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U.S. News & World Report - Best Colleges 2011
Submitted by servicewire on Thu, 08/19/2010 - 13:38
Check out the report on Best Colleges: Service-Learning!
Community Shares Stories of Priceless AmeriCorps Service at the Northwest Service Academy Luncheon
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 13:33
A gathering to celebrate Northwest Service Academy.
Monday, 50 members of the extended Northwest Service Academy community gathered at the Lower Columbia Center here in Portland to share stories of the remarkable impact NWSA has had in the community and in their own lives. The gathering felt like a celebration and, frankly, a closing of sorts.
Interview with the New Team: Inner City Teaching Corps of Chicago Corps Members Begin a New Year
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 18:48
New volunteer teaching corps members of the Inner City Teaching Corps of Chicago.
On June 10th, 15 recent college graduates moved to Chicago to begin their service with the Inner-City Teaching Corps’s Volunteer Teaching Corps. ICTC Recruitment Director Jim Conti contributed this post introducing the newest members of one of ICTC’s communities.
Elected Officials Come to the Aid of Northwest Service Academy
Submitted by servicewire on Sun, 07/25/2010 - 14:27
In early June, one of the most vibrant AmeriCorps programs operating in the Pacific Northwest — Northwest Service Academy (NWSA) — was notified that its latest funding request to the Corporation for National and Community Service was denied, with no warning and no explanation — after 16 years of achieving its performance goals, and establishing itself as one of the country’s top AmeriCorps programs addressing critical environmen
Service Nation Asks: How Do You Find Volunteer Opportunities?
Submitted by servicewire on Sat, 07/24/2010 - 23:07
Be The Change, Inc. — the folks behind the Service Nation movement to grow funding and support for service opportunities — have launched a survey to ask you how you find volunteer opportunities.
A Service Nation blog post explains:
Global Conference on National Youth Service Offers a Unique Opportunity for Youth Service Practitioners and Policymakers Worldwide
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 07/23/2010 - 20:04
On October 25-28, 2010, the International Association for National Youth Service (IANYS) will convene youth civic engagement professionals for the 9th Global Conference on National Youth Service in Alexandria, Egypt. (Registration is now open. Click here to register!)
Community Launches Letter-Writing Campaign to Demand an Apeal on the NW Service Academy Decision
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 07/05/2010 - 11:17
About a month ago, one of the most vibrant AmeriCorps programs operating in the Pacific Northwest — Northwest Service Academy (NWSA) — was notified that its latest funding request to the Corporation for National and Community Service was denied, with no warning and no explanation — after 16 years of achieving its performance goals, and establishing itself as one of the country’s top AmeriCorps programs addressing critical environmental and related social issues.
Search Healthcare.gov for Transitional Health Coverage When Your Term of Service Ends
Submitted by servicewire on Sun, 07/04/2010 - 00:25
Your transition to next steps just got ever so slightly easier with the launch of a new government site that demystifies the new health care law.
When your term of service ends, you’ll have many things to figure out including things like job search, maybe a move to a new place, and health insurance — and how to afford it all with little savings from your stipend.
At least one piece of the transition just got a little easier.
Blue Engine’s Nick Ehrmann Wins an Echoing Green Fellowship
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 17:20
What Next?: Reflections of a Graduating VISTA
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 06/16/2010 - 16:02
“With every door that closes, another falls off its hinges.”
I’ve been watching my VISTA door close slowly for the last couple of months. The other door hasn’t yet fallen off its hinges.
There’s a lot of ‘wait and see’ in my life. My partner in crime and roommate just graduated from an engineering program and has been applying to jobs like crazy. Jobs in faraway and tumultuous places like Arizona. He has had several interviews but no offer.
