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Find specialized sample resumes, job/internship sites, career tips, and more.
Career paths: K-12 teacher, college professor, higher education administration, nonprofit administration.
Gain Experience
Sample Internships
These are examples of organizations that have hired Lawrence interns in recent years.
- Boys & Girls Club of the Fox Valley – (Handshake Profile)
- Bay Bridge Milwaukee – (Organization Website)
- Walkers Point Youth & Family Shelter – (Organization Website)
- Center for Urban Teaching – (Handshake Profile)
- Breakthrough Collaborative – (Organization Website)
- Uncommon Schools – (Organization Website)
- Riverview Gardens – (Handshake Profile)
- Urban Ecology Center – (Handshake Profile)
- World Relief Fox Relief – (Organization Website)
- Feeding America – (Organization Website)
Current Internships from Handshake
The following internships are pulled directly from Handshake and are updated regularly.
See more NES internships in Handshake.
Conduct Summer Research
You can receive up to a $4,000 stipend to participate in intensive 10-week summer research projects either at Lawrence or major research institutions around the world. (Opens in early January.)
Funding for Experiences
Make Connections
Related Student Organizations at Lawrence
Related Professional Associations
Gain leadership and industry experience by actively participating in student organizations.
Keep up with the latest industry trends and make professional connections through national or regional professional associations.
- National Association for Music Educators LU Chapter
- Volunteers in Tutoring at Lawrence (VITAL)
- Lawrence Assistance Reaching Youth (LARY Buddies)
- Lawrence University Student Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association
- Arab Culture Club
- Andy Reading Fund
- Sustainable Lawrence University Gardens (SLUG)
- Building Intergenerational Relationships (BIR)
- Lawrence University Food Recovery Network
- Lawrence University Unitarian Universalists (LUUU)
- Lawrence Christian Fellowship (LCF)
- People for Animal Welfare (PAW)
- RiseUp
- Alianza
- All is One
- Amnesty International
- Black Student Union (BSU)
- Chinese Student Association (CSA)
- Colores: Empowering LGBTQ People of Color
- Humanities Diversity Initiative (HDI)
- Korean Culture Club (KCC)
- Lawrence Inclusive Theater
- Lawrence Asian Diaspora Alliance (LADA)
- Lawrence University Native American (LUNA)
- Men Against Rape & Sexual Assault (MARS)
- Performers Enhancing Diversity at Lawrence
- She’s the First?
See Lawrence’s Directory of Student Organizations.
- Association of American Educators (AAE)
- National Association for Music Educators (NafME)
- Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
- National Association of Human Rights Workers (NAHRW)
- National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
- Classical Association of the Middle West and South
Check out even more professional music organizations.
Articles for #NES Careers
Read up on topics related to nonprofit, education, & social impact careers.
Want even more? See all articles tagged #NES.
Current Jobs from Handshake
View active job postings from Handshake for this community; updated regularly.
See more NES jobs in Handshake.
Upcoming events from Handshake
Events pulled directly from Handshake will appear below; updated regularly.
See more NES events in Handshake.
General Job & Internship Resources
- Identify your job or internship target
- Learn to write a résumé OR use VMock SMART Résumé Platform
- Learn to write a cover letter
- Build your professional community and social capital (Network!)
- Prepare to interview OR use Big Interview Interview preparation platform
- Find out about academic internship
- Find OPT/CPT forms OR use Interstride
- Job search sites
- Identity-based resources
- Fellowships