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Community Outreach
Upcoming Events & Opportunities
The events, scholarships, grants, internships and fellowships listed below are not sponsored by the University of Connecticut; therefore federal work study funding is prohibited. Please check with the Office of Community Outreach with any inquiries regarding this matter.
Community Events & Engagement Opportunities
- UConn's 3rd Annual Husky Classic Soccer Tournament
Looking to get involved with a good cause? Sign up to be a volunteer for UConn's 3rd Annual Husky Classic Soccer Tournament! Come enjoy a nice day in the sun while helping out at Connecticut's own Special Olympics State Qualifier's! Volunteer sign-ups will be April 6th and 7th at the Student Union Street from 10am-2pm. The tournament will be held on May 2nd at the George J. Sherman Sports Complex. Round up your friends and take advantage of one last great opportunity to get involved before the semester ends! For more info, please contact Rob Puff (r.puff@uconn.edu) or Katelyn Donovan (katelyn.donovan@uconn.edu).
- AIDS Walk, New Haven
This organization is a 501(c) 3 non-profit whose mission is to raise money, increase public awareness, promote prevention through advocacy, and unite the Yale-New Haven community against stigma, apathy and infection of HIV/AIDs. The culminating event of our organization is the AIDS Walk, a 5K walk to raise money to provide support services to individuals and families infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in the greater New Haven community. The walk will take place on Sunday, April 26, at the New Haven Green. Registration for the walk starts at 12:30pm and the walk begins at 2:30pm. Here is a link that has transportation information to New Haven and a map that shows the location of the New Haven Green: http://www.infonewhaven.com/2852. In addition to the walk itself, there will also be inspiring speakers and entertaining performers. To sign up please visit http://www.firstgiving.com/aidswalknewhaven.
- Huskies for Humanity
Muscular Dystrophy is a progressive, often fatal group of 40 genetic diseases. James Lacerenza, a 21 year old junior from UConn Stamford with Cerebral Palsy, is trying to help 70 kids with MD attend a special summer camp in Spring Valley, NY. If you'd like to help him change lives, please visit his website - http://www.mdactkids.org - and securely give whatever you can. Or, get personally involved - become a camp counselor this summer. Volunteer counselors (who must be at least 16 years old) receive an orientation and training that includes wheelchair techniques, lifting and transfers, personal hygiene, and emergency procedures. The primary responsibility of each counselor is to provide both physical and psychological support to their camper, thereby helping them to enjoy camp. Medical staff are available throughout the week to meet any healthcare needs that may arise. If you're interested in volunteering, call Gloria English, Health Care Coordinator for the Lower Hudson Valley and Southwestern Connecticut at 1-(203)-256-8118. Bring the best week of the summer to a child in need. Help now.
- UConn Give and Go
During the week of Finals and move out- choose to donate your used items instead of throwing them away! The Office of Environmental Policy, Residential Life, Community Outreach, The Town of Mansfield, Green Grads, EcoHusky, and U-Haul will be helping collect used items that will be then donated to area non-profits. There will be 11 locations around campus in which students can volunteer by collecting items from students moving out. You can choose which site to volunteer at! Volunteers will help organize and sort donations, as well as motivate students to be more environmentally minded and recycle things they're not taking home for the summer. Volunteers are expected to dress appropriately and food will not be provided. Site will participate rain or shine. Click on the sign up now button and choose which site you want to volunteer at! Shifts are 2 hours in length and each site will be open from 11am-5pm daily. Please visit http://www.studentactivities.uconn.edu/co_csd_individual.php to sign up!!!
- The Australian Wildfires
The tragic stories of people’s demise are heart wrenching. Australians are prepared for fire, for it is part of their culture; every community plans, prepares, and is trained and ready for the bushfire season. Steps are taken each year to reduce the impact of fires on livestock, property and people. Every house has a fire plan, and each member of country towns are trained to respond to fires. However, this fire took everyone by surprise, and no preparations could have prevented such unnecessary death and devastation. If you would like to aid the victims of Australia’s worst natural disaster in history, consider volunteering with the Australian Red Cross which has begun an appeal to help the victims. More information on secure online donating can be found at http://www.redcross.org.au/default.asp. Up to date information on the fires can be found at several Australian news agencies. The local paper is called the Herald Sun and can be found at: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/indepth/0,,5018723,00.html.
- Volunteer With the Caleb Foundation
Village Heights Apartments on Cameo Drive in Willimantic is looking for help with their After-School Homework program as well as a Computer Lab expert to help residents navigate the computer and write resumes. Volunteers are also needed to help with grounds work and helping our residents’ plant, weed, and clean. For more information or to volunteer please contact Nicole Ortiz at 860-456-1518 or nortiz@thecalebfoundation.org.
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Workshops, Trainings and Conferences
- None at this time. Please continue to check back for more opportunities.
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Volunteer Abroad Opportunities
- None at this time. Please continue to check back for more opportunities.
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Careers for the Common Good
- Careers for the Common Good at the University of Connecticut:
http://www.career.uconn.edu/careers_common_good.html
- Literacy Coach—Community Partners for Early Literacy grant (10-month position)
The Center for Early Childhood Education at Eastern Connecticut State University is looking for a Literacy Coach. Under the supervision of the Program Coordinator of the Center for Early Childhood Education or designee, the Literacy Coach provides professional development, mentoring, and support to preschool teachers in Willimantic as part of the Community Partners for Early Literacy project, a U.S. Department of Education Early Reading First grant.
Basic qualifications include a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Reading/Language Arts, or a related field. A bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, education, or a related field with progressively responsible professional teacher training experience will also be considered. Bilingual (English/Spanish) is preferred. Please contact MomRuby@aol.com for more information concerning this position.
- Facilitating Service-Learning Programs for Middle and High School Students
Spend a week or a month this spring or summer helping young people discover how to make a difference in the world! The Civic Education Project (CEP), a leadership and citizenship program at Northwestern University, is NOW HIRING exceptional staff for our Spring & Summer 2009 service-learning programs. To learn more and apply please visit http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/cep/jobs.
- Work in Kenya
A work camp is a program that brings together international and local volunteers together to work and live together in Kenyan village, where they work together with a community towards achieving a common goal such as renovation of classrooms, teaching children etc. This program enables volunteers to experience diverse Kenyan culture and become part of it by helping volunteers in conflict resolution and first hand development challenges. For more information about this program, please visit ,www.mafanikio.com.
- Young Leader of Social Change Fellow (New Haven, CT)
The Young Leader of Social Change Fellowship provides an outstanding recent college or public health graduate with an opportunity to engage in high impact front-line global service programs. In this position, the Fellow will work closely with Unite For Sight's C.E.O on public health programming. Duties and responsibilities include applying organizational and writing skills to the development and implementation of global health initiatives, expanding Unite For Sight's presence on college campuses, and contributing to cutting-edge programs in development. Required Qualifications include comprehensive understanding of best practice public health principles, minimum 1 year commitment though longer commitments are preferable, and a bachelor’s degree. Interested applicants should send a resume to the attention of Jennifer Staple, at JStaple@uniteforsight.org Please clearly indicate that you are applying for the Young Leader of Social Change Fellow position.
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Fellowships & Internships
- Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowships
These are six-nine month positions with non-profit advocacy groups in Washington D.C. Fellows receive a stipend of $2,200 per month and health insurance, plus travel expenses. Students must complete their undergraduate degrees before the fellowship period – graduate students are also encouraged to apply. The DEADLINE for a Fall 2009 Fellowship is February 2, 2009; the DEADLINE for a Spring 2010 Fellowship is October 15, 2009. Students may visit http://www.scoville.org/apply.html#iif07 for an application and more information.
- Rotary World Peace Fellowship
These are competitive fellowships leading to a master’s degree or professional development certificate at one of seven Rotary Center in partnership with eight universities: Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand); Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; International Christian University (Tokyo, Japan); University del Salvador (Buenos Aires, Argentina); University of Bradford (West Yorkshire, England); University of California, Berkeley; University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia). DEADLINE: 2010 Applications must be sponsored by a local Rotary club and endorsed by July 1, 2009, so students need to contact a local Rotary club ASAP to obtain district deadlines. Full guidelines, selection and eligibility criteria and the application are available at: http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/EducationalPrograms/RotaryCentersForInternationalStudies/Pages/HowToApply.aspx
- Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Potential Candidates (freshmen and sophomores) for the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a public service scholarship, should meet with Jill Deans as soon as possible to discuss their eligibility. Students apply as JUNIORS only (even though the scholarship is tenable for graduate school). The DEADLINE for campus nomination is early November of each year. Nominees will complete their applications by February. Visit www.ons.uconn.edu or www.truman.gov for more information.
- Internship Opportunities at the Special Olympics Connecticut Eastern Region Office
Interns should be available to work in the Eastern Region Office in Norwich, CT a minimum of two days a week. Some work/tasks can be done from their home/apartments. Full-time internships are also available for eligible students. Interns are working for class/department credits. Specific duties include the contacting/recruiting of local high schools, universities, businesses and organizations to participate in Penguin Plunges and creating and distributing media releases to local print and broadcast media outlets, including Hartford Courant, Meriden Record Journal, Middletown Press, New London Day, Norwich Bulletin and Shoreline News outlets. Interns will also create Penguin Program, which gives schedule of events, acknowledges sponsors and support organizations and promotes the plunge, and support Event Committees and volunteers day-of as needed. Please contact Marc Mercadante, Eastern Regional Director, at 860- 887-1555, EXT. 503 or at marcm@soct.org to apply and for more information!
Positions & Careers
- NEW GUARD Dogs
GUARD Dogs is now accepting drivers 19 years and older!!! This is a huge change from the previous 21+ driver requirement, and we hope it opens up GUARD Dogs to many more UConn students! We anticipate with this new change we will be able to staff more vans, have shorter wait times, and have a dedicated close-knit GUARD Dogs community. As always, we need members who want to help out the UConn campus and community in any way possible, so while we are looking for new drivers, the positions of ride along and dispatcher are just as important! That’s why we encourage everyone to sign up to be a NEW GUARD Dog member with a friend! If you are interested in becoming a new GUARD Dog member you can fill out a full membership application at: http://www.guarddogs.uconn.edu/forms/membershipapplication.html
Once you apply to be a member, if you are interested in becoming a driver and you:
- are 19 years or older
- have had your license for 2 or more years
- have been on the Storrs campus for 2 or more semesters
- and have a clean driving record
You can fill out the brief driver application at: http://www.guarddogs.uconn.edu/forms/driverapplication.html
- NEW City Year Open House
Join City Year New Hampshire for an open house on Wednesday, March 6th at our office in Stratham (200 Domain Drive, Stratham, NH 03885). The Open House will run from 6:00-8:00 PM. The open house will include an office tour, a short video about City Year, and an opportunity to speak one on one with Corps members about their City Year experience and the services that they provide. To RSVP or for more information please contact Ryan McMahon or Ted Wing at City Year New Hampshire at 603-773-1618 or nhrecruitment@cityyear.org.
- NEW Develop Your Skills and Build Your Resume!
The Women's Studies Program offers multi-disciplinary and well established summer internships for 3 to 9 credits. Women's Studies interns also participate in a weekly three-hour, three-credit, seminar. This integrative seminar is designed to provide students with a forum for situating their work experience within a broader context. A portion of each class is devoted to discussions in which insights gained from students' field experiences are viewed from the perspective of their academic training. Prerequisite: One women's studies course and consent of instructor is required. For more information, contact Dr. Marita McComiskey at marita.mccomiskey@uconn.edu
- Vermont Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA Program
Vermont Campus Compact is looking for people to fight poverty as organizers, collaborators, and catalysts for change as AmeriCorps*VISTA Members. Each Member will serve one year at a participating college or community organization, working with students, faculty, administration, and local communities to build volunteer and service-learning programs on the campus and mobilize the resources of higher education to serve the needs of the community. By coordinating the integration of service and academics, you will effect sustainable change that serves community needs while fostering much needed leadership and civic engagement in college students. For specific position descriptions, please visit: http://www.vtcampuscompact.org/vistapositions.php#positions. All positions will begin mid-August 2009.
** The opportunities and events in Community Outreach’s Call for Action do not reflect the opinions of the Office of Community Outreach, its staff or the University of Connecticut. The Call For Action is a publication through which Community Outreach is able to inform students about a broad range of service opportunities in the local and regional communities. Your participation is voluntary and we encourage you to research service opportunities prior to engaging in them.
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