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    Interpreting Internship Stipend Program Coordinator

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    About the grant

    The stipend coordinator screens English/ASL interpreting students who agree to complete internships in locations outside the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area to ensure that they meet eligibility criteria and assist them in completing and submitting applications for stipends.

    The coordinator provides the following:

    1. Program materials:
      • Assists the state in maintaining stipend application materials.
      • Maintains promotional materials.
    2. Interpreter Education Programs:
      • Conducts informational sessions at each interpreter education program to promote the stipend program.
      • Works with the internship placement staff at Minnesota’s interpreter education programs to identify potential stipend applicants and assist with non-academic internship arrangements if needed.
    3. Stipend application:
      • Assists students with the state's stipend application process.
      • Monitors student compliance with stipend requirements.
    4. Monitoring:
      • Schedules check-in appointments with students during their internships to assist with stipend-related issues.
    5. Host site compensation:
      • Will develop a process and materials to compensate internship host sites that are identified by the interpreter education program.
      • Coordinate compensation to the internship host site.

    Grant details

    Grant period: July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026
    Grant amount: $20,500 per fiscal year
    Grant recipient name: Paula GM Interpreting and Consulting, LLC

    Contact

    For more information about this stipend program, you may email Paula Gajewski Mickelson. For general questions about this or other grants, please contact us.

    Past awards

    Grant period: July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2023
    Grant amount: $25,000
    Grant recipient: Paula GM Interpreting and Consulting LLC

    Grant period: June 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021  
    Grant amount: $25,000
    Grant recipient: Jamillah Hollman

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