2/ 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.
know what college, are right to the alternative. Beacute from 2 education for 1 education. studentstud at the Universityham think the collegiher option "To be figuring it" "As a juniorthink the isn't some forever an about beir can still fig
Four years of classes and one degree later,some students do not
TEACH A pop, graduates
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.
The Peace Corps was an attractive option for Wiechman because he lived in a rural village.
PEACE 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.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MAY 12, 2011 // VOLUME 8, ISSUE 30
* COVER PHOTO BY PETER TOSCO
KANSAS IN HEAT
MIKE ANDERSON GIVES HIS FINAL WORDS OF ADVICE
CELEBRITWEETS
6
HIPSTER MERMAID GIVES HER THOUGHTS ON HIPSTERDOM UNDER THE SEA
BAR ALTERNATIVES
13
FUN WEEKEND OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE TIRED OF THE LAWRENCE BAR SCENE
STUDYING CONFIDENCE
15
ONE JAYPLAY WRITER LEARNS HOW NOT TO CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK DURING A SUMMER ABROAD