/ 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 years of classes and on degree later, so know what college. righ al;
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.
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.
Gina Littlejohn, the campus
DFACE CORPS
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 attractive option for Wiechman because
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KU and Harvard are the only universities that have had two alumnae elected to be governor. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and Jane Dee Hull of Arizona are both Jayhawks.
Sports madness.
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Commentary and coverage. Even more at Kansan.com/sports.
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Couples who mix their ups and downs with the publicity of social media such as Facebook are statistically more likely to break up, IRL.
Busted? Here's some things you should know.
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State laws regarding driving under the influence are set to change July 1.
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Everybody knows smoking is bad for you. So why do so many students still smoke hookah and not think it counts? See full story on page 6.
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Quote of the Week
"Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House."
Calvin Coolidge
Fact of the Week
The first American president to support the concept of Father's day was President Calvin Coolidge in 1924.
— wilstar.com
ON THE RECORD
KU public safety officers responded to:
- A theft within Allen Fieldhouse on Friday night.
- Reports of smoke in a power transmitter near Dyche Hall likely caused by an animal Friday afternoon.
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