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Global Studies and Social Impact Career Guide
Consider joining the Education, Nonprofit, & Public Service Career Community or any other Career Community you are interested in!
Past Internship Sites:
- Artprize
- City of Grand Rapids Attorney's Office
- Community Food Club GR
- Embassy Suites GR
- Steelcase
- Clean Water for the World
- Colleagues International
- Farmworker Legal Services of Michigan
- Michigan Immigrants Rights Center
Where Alumni Have Landed
- Refugee Case Manager - Bethany Christian Services
- Community Organizer - Working America
- Economic Development Specialist - Lansing Economic Area Partnership
- Program Associate - Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy
- Associate - The Global Development Incubator
- Community Outreach Coordinator - Americorps Vista
- Assistant Branch Librarian - Kent District Library
Student Organizations to Consider
Study Abroad Programs
Develop some of these technical and professional competencies to be successful:
- Managing people and organizations
- Intercultural competence
- Grant writing
- Interdisciplinary research methods
- Foreign language
- Design thinking
- Data and analytics
Graduate & Professional Programs
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