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Volunteering

Welcome to Building Bridges:
Volunteering with the St. Paul Campus Career Center

Building Bridges provides alumni and friends opportunities to advise and educate undergraduate and graduate students about career-related issues.  Whether you’re able to commit more or less time, travel to campus or not, or prefer to work with individuals or student groups, there’s an opportunity for you to help students reach their career goals.  Thank you for sharing your time and expertise in any of the following ways:

  • Informational Interview - Answer student questions about your career area, either on the phone, via e-mail or in person.

  • Classroom Speaking - Share your professional perspective with a class.

  • Panel Discussions - Sit on a panel with other professionals to share your perspective on topics related to career planning or your professional field.

  • Industry Tours - Host a student group within your work place to provide a realistic picture of what daily work in your environment entails.

  • Mock Interviews / Portfolio Review - Conduct practice interviews or portfolio reviews on campus for small groups of students.

  • Collegiate Mentor Program - Mentor a student interested in your profession- November to April.  Please note that to volunteer for the Mentor Program ONLY (and no other career-related activities), you will be best served by leaving this site and going to http://www.alumni.umn.edu/mentorconnection (just click on "Mentor Programs by College").

  • Alumni Society Board of Directors - Serve on a collegiate alumni society board of directors.  Elections are held annually.

Please click here to tell us about yourself and how you’d like to be involved.  You’ll be contacted as opportunities related to your profession and volunteer interests arise.

Building Bridges is sponsored by the St. Paul Campus Career Center in collaboration with the Alumni Relations offices of the:

  • College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

  • College of Design

  • College of Education and Human Development programs including Family Social Science, Social Work, and Work and Human Resources Education. 

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