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Cornell presenters outline student engagement programs for local municipalities
Summary
Cornell’s Einhorn Center representatives described community work-study, the Empire State Service Corps, grants and a pre-orientation service program (POST) that municipal employers can use to hire undergraduates for project work.
Representatives from Cornell University's Einhorn Center on May 16 presented several programs that local governments, nonprofits and schools can use to engage undergraduate students for paid and volunteer work.
Nicole McPherson, who coordinates Cornell’s Community Work Study program, described a program that enables eligible students to use federal work-study funds to work for local nonprofits, municipalities and schools. The academic-year program typically recruits in late August; employers must submit job descriptions and complete a short…
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