Tag: nonprofit
How to Find an Internship or Job in a Non-Profit
If one of your strong values is to make a positive difference in the world, you may want to consider a non-profit organization for an internship or job. Non-profits have a mission and purpose to further a social cause or provide a public benefit. Non-profit organizations include universities, public schools, charities, public clinics and hospitals, ...
Community Engagement and Your Career
Engaging in your community through volunteering, service, advocacy, and civic engagement activities is more than just a resume booster. Community engagement is an opportunity to explore future careers, build networks outside the university, develop new skills and apply what you’re learning in the classroom to the world around you. Every profession has a public dimension ...
Employer Perspective: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts
By: Haylee Morgan, Community Engagement Coordinator Please tell us a little about your organization:Big Brothers Big Sisters is looking for BU students to mentor a youth from the Boston area! You will be paired with a child between the ages of 7-12 who you will mentor while doing fun activities together on BU's campus or ...
The Benefits of Working at a Nonprofit
Have you ever worked out at the YMCA? Walked in a 5K to raise money for breast cancer? Viewed a painting at a museum? Donated blood to the Red Cross? If so, you’ve engaged with the world of nonprofits! The nonprofit community is vast and encompasses industries ranging from healthcare and human services to international ...
Linda Pham (CAS’23), Asian American Resource Workshop
CCD: Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? LP: Over the course of this semester, I had the opportunity to intern with Asian American Resource Workshop as their organizing and research intern. Asian American Resource Workshop is a nonprofit and member-led organization striving to aid Asian Americans through political, educational, and economical issues. ...
Student Internship Stories: Sharlize Lescano (COM ‘23), Bakes for Breast Cancer
CCD: Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? SL: This summer, I interned at Bakes for Breast Cancer, a nonprofit organization that aims to spread awareness and raise money for breast cancer initiatives, such as medical research and patient care. As a Public Relations Intern, some of my responsibilities included: curating engaging social ...
Student Internship Stories: Neekita Bajaj (SAR ‘23), Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey
CCD: Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? NB: Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey (GSNNJ) is a non-profit organization that believes in the power of G.I.R.L.S (go-getters, innovators, risk-takers, leaders), and offers every girl the opportunity to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success. Jockey Hollow Girl Scout Camp is a ...
Student Internship Stories: Camilo Auyero (CAS ‘23), Rainforest Partnership
CCD: Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? CA: Rainforest Partnership is an Austin-based international NGO that works with the local and indigenous communities to protect and regenerate tropical rainforests in Ecuador, Peru, and Mexico. On a global scale, Rainforest Partnership aims to educate and raise awareness on rainforest conservation through partnerships with ...
Student Internship Stories: Ahyoung Shin (CAS ‘22), Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP)
CCD: Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? AS: Last summer, I had the opportunity to intern as a Student Intern at the Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) in Boston, MA. VLP is a non-profit organization that provides legal aid to lower-income people in the Greater Boston area. Within the various units that VLP has, ...
Student Internship Stories: Chloe McKim Jepsen (CAS’22), Massachusetts Housing Coalition
CCD: Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? CMJ: I served as the Marketing and Policy Intern for the Massachusetts Housing Coalition, a new nonprofit organization based in Boston. MHC aims to promote the creation of affordable housing in Massachusetts through advocacy of adequate access to transportation, sustainable practices, and racial social, and ...
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