Service
Post Graduate Information
How to Stay Involved After Graduation
In the office of Student Leadership and Civic Engagement, our brand is “Begin a Journey, Leave a Legacy” and we encourage students to think about creating a life of service to others while they are in college, but did you know you could continue building on that after graduation to further prepare you to get ahead in your career field?
There is a wide variety of formal post-graduation programs that serve to provide real-world experience, a satisfaction of contributing to the public good, and becoming an agent for change in the world.
Post-Graduation Service Programs
AmeriCorps
www.americorps.gov
AmeriCorps engages more than 80,000 Americans in intensive service each year at nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country.
Since the program’s founding in 1994, more than 800,000 AmeriCorps members have contributed more than 1 billion hours in service across America while tackling pressing problems and mobilizing millions of volunteers for the organizations they serve.
Peace Corps
www.peacecorps.gov
The Peace Corps traces its roots and mission to 1960, when then-Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. From that inspiration grew an agency of the federal government devoted to world peace and friendship.
Since that time, 210,000+ Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 139 host countries to work on issues ranging from AIDS education to information technology and environmental preservation.
Jesuit Volunteer Corps
www.jesuitvolunteers.org
The Jesuit Volunteer Corps offers women and men an opportunity to work full-time for justice and peace. Jesuit volunteers are called to the mission of serving the poor directly, working for structural change in the United States, and accompanying people in developing countries.
Teach for America
www.teachforamerica.org
The mission of Teach for America is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort.
City Year
www.cityyear.org
As tutors, mentors and role models, City Year's diverse young leaders help children stay in school and on track, and transform schools and communities across the United States, as well as through international affiliates in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England. Just as important, during their year of service corps members develop civic leadership skills they can use throughout a lifetime of community service.