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6/11/2008
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Public Service
Identifying an Organization
Eligibility
Participating Clubs
Selection Criteria
Additional Information

Harvard Clubs Summer Community Service Fellowship

The Harvard Clubs Summer Community Service Fellowship (SCSF) Program enables Harvard undergraduates to perform public service in one of several communities across the country. SCSF is coordinated through the joint efforts of CPIC and the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).

Local Clubs commit to funding a summer intern and raise money from area alumni/ae. Typically, students locate and arrange an unpaid internship with a local nonprofit organization and then apply to the Local Club for the fellowship. Clubs screen applicants and choose grant recipients.

Each fellowship carries a stipend of approximately $3,000-4,000, and fellows are expected to devote at least 8 weeks of full-time involvement to their public service project. Housing and living arrangements are the responsibility of the recipient, as are any costs incurred over the stipend amount. Please refer to the parenthesis next to each Club on the application for the specific conditions of that fellowship.

The Harvard Clubs Summer Community Service Fellowship Program application will be available in early January. Applications will be due on March 13, 2009.

Public Service

In the administration of fellowships at Harvard, public service is defined as work that

helps people meet their need for food, shelter, and health;
improves educational and employment opportunities;
educates people about their legal and/or civil rights;
protects the environment or wildlife; and/or
supports social issues affecting the general welfare.

Work must ordinarily be done for an organization that is nonprofit, non-denominational, and non-partisan, and there is a preference for work in direct service to individuals.

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Identifying an Organization

Students have great flexibility in locating an organization with which to work. Two very helpful websites for locating organizations and/or specific positions are: www.idealist.org and www.guidestar.org. Students should also talk with their House Public Service tutors, Gail Gilmore at OCS (ggilmore@fas.harvard.edu), or staff at the Center for Public Interest Careers at Phillips Brooks House. Please contact Amanda Sonis Glynn at asglynn@fas.harvard.edu if you have questions about a particular organization.

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Participating Clubs

The following Harvard Clubs and Shared Interest Groups (SIGs) will be participating in the 2008 SCSF Program (click links to access a Club's Web site; check application for Club-specific information:)

• Boston
• Chicago
• Eastern Michigan
• Long Island
• Minnesota
• Montana
• Naples, Florida
• New Jersey
• Quebec
• Rochester
• Rocky Mountain (Denver)
• Seattle
• Southern California
• Southern Connecticut
• St. Louis
• Washington, DC
• Western New York
• Harvard Black Alumni Society

Eligibility

Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and first-semester seniors planning to return to Harvard in the Fall of 2008 are eligible. Applicants should have a demonstrated interest in and commitment to public service. They must also be in good academic and disciplinary standing. Familiarity with the host Club’s community will be valuable, though actual residency in that community is not necessarily required.

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Selection Criteria

Recipients will be selected by their host Club on the basis of the quality, clarity, and feasibility of their proposals and their previous public service involvement. Preference will be given to those projects which most effectively address a demonstrated need in the host Club’s community.

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Additional Information

For additional information or questions about this program, please contact the Center for Public Interest Careers at 617-496-8622 or asglynn@fas.harvard.edu.

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