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Summer Violin and/or Piano Instructor
Our six-year-old daughter has taken private violin and piano lessons, and I'm hoping to find a student available to give lessons at our house once or twice a week in either violin or piano over the summer.
Babysitter
Seeking a mature student to care for our (2) children ages 5 and 8 during Graduation weekend. Mostly evenings Fri-Sun.
Summer Theatre Stage Carpenter
-Act as running crew for all performances
- Oversee and perform scenic and properties maintenance for all shows
-Working with the Technical Director, ensure the ongoing maintenance, and safe operation of, the stage space, fly system, and other production elements
-Attend production meetings as directed
-Run scene transitions and production changeovers throughout the festival
Summer Theatre Stage Manager
The stage manager will be responsible for the scheduling and administration of rehearals and stage manager operations, opening/closing of space, setup/breakdown of daily rehearsals, for the preset of each performance, and the calling of performances as assigned.
Summer Theatre Costume Shop Assistant
Acting as assistant designer for all BTPRep theater productions, assisting shop supervisor in production endeavors deemed necessary.
Recreational Sports Website Specialist
Responsibilities include maintaining and updating the Brown Recreational Sports web page under the supervision of the Recreational Sports professional staff.
This person will also be required to work on special projects related to the department's programs and operations, including creating print publications.
This person must have the technical skills or intent to learn while helping to maintain the site.
Summer Assistant Position
Seeking a hardworking, energetic, and optimistic individual with great organizational skills to take care of to-do list and provide time-saving solutions for busy schedule. We have more things to do this Summer and less time to get them done. In need someone to help with finding that one hard to find item, or complete entire gift list for special occasions. This position will include general office and light customer service duties.
Hours are flexible. 20-25 hours per typical week. Will cooperate with you to work around class schedule.
Duties may include: Computer data entry; Filing/paperwork; Taking customer/account payments; Placing orders; Light cleaning. Maintains office schedule by picking-up and delivering items using my automobile.
Sailing Instructor
Edgewood Sailing School has two summer Instructor/Coach openings: one for Opti's and the other for 420's. Edgewood Sailing School operates a small youth program with approximately 100 kids (ages 8-17) on the outskirts of Providence, RI. We sail out of the home of Brown University Sailing on Narragansett Bay. We can provide rent-free housing within walking distance of the club if needed.
-Program leadership is made up a Program Director and four Instructor/Coaches.
-Staff orientation and program prep begin June 10, 2013. Classes begin June 17, 2013 and end August 15, at the latest, if we have an enthusiastic racing cohort.
-Program runs M-F, 9:00AM to 4:00PM.
-Responsible for all on-the-water and on-land conduct of class.
-Collaborate with other coaches to provide a fun, safe learning environment.
-Utilize provided syllabus to build daily lesson plans to suit class.
-Act as appropriate role model for students and encourage sportsmanship and respectful behavior.
-Ensure boats, safety boat, and equipment are properly prepared for use each day and properly put away and secure at day's end.
- Some weekend events may require an instructor along with travel in RI.
Please check out EdgewoodSailing.org for Youth Program offerings. Edgewood Sailing School has an instructor big boat racing team that competes in a weekly summer series and also weekend events if you wish to learn or expand your big boat racing knowledge.
Summer child care
Seeking a mature, reliable, responsible afternoon babysitter to help mother on maternity leave with a toddler (when home from daycare) and with a newborn. Duties will include taking walks, playing with the toddler, feeding, diapering, light housework related to the children, and helping with bedtime routines. Ideal hours 3-7pm, 3-5 days/week with flexibility.
Coursera Computer Science Teaching Assistant
Work to support Professor Klein's Coursera online course.
Circulation Resource Sharing R&S Library
Search and page library material
-Process material for delivery, including photocopying, scanning and uploading files
-Charge and discharge library materials
-Work with specialized computer systems
-Communicate with patrons
-Process returned items -Inventory carrels and studies
-Relieve door guard as necessary
-Perform basic Gateway desk services in support of or in absence if staff
-Perform routine clerical support and assist staff with projects
-Maintain hold shelf and course reserve collection.
Hours in the Rock, Friday noon to 5:15, Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday noon to 7:00 pm
Hours in the Science will vary.
Undergraduate Research Assistant/Kennedy
Student research assistant who can provide ethnographic and visual art data elaborating martial arts practices in two geographical locations beyond the USA, with preference for SE Asia and NW Europe
250th Anniversary Research Assistant
The Office of the 250th Anniversary seeks a graduate student, or undergraduate student, preferably from the humanities, to fill an immediate research need in preparation for the Anniversary, which will begin March 7-8, 2014 and continue through May 2015. Applicants should demonstrate enthusiasm for Brown, eagerness to contribute to the success of Brown's anniversary and capacity to identify assets related to a variety of themes from Brown's history. Research conducted will support 250th Anniversary publications, etc., targeted to the academic arena as well as the general public.
Occasional evening babysitter
Looking for mature, reliable, kid-friendly person to sit for my 10-yr old son on occasional evenings.
Preservation Student Assist Enclosures
Students will be trained to make custom enclosures for fragile library materials from Special Collections being transferred to off site storage.
Physics Undergraduate Research Assistant/Tang
A summer research assistantship is open for an undergraduate student with strong training in physics and biological science. Prior research experience is a big plus. The project deals with motility and motor functions of a flagellated bacterium. The work includes sample preparation, microscopy and computer based data analysis.
Office Assistants
The Personnel People is an office staffing agency located in downtown Providence. We have been placing office workers with Rhode Island companies for over thirty years.
Currently we are recruiting candidates for temporary client assignments. Assignments can be either part time or full time, long term or short term.
We seek candidates with the following experience: Customer service, reception, data entry, Administrative Assistant, legal, and clerical.
We are currently searching for a full time receptionist for a Providence based law firm. Long term temporary candidate considered.
Summer Sitter
Seeking mature student to babysit for two young boys (ages 5 and 7). Need mostly daytime help, hours are flexible. Duties include reading books, playing outside, walks in the neighborhood, and preparing and cleaning-up snacks.
Ideally, sitter would be also be available for occasional evening work and weekend nights throughout the upcoming school year.
Child Care: Fitzpatrick boys
Seeking responsible and fun individual to care for two boys, ages 6 and 10, three afternoons per week. Hours are M-W-F 3:45-7 p.m. Duties include picking up children from camp, bringing them home, supervising play and preparing light snack and some dinner prep.
Physics Undergraduate Research Assistant/Narain
Project is to work on the Silicon detector R&D project for upgraded CMS detector. Task includes measurements of characteristics of the siicon detectors which will be acquired via the CERN group on CMA. The analysis of the signal characterisitics will be carried out using LabView and ROOT analysis tools.

