Postgraduate Full-Time Volunteer Fair is today

Postgraduate Full-Time Volunteer Fair is today

The Center for Community Partnerships is hosting a Postgraduate Full-Time Volunteer Fair from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, in Room 155, Murray-Herrick Campus Center.

The evening will begin with a panel discussion by four St. Thomas graduates from 5 to 6 p.m. They will talk about their full-time volunteer work since graduation.

Panel members are:

  • Alison Piumbroeck '05, majored in international studies and political science, participated in City Year with Americorps in Washington, D.C.
  • Adam Groebner '05, majored in international studies and Spanish, participated in ACE in Texas through the University of Notre Dame
  • Mikayla Althaus '05, majored in leadership and management and Spanish, participated in Good Shepherd Volunteers in Paraguay
  • Caitlin Schwartz '07, majored in justice and peace studies and sociology, participated in St. Joseph the Worker Program in Minneapolis

A volunteer fair will follow the panel discussion from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the first-floor atrium (above the Bookstore), Murray-Herrick Campus Center. Pizza, pop and dessert will be provided.

A variety of organizations representing faith-based, non-faith-based, international, domestic, one-year, and two-year programs will be present.

The participating organizations are:

  • Peace Corps
  • Americorps
  • Teach for America
  • Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE)
  • St. Joseph the Worker
  • Lutheran Volunteer Corps
  • AMATE House
  • Good Shepherd Volunteers
  • Student Conservation Association (SCA)

If you have any questions, contact Adam Lukoskie, (651) 962-6466.