a specific ASME unit for a period of one year, and work closely with an assigned mentor to complete one or more projects throughout the year. Internships begin at the ASME Annual Meeting (formerly the Summer Annual Meeting) with an Early Career Leadership session.

Interns also attend the ASME Congress in November, as well as training at the Leadership Training Conference. At the end of the internship period, ECLIPSE participants are assisted in identifying opportunities for continued participation in ASME.

Previous Leadership Development Initiative and Minority Leadership Program interns are invited to serve on the Committee on Internship Programs, serve as advocates for additional placements for ECLIPSE participants, or as mentors in the program.

For additional information, go to www.asme.org/Governance/Volunteer/Early_Career
_Leadership.cfm, or contact Marina Stenos, e-mail StenosM@asme.org.

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