Opportunities From: University of Colorado Colorado Springs Alumni & Friends Volunteer Program

Volunteer: For Student Affairs Professionals: Class Speaker or Panelist

About: Volunteers will serve as speakers or panelists for classes.

Volunteer Expectations: Professionals should be prepared to speak about their personal experiences working as a student affairs professional which might include their previous work and educational experience, the hiring and interview process they went through, key information about their functional area, and their personal experiences working in their role. 

Time Commitment: Hours vary, generally each speaking opportunity takes one hour. 

Minimum Qualifications: Volunteers must be a student affairs professional.

Impact: The impact of the speakers and the panelists is for students to learn how course content is being applied in real world higher education settings.

Program: Student Affairs in Higher Education

About: Volunteers will serve as speakers or panelists for classes.

Volunteer Expectations: Professionals should be prepared to speak about their personal experiences working as a student affairs professional which might include their previous work and educational experience, the hiring and interview process they went through, key information about their functional area, and their personal experiences working in their role. 

Time Commitment: Hours vary, generally each speaking opportunity takes one hour. 

Minimum Qualifications: Volunteers must be a student affairs professional.

Impact: The impact of the speakers and the panelists is for students to learn how course content is being applied in real world higher education settings.

Program: Student Affairs in Higher Education

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Flexible

Zip Code: 80918

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: For Student Affairs Professionals: Practicum or Internship Supervisor

About: Volunteers will serve as hosts/supervisors to SAHE master’s (practicum) or SAHE undergraduate students (internship).

Volunteer Expectations: Volunteers will be asked to serve in an advisory/mentor role to students. Reviews and evaluation forms must be completed by supervisors.

Time Commitment: Various hours. Students are required to complete approximately 100 hours for practicum master’s students and 50 hours for internship undergraduate students, supervisors need to be available in a supervisor role for those hours, but the actual hours supervisors must devote vary from 10-12 hours in total. 

Minimum Qualifications: Must be a student affairs professional (master’s degree required for practicum supervisors).

Impact: The impact of the practicum and internship is to provide students with the opportunity to apply their classroom knowledge in practical settings.

 

Program: Student Affairs in Higher Education

About: Volunteers will serve as hosts/supervisors to SAHE master’s (practicum) or SAHE undergraduate students (internship).

Volunteer Expectations: Volunteers will be asked to serve in an advisory/mentor role to students. Reviews and evaluation forms must be completed by supervisors.

Time Commitment: Various hours. Students are required to complete approximately 100 hours for practicum master’s students and 50 hours for internship undergraduate students, supervisors need to be available in a supervisor role for those hours, but the actual hours supervisors must devote vary from 10-12 hours in total. 

Minimum Qualifications: Must be a student affairs professional (master’s degree required for practicum supervisors).

Impact: The impact of the practicum and internship is to provide students with the opportunity to apply their classroom knowledge in practical settings.

 

Program: Student Affairs in Higher Education

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Flexible

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: For Student Affairs Professionals: Informational Interviewees

About: Volunteers will allow students to interview them for class assignments. Examples of assignments students might interview volunteers for include: speaking to students about the application of CAS standards in your day to day work, identifying theories of student development that you weave into your programming, etc. 

Volunteer Expectations: Volunteers will be asked to share work experiences and approaches to working with students. Some personal reflection prior to being interviewed by students is always appreciated. 

Time Commitment: Vary based on student need. Most interviews last 30 to 60 minutes. 

Minimum Qualifications: Volunteers must be a student affairs professional.

Impact: The impact of the informational interviews is to help students obtain information about how to be effective in the student affairs professional and support their learning objectives as they complete their course work.

 

Program: Student Affairs in Higher Education

About: Volunteers will allow students to interview them for class assignments. Examples of assignments students might interview volunteers for include: speaking to students about the application of CAS standards in your day to day work, identifying theories of student development that you weave into your programming, etc. 

Volunteer Expectations: Volunteers will be asked to share work experiences and approaches to working with students. Some personal reflection prior to being interviewed by students is always appreciated. 

Time Commitment: Vary based on student need. Most interviews last 30 to 60 minutes. 

Minimum Qualifications: Volunteers must be a student affairs professional.

Impact: The impact of the informational interviews is to help students obtain information about how to be effective in the student affairs professional and support their learning objectives as they complete their course work.

 

Program: Student Affairs in Higher Education

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Flexible

Allow Groups: No