12 / GRADUATION GUIDE / THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM Wide range of options available for new graduates BY CLAIRE MCINERNY editor@kansan.com As some seniors are preparing for jobs and planning their lives after school,some students are experiencing a different scenario: the end of college. er. One opportunity that enables students to make that happen is through Teach for America. Teach For America is a program that allows recent college graduates to teach in public schools in low-income communities. The assignment lasts for two years. Four vea deg^o knc a way to prolong having to find a job, but rather look at it as a way to find new opportunities and new ways for students to use their passions. She said a lot of politicians who now work in Congress were in the program and are now fighting for education rights. Wiechman spent his two years in Saint Lucia doing community development. He helped a farmers' cooperative develop a grant proposal to get funding for a composting project from the United Nations and also taught reading and music at a school. The Peace Corps was an attract the option for Wichman because WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN PAGE 10