Gaining Experience Through Volunteering

Undergraduate Students

GAINING EXPERIENCE THROUGH VOLUNTEERING

In addition to building strong communities and organizations and addressing real problems, volunteering provides yet another way for students to learn more about their interests, skills, preferred workstyles, and workplace expectations.

Syracuse Opportunities | National and Global Opportunities

The Center for Public and Community Service (CPCS)
237 Schine Student Center
443-3051
http://students.syr.edu/cpcs/
Volunteering often gives students the chance to make a difference while strengthening skills that will prove marketable in today's job market. The CPCS provides information on over 300 community agencies and placements in Central New York. The CPCS helps coordinate the activities of the Syracuse University Volunteer Organization (SRVO) and the SU Literacy Corps.

National and Global Opportunities

Use the following to find actual opportunities and to identify organizations whose goals you might wish to support by volunteering.

Volunteer Match.
Advice, listings of nonprofits, and other neat features.

Idealist.org.
A tremendously valuable site, international in scope.

Global Impact.
A globally-focused site with connections to service organizations involved with hunger relief and other issues.