/ 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 manic.
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.
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.
The Peace Corps was an attract-
tion for Wiechem because
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.
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KU staff are collecting food and money to feed the hungry in Lawrence during the third annual KU Staff Summer Food Drive,July 11-15. For collection points and instructions, go to www.facebook.com/HelpKUFightHunger.
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How your beer is making you dumb
A new study connects binge drinking with loss of brainpower bad news for many college students.
21 Dodgers
A divorce tale: KU grad blogs about sports tiff
Josh Fisher writes on the high-drama of sports management playing out on a national scale.
5 Turning up tuition to fill the gaps
Increases in the cost of attendance hit out-of-state students especially hard. Recruiters for the University want more of them to come.
Quote of the Week
"I do hereby proclaim July 1984 as National Ice Cream Month and July 15,1984,as National Ice Cream Day,and I call upon the people of the United States to observe these events with appropriate ceremonies and activities."
Ronald Reagan
We take a rare look into the lives of the students who write and distribute those pesky parking tickets on campus. Page 7.
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