Jaggar Community Fellows Program

Celebrating 10 years of giving students life-changing, paid summer internships at nonprofits.

The Center for Career and Professional Development joined forces with the Innovation Center to help shift the Jaggar Community Fellows Program to a virtual format. As a result, 44 students were placed in 11 nonprofits for 10 week project team virtual internships during the summer of 2020.

The Jaggar Community Fellows Program is a competitive program for nongraduating students (first-year through graduate students). The program is open to all majors and provides students with an opportunity to gain valuable experience in the nonprofit sector. Approximately 63 undergraduate and 7 graduate students will be chosen from the applicant pool.

Eligibility

For the pool of 63 undergraduates: Primary consideration will be given to students between sophomore and junior or junior and senior years.
Minimum 3.0 GPA
Have a record of volunteer/community service and/or previous internship activity
Have the recommendation of at least one Adelphi University professor

Application Requirements

We encourage students to apply for the early deadline on December 1. We do still accept applications through March 1, however, they are based on the number of available placements.
Agree to work at a selected nonprofit for 30 hours/week for 10 weeks, June through August
Submit the application on Handshake (requires login)
Serve as a campus ambassador for the program when asked

Recommendations

Complete the 1-credit Internship Preparation Seminar, 0137-299
Have your resume professionally reviewed by a Career Counselor (careercounselor@adelphi.edu)
Work with the Writing Center to develop your essay
Attend a Mock Interview Night
Establish a LinkedIn account
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook

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