I was thinking about summer in Armenia recently. Is there anything interesting for university students to do? Internships are everywhere, but, at least in my time, they involved a lot of coffee drinking, smoking, and minesweeper (obviously this was pre-internet).

There’s this program for language study that I went on.

But I was just letting my mind wander and thinking that right now, this will be the last summer that I don’t need to work. I have a student visa that is good until January ‘07 and I am eligible for student loans until my disseration gets turned in sometime in September. Maybe going to Armenia to finish my dissertation would be a good idea. Maybe.

But while I would be there, I’d need something productive to do. Any ideas anyone? Internships would have to be useful for both the organization and myself. I’d want to feel like I was contributing to something good. It would also need to be flexible so that I could find time to work on my dissertation and do some private language tutoring. Maybe I could set up that wireless Yerevan that I’ve been dreaming of! Maybe I could teach young people basic Mac and PC troubleshooting. Maybe I could do free trainings on all sorts of computer applications. Maybe I could linuxize the country. The possibilities are endless. But how to do it… that is the question.

While I’m on the subject, I am also looking around for opportunities in general for university students. The traditional internship programs are obvious, but I’m asking the readers of Blogrel if they are interested in having some summertime assistance at their organizations/companies.

Thoughts anyone?