Launch

Events for Alma College seniors that mark the last hundred days before they cross the commencement stage in April.

These events are the perfect opportunity to connect with alumni and professional recruiters, opening doors to invaluable career insights and networking opportunities. Whether you’re looking for advice, exploring career paths, or making meaningful connections, these events will help you build relationships that can support your transition from college to career.

• LinkedIn: An active, dynamic space for Alma College alumni, faculty, staff, and students to network and support career and professional development.
• uConnect: Browse the our virtual career center
• Handshake: The go-to platform for students to access on and off-campus employment, career fairs, workshops and events, and schedule appointments with Career and Personal Development Staff. Use your Alma College credentials to login to your account.

• Put a system in place to keep track of what you have done and which leads you have followed.
• Make a checklist and take notes – treat it like a research project.

Academic internship programs combine a guaranteed internship placement with coursework for Alma credit. They are a great way to gain experience – exploring a new city, working a professional internship, living in an apartment and cooking for yourself – with the support o peers, professors, and professional staff there to help you be successful. Opportunities are available in the U.S and around the world. For more information, contact ccce@alma.edu

Thinking of applying to graduate school? It’s the best to make a plan and start early. Below are some resources for your search, including a sample schedule, program search spreadsheet template, and links to helpful websites.

Grad School 101 Timeline
Search for a program
Grad School Guide
Grad School Guide Book
About the GRE
Student Grad PLUS Loan

A gap year is a break typically taken after graduation before pursuing further education or entering the workforce.

These resources can help launch your search and discovery process to make the most our of your time.

City Year: Founded in 1988, City Year is a national service program to unite young adults from diverse backgrounds for a demanding year of full-time community service serving in 29 U.S. cities, as well as in South Africa and the U.K.
AmeriCorps NCCC, State and National, and VISTA: AmeriCorps sends people power and funding to communities across the country. For decades and through our nation’s most trying times, AmeriCorps has come together to help those in need.
Peace Corps: The Peace Corps is a service opportunity for motivated changemakers to immerse themselves in a community abroad, working side by side with local leaders to tackle the most pressing challenges of our generation.
Service Year: Service Year Alliance is a year of paid, full-time service — a service year — a common expectation and opportunity for all young Americans.