Gain Experience

Academics + Experiences = Opportunities
Academics + Experiences = Opportunities

CAREER COACHING
Have you been wanting to get a resume updated, start looking for internships/jobs, or start the process of applying to graduate school? Take advantage of the Thanksgiving break and check out the Canvas modules linked below to help get you started on taking a step forward with your future career plans.
https://canvas.unl.edu/courses/120878

Rural Fellows Program
• Rural Fellows is a unique program designed to connect college students to rural Nebraska communities. Student pairs move into the rural community, for a 10-week period during the summer, to complete community-identified projects. Past projects have ranged from economic development, workforce development, tourism, community planning, education, mental health, and much more. We are excited that you are interested in participating as a host community during the summer of 2022. Please complete the following application to help us know about your interested projects and potential students.
• Application Deadline: January 2022
• Application: https://ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6Sw4hbbRroVED7U

Project Horseshoe Farm
• Project Horseshoe Farm offers Community Health Fellowship programs in Alabama and California. Alumni consistently express how transformative their Fellowship experience has been, and Fellows go to some of the top medical schools, graduate programs, and nonprofit organizations across the U.S.
• This upcoming year, HSF is offering our traditional Gap-Year Fellowship, which will begin June of 2022 and finish July of 2023 at the Greensboro, Marion, and Pomona sites. For applicants who are available and interested, we are also offering a 6-month Fellowship opportunity in Greensboro from January through July of 2022. It will be shorter, but similar in experience to the full year Fellowship.
• Application Deadline Fellowship: February 13th, 2022

PRE-HEALTH
Pre-Occupational Therapy Students
Nov. 30 from 5:30p.m.-6:30p.m virtually
• UNMC will be hosting three virtual Open House events for those of you who are interested in their OT program. They will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 5:30p.m.-6:30p.m., and Wednesday, Dec. 15, 12p.m. – 1p.m. These open houses will provide an overview of the OT program at UNMC, time to visit with current UNMC OT students, and a Q & A session about the OT program. See attached flyer.
• To Register:
o  https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/297025745554218068/false#/invitation
• Questions? Email cahpadmissions@unmc.edu

Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)
Application Deadline: February 5th, 2022
• SHPEP is a FREE six-week national academic summer enrichment program aimed at better positioning underrepresented students for acceptance into advanced degree, health professions programs. UNMC, along with multiple other medical schools across the country, will offer this program next summer. We encourage any Freshmen or Sophomores to consider applying  for a seat with the Summer Health Professions Program (SHPEP) next summer.
• The application is open now and closes February 5th.
• Requirements for SHPEP are here: http://ow.ly/zoqk50GzApf.
• Application FAQs: https://www.shpep.org/apply-to-shpep/faqs/

PRE-LAW
Upcoming Professional School Visitors: UNL College of Law:  IN PERSON
Thursday, December 2, 1:00 PM- 4:00 PM
• Sign up to meet with a Professional School Visit: https://exploreregistration.unl.edu/
• More information on Professional School Visits: https://exploreregistration.unl.edu/lib/documents/ProfessionalSchoolVisitGuide.pdf

More details at: https://cas.unl.edu/academic-advising