WWU to Host AmeriCorps Panel Discussion May 7

Western Washington University’s Career Services Center will host a panel discussion on opportunities with AmeriCorps at 4-5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, in Viking Union Room 552.

The discussion free and open to the public.

AmeriCorps is a national volunteer organization that offers graduates thousands of opportunities to gain meaningful professional experience working in nonprofit and government organizations nationwide. Job assignments can include community development, environmental protection, public safety, housing, youth development and more.            

Western graduates have served in AmeriCorps positions building homes following Hurricane Katrina, teaching reading to students in low-income communities and assisting nonprofit agencies.

Panelists at this event will be sharing information and advice to help students learn more about the experience and the benefits, to find out if AmeriCorps is the right fit and to learn more about the application process.

Panelists will include Sarah Dorfler, AmeriCorps VISTA project coordinator at Western; and Cassidy Mills, AmeriCorps food educator at Common Threads Farm in Bellingham. It will also include AmeriCorps FEMA Corps members Heather Johnson, who is currently based in Bothell, and Meg Stuckley, who is currently based in Lynnwood.

For more information visit Western’s Career Services Center website at http://www.careers.wwu.eduor contact Shelley Pearson, counselor at the Career Services Center, at (360) 650-7973 or shelley.pearson@wwu.edu.