Short Term PostGraduation Opportunities

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Short Term Post-GraduationOpportunities
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Todays Agenda

• Expectations
• Why Short-Term?
• Options
• Teach, Serve, Study, Intern
• Choose Your Own Adventure!
• Real Examples from Alumni
• Your Action Plan Resources

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Why Short-Term?

• Try something new while continuing to build
  skills.
• Continue exploring academic/ career interests
  before making a major commitment to grad school.
• Increase marketability to employers and graduate
  programs.
• Because youre only young once!

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Expectations

• There is no one-stop shop. Use a variety of
  resources.
• Dont expect to get rich.
• Start your search early.
• Have a backup plan.

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TEACH

• Teach for America
• www.tfa.org
• Largest employer of 2008 Duke grads
• Similar to Teach for America
• Citizen Schools
• Match Corps
• Inner City Teaching Corps
• Private School, 1-Year Internships for New
  Teachers
• Punahou School Mentoring Program (Honolulu, HI)
• The Park School Internship in Teaching
  (Brookline, MA)
• Brearley School Associate Teachers Program (NY,
  NY)
• Teaching Abroad
• JET Programme (Japan)
• French Embassy Teaching Assistant Program
  (France)

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SERVICE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Duke-affiliated
• Lilly Fellows, Hart Fellows Program, The Duke
  Endowment Fellowship, Lewis Hine Documentary
  Fellows Program
• Faith-based opportunities
• Lutheran Corps, American Jewish World Service
• Americorps Vista
• Short term jobs available nationwide (including
  one at Duke)!
• Peace Corps
• Alternatives to the Peace Corps
• American India Foundation Service Corps

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INTERN

• BUSINESS
• Mountbatten Institute London Internship Program
• SPORTS
• NBA Associates Program
• Boston Red Sox Fellowship Program
• PUBLIC AFFAIRS
• Coros Fellows Program in Public Affairs
• MEDIA/ ENTERTAINMENT
• NBC Page Program
• MTV Digital Media Fellowship
• The American Prospect's Writing Fellows Program
• HEALTH
• Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice
• NIH Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research
  Training Award (IRTA) Program

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STUDY

• Duke Undergraduate Research Support Office
• www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/research/
• 684-6536
• Duke Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows
• www.aas.duke.edu/ousf/
• National International Scholarship Database
• www.aas.duke.edu/cgi-bin/ousf/search.pl
• Pregraduate Advising Office
• http//pregrad.trinity.duke.edu/
• pregrad_at_duke.edu

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CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

• Grants
• Delay the Real World
• Fundraising or Pay-to-Go
• Alliance Abroad
• Cross Cultural Solutions
• Adelante Abroad (Spain, Mexico, South America)
• Short Term Jobs Abroad
• BUNAC
• WWOOFing

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Real Examples from Alums

• I applied to and was accepted into the Beginning
  Arabic Critical Language Scholarship Program in
  Tunis, Tunisia. I was drawn to this program
  because of my love of foreign cultures (I majored
  in Anthropology), my fascination with languages,
  and my research interests in Islamic diasporas
  and the Muslim world. Among my fellow American
  students are graduate students in Creative
  Writing, International Education and Political
  Science, and undergraduates interested in Islamic
  art and architecture, water management, Global
  Health and the historical and present-day ties
  between the Maghreb, Spain, and France. Clearly,
  one need not have an interest in
  counter-terrorism or State Department work in
  order to qualify for a Critical Language
  Scholarship !
• I plan to continue my Arabic studies and am
  strongly considering applying for a Fulbright to
  return here in a year's time. In the meantime, I
  will be teaching English in France through the
  French Government's English Language Teaching
  Assistantship Program.
• Margo Hoyler, T08

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Real Examples from Alums

• I took advantage of internships in my area of
  interest (business of sport) following graduation
  in 1992. Summer of 1992, I interned with both the
  PGA Tour and Sports Illustrated (1992 Summer
  Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain). Upon return
  to the States, I was offered a position at an
  advertising agency, working on an account team
  dedicated to managing sports sponsorship
  activities. You will find successful Duke alums
  in whatever your field of interest. This
  certainly provides a level of comfort that
  someone who once sat in your position has been
  able to achieve a certain level of "success.
• Derrick Heggans, T92
• General Manager, AOL Sports

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Real Examples from Alums

• I served as a Teaching Fellow in a two year
  fellowship with a non-profit called Citizen
  Schools. In my job, I work with at-risk middle
  schoolers during their school day and in our
  afterschool enrichment program. While at Duke, I
  knew that I wanted to go to medical school.
  However, I also knew that I wanted to take some
  time off before going back to school. Having
  loved my experiences with community service
  during my time at Duke, I applied to several
  service opportunities. I chose to work with
  Citizen Schools because they have a unique
  perspective on how to change the way we address
  education in this country.
• Marron Wong, T06

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Your Action Plan

• Start now.
• Identify your interests.

Contact an assortment of people related to that
interest area for ideas (Duke professors, Career
Counselors, Duke alumni).
Target programs best-suited to you.
Put together a great application!
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Resource List
A handful of things to get you started! Available
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