Dear QC Students, The CUNY Service Corps Program is now accepting applications! To apply, please go to: http://www.cuny.edu/servicecorps Priority Deadline: February 29, 2016. Application closes on March 20th, 2016. Apply now to be a member of the CUNY Service Corps: a program that gives students like you the chance to play a role in improving New York City¹s future ‹ while gaining real-work experience and professional training and getting paid $12 per hour. About the program: The CUNY Service Corps, an intensive civic engagement and professional development program, aspires to develop the next generation of community leaders. The program inspires and prepares students to give back to their communities and to integrate service into their college education. It mobilizes students to work on neighborhood projects that tackle pressing community needs at the grassroots level in four areas: health, education, economic development and sustainability. While practicing engaged citizenship, students also increase their transferable skills, workplace skills, leadership, people skills, self-confidence, knowledge of social issues and the landscape of community-based organizations. The program is a 24-week commitment, 12 hours a week and pays $12/hr. Priority Deadline: February 29, 2016 (earn a bonus point on your application). Application closes on March 20th, 2016. Some students may also be able to earn college credit. We currently have 135 placement sites. Some of the community partners where Queens College students have participated are: * 9/11 Memorial & Museum * Brooklyn Navy Yard * American Museum of Natural History * Federal Reserve Bank of New York * New York City Council * CUNY Citizenship Now! * NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene * Office of Manhattan Borough President * GallopNYC * New York Hall of Science * U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission * Queens College School for Math, Science, and Technology * Queens Library * Wildlife Conservation Society City Zoos Services * City Harvest * Queens Botanical Garden * Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking, Inc. * Coalition for Hispanic Families * and many more community and government based organizations! We also offer service projects led by professors from Queens College and other CUNY campuses! Students receive a bonus points on their applications if they meet the priority deadline or attend an in-person information session in full. Upcoming information sessions will be promoted via QC Mailer. Please feel free to contact us for more information: CUNY Service Corps at Queens College, CUNY Queens College - City University of New York 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Razran Hall 314 Queens, NY 11367-1597 Tel.: (718) 570-0565 Email: ServiceCorps@qc.cuny.edu Apply at: www.cuny.edu/servicecorps <http://www.cuny.edu/servicecorps>