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Becoming a Student Fellow Setting Up a Student Fellows Program at Your School Student Fellows Service Component
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v Gain valuable training and work experience in the fields of social services, communications, and/or information technology so that you can compete in the job market after graduation. v Learn to use the latest technology in Internet-based communication in a local work setting. v Earn work-study funds or academic credit. v Become familiar with the different services provided throughout the country in the areas of education, consumer rights, the environment, culture, financial aid, health and social services. v Learn how to access health, education, small business or legal services anywhere in the country, including financial aid and scholarship information. v Become one of the distinguished Self Reliance Foundation/Acceso Hispano (SRF) Student Fellows around the country and provide a valuable link between people and local resources. Also, gain access to a network of radio stations, newspapers, and organizations, including Hispanic Radio Network (HRN), which produces and syndicates educational radio programs throughout the U.S. and Latin America. v Help raise the overall awareness of the need for greater services throughout the country for the Hispanic population. v Gain access to job and internship opportunities with SRF and HRN in Washington, DC. v Sharpen your Spanish skills! v Enjoy a flexible work schedule with assignment topics tailored to fit your needs and interests. v Learn about the diversity among U.S. Hispanic communities by speaking with Hispanics across the country from Washington State to Miami. How to
Become a Student Fellow
If
you are interested in becoming a Student Fellow for the Self Reliance
Foundation/Acceso Hispano and you belong to a participating university,
we welcome your application. Please
keep the following in mind: 1. In order to work for us, you must be: v An undergraduate or graduate student with a minimum GPA of 2.8. v Eligible for work-study funds or approved to receive academic credit for your work. v Bilingual Spanish/English. v Able to work independently. v Interested in helping the U.S. Hispanic community. 2. If you have any experience in social services, this is helpful, but not imperative. We want you to realize that much of your work will involve talking on the phone to either (1) administrators of organizations that provide a service to Hispanics, or (2) callers who have listened to our radio programs and need assistance. You become the link between a caller in need and a local organization in his/her community that can help. Let’s say a woman calls who needs prenatal care, but she is undocumented, has little money, no insurance, and speaks no English… you will put her in touch with a local clinic (perhaps one that she can walk to) where she will be attended in Spanish, inexpensively, and where she’ll receive confidential services. Sound good? Move on to step three… 3.
If you have work-study funds allocated to you for the school
year, they can be used so that you can earn money while working for
us. If you do not have
work-study funds, the Student Fellows Program may still offer you academic
credit for the research and services you would provide as a Student
Fellow. WORK-STUDY:
If you are looking to earn work-study funds, we can find out whether
your department of study already has a contract with SRF to employ students.
If it does not, we may be able to arrange for this; or perhaps
you know of another department with an existing work-study program in
place. Student Affairs
Offices will have a good idea of different settings in which you can
work (i.e. the Ethnic Affairs Office, Outreach Services Department,
etc.). ACADEMIC CREDIT: If you do not have funds, or even if you do but would also like to earn credit for your work, an SRF fellowship provides a great way to work towards practical experience in different fields. Because we research services in the areas of health, social services, education, financial aid, consumer rights and culture, it’s easy to fit this work into any type of program you may be studying. From social work to Latin American Studies, to pre-medicine, many university departments consider the work study programs that SRF offers as highly valuable experience for students. Take advantage of the professional experience we provide by talking to your professors to see if they could offer you credit for your work. Feel free to have them call us for questions, and we will work towards a partnership with the department of a specific professor who may be interested in the goals of SRF. Now that you have made it this far, it's time to submit your application and talk to us (if you haven’t already) so we can help you on your way to becoming a Student Fellow. When you call us and submit your application, we will interview you and make sure that you are working for either work-study funds or academic credit, and you have a place to work that is appropriate for your needs. We
look forward to hearing from you!
Please feel free to call us with any questions you may have,
and allow us to elaborate more on the work you will be doing.
It's an exciting time to connect to a job that has a national
and international scope -- perhaps leading you down new paths for your
future. Ven a conocernos y a trabajar por el bienestar de la gente
Latina. Contact:
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1126 16th Street,
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