{"id":594,"date":"2013-04-09T13:25:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T17:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/littlegiants-bigresults\/?p=594"},"modified":"2025-07-08T19:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:32:53","slug":"wilson-13-expands-wabash-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/plastics\/2013\/04\/09\/wilson-13-expands-wabash-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson &#8217;13 Expands Wabash Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">I did not expect a summer job to affect my career prospects. As my study abroad opportunity in Chile finished, I realized I had more than a month available to work. However, not many people are willing to hire an individual for only one month. But, I noticed an opportunity to work with Career Services as a fellowship intern to research and build our fellowship resources. Yet, the most unintended consequence of this funding was our Gap Year Program resources.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Over the summer while working on our Career Services\u2019 web site to create a new fellowship section, I noticed our underdeveloped gap-year program resources. After talking with Assistant Director James Jeffries and Director Scott Crawford, they let me redesign and boost our gap year resources and information. This gap year refocus seemed to impact our graduating student body, including myself.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">This upcoming summer I will begin working with Citizen Schools as a Teaching Fellow. I will work for two years on the South Side of Chicago in a struggling middle school that extends their school day by three hours to give students more individualized attention and experiential learning. Though the program\u2019s extended learning time, Citizen Schools hope to break the vicious cycle of the underprivileged by giving them real-world experience and academic mentoring.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Other students have undertaken similar challenges to handle global and international struggles. This year over 5% of our student body have accepted positions to teach and volunteer in prestigious gap-year programs!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Tyler Griffin, Teach for America, Atlanta, GA<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jose Herrera, Teach for America, Indianapolis, IN<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Alejandro Maya, Teach for America, Tulsan City, OK<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Francisco Olivia, Teach for America, Indianapolis, IN<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Wyatt Lewis, Schuler Program, Chicago, IL<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Ronnie Sullivan, Schuler Program, Chicago, IL<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Garrett Wilson, Citizen Schools, Chicago, IL<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Matt Paul, Culver Academies, Culver, IN<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Charles Hintz, Peace Corps, Mozambique, Africa<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Keaton Becher, Cross Hill Mennonite School, Cross Hill, SC <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Logan Rice, Wuxi Big Bridge Academy, English Teacher, Wuxi China<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Until recently, gap year programs have been uncommon in the United States. Many gap year programs developed over the past 20 years in a variety of different fields ranging from agricultural, education, civic service and internships. Now, thousands of recent high school and college graduates are exploring gap-year possibilities before and after college. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">If you are unsure what you want to do after college or want to try something different, try a gap-year program. You will be able to travel, explore and go outside your comfort zone. I am nervous about my experience, but I am ready to try something unexpected. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did not expect a summer job to affect my career prospects. As my study abroad opportunity in Chile finished, I realized I had more than a month available to work. 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