/ GRADUATION GUIDE / THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
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 one degree later, some students do not know what they are going to do.
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.
Gina Littlejohn, the campus campaign coordinator for Teach
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 attractive option for Wiechman because
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Despite the heat, a growing number of students are riding bikes — choosing sweating up hills over sweating over gas prices. Check out page 6 to learn more about getting starting riding bikes and how to maintain them.
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Quote of the Week
"A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines."
Frank Lloyd Wright
Opinion: Condoms are classy
Columnist James Castie is anti-STIs, pro-safe sex. Check out the reasons why.
Fact of the Week
Average house size has doubled in the US since the 1970s.
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Mike Getto, assistant KU football coach from 1929-1939 and 1947-1950, brought the Jayhawk back to his hometown of Jeannette, PA, where it was adopted by the high school and remains their
Can you hear me now?
Sports coverage includes stories on the volleyball team's trip to Europe.
Sports: Track, volleyball and more
The World Health Organization says cell phones can be harmful to your health. Most students say they don't care.
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CAMPUS POLICE RECORDS SHOW:
a DUI arrest on Monday at Irving Hill Road and Naismith Drive.
an open-container arrest on Monday in the 1200 block of Oread Avenue.
a DUI arrest on Sunday in the 1400 block of Jayhawk Boulevard.
an open-container arrest on Sunday in the 1400 block of Alumni Place.
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