Career Services Initiatives
MVS, in collaboration with the Center for Career Services, established the Military and Veteran Career Services initiative to support the career development of our military-affiliated students. Services include: resume writing, internships, employment initiatives, as well as a variety of programmatic and networking events, such as career fairs and one-on-one conversations with prospective employers.
Employers interested in sharing job opportunities with our student veterans, dependents, and military personnel can contact us at [email protected].
Lunch & Learn Series
In this monthly event series, students can enjoy free food while engaging with guest speakers on a variety of career and academic topics, such as building a resume, salary negotiation, preparing for interviews, and budget planning.
- Lunch & Learn Schedule
Lunch & Learn will take place in the University Student Center room 308 from 12 to 1 pm.
- Tuesday, September 10: Community and Connection
- Wednesday, October 9: Building a Resume and LinkedIn
- Wednesday, November 6: How to Network
- Wednesday, February 12: Budgeting for Life
- Wednesday, March 19: Elevator Pitch Prep
- Wednesday, April 9: Salary Negotiation
The Pitch
Hosted annually in March
This exciting program is provided at no cost to military-affiliated students and offers a unique opportunity to meet, network, and refine interview skills with business professionals from around the DMV area. Participants will practice their pitches and compete for cash prizes awarded at the end of the event.
Sierra Club Summer Fellowship
The Charles and Deborah Frank Fellowship, generously supported by alumnus Charles Frank, B.A., CCAS 1974, endows a summer position within the Sierra Club's Military Outdoors (SCMO) program.
- Overview
The Sierra Club Summer Fellowship is dedicated to ensuring that military members, veterans, and their families have access to the beauty of nature by advocating for programs and policies that remove barriers hindering their outdoor experiences.
- Application Information
Job Title: Sierra Club Fellow
Location: Must be located in the United States. Type of work will depend on where in the US the fellow is located.
Compensation: $5000.00
Requirements
- Be a GW student (U or G) enrolled full-time or part-time during the application period.
- Special consideration for:
- Veteran of or actively serving in the US Armed Forces.
- Dependent family member of a veteran or a member of the US military
- Non-military affiliated rising senior with a sustainability minor, or public policy, international affairs or other related majors.
- Description of Duties
- Support the advancement of the Sierra Club’s commitment to equity, inclusion, and justice.
- Complete an internal audit of Sierra Club Military Outdoor chapter best practices around partnership engagement and development.
- Conduct research on best practices in partnership development.
- Create a partnership engagement and development resource (toolkit, one pager, etc) grounded in academic theory and chapter insight.
- Utilize developed resource in recruitment of new SCMO coalition partners.
- Final Deliverable: Partnership Development resource and public webinar hosted with SCMO team support.
- Skills and Experience
Prior experience in public policy or research is not required.
Essential skills and experience: demonstrated history of relational skills and ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures, analytical skills, effective written and oral communication skills, highly motivated individual with a passion for bettering the experiences of military community, strong time and project management skills.
Additional skills and experience that are helpful: knowledge of issues affecting the veteran and military community that concern them nationally and locally, community building and organizing, introductory research methods.
Skills and experience that members will gain from this position: general understanding and knowledge of the legislative and political process, experience with meeting facilitation and popular education training, effective strategies for base building.
- General Timeline of Fellowship
June 3-14, 2024: Sierra Club and Sierra Club Military Outdoors Onboarding
- June 17-18: SCMO Staff Retreat
- Location: TBD in SE (likely Atlanta or Western North Carolina)
- Purpose: Campaign Planning / Refresh & Team Outing (1 1/2 days)
June 24 - July 3, 2024: Project Preparation and Individual Outing
- June 24-28: Project Design
- July 1-3: Individual Outing (fellow's choice)
July 8 - August 2, 2024: Project Implementation and Media Engagement
- July 8-9: Project Proposal Draft
- July 15-26: Work on Project
- July 29 - August 2: Media Engagement
- Purpose: Highlight fellow, GW Fellowship, and Sierra Club Military Outdoors impact
August 5-30, 2024: Professional Development, Outdoors Engagement, and Culminating Event
- August 5-9: Professional Development & Networking
- August 12-16: Outdoors for All & Conservation Team Engagement
- August 19-23: Work on Project
- August 26-30: Culminating Event (L & D presentation with SC & industry leadership)
September 2-6, 2024: Offboarding & Farewell
- June 17-18: SCMO Staff Retreat