/ 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 panic.
Four yea degree late kno co rie
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.
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.
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.
The Peace Corps was an attract-
ion for Wiechman because
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President's military reduction affects student troops
BY HANNAH DAVIS
hdavis@kansan.com
Aaron Razak knows the toll military service takes on a family.
Razak is pleasant and outgoing. He stands well over 6-feet tall, with sparkling blue eyes and a muscular build. Razak earned his VFW designation through his service in South Korea, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
"For six and a half months, my mom never missed a phone call from me during my deployment," Razak said.
Now that Razak, a senior from Hays, lives in Lawrence, it takes his mother several days to return a phone call, a sign that her mind is at ease.
Although there still remains more than 1.3 million American troops stationed throughout the world, President Obama announced last
week that about 33,000 American troops in Afghanistan will return home by August 2012.
home by August 2014. Lt. Col. John Clark wasn't surprised when the President announced plans to reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan as America's longest running war continues to drain public morale and the national budget.
"The writing has been on the wall," Clark said. "The American public is tired and concerned with
issues at home."
Clark, a West Point graduate and director of admissions and scholarships for the ROTC program, served in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2010. Clark was happy for military families, and urged Americans to remain patient.
Clark, who was a combat advisor to the Afghanistan National Army, said troop reduction in Afghanistan relieves stress on military deployments. Units will have more time to train prior to deployment and soldiers will have longer at home to recharge.
remain patient.
"Progress in Afghanistan is always two steps forward and one step back. It's easy to focus on the negative but we are continuing to make progress."
"We are doing more across the globe than we have ever before, all with less than 1 percent of the American population enlisted," Clark said.
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