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Life After the Chicago Center

"Without the opportunity that the Center gave me, I'm not sure if I would have found my "perfect" career!"

MARY-KATE BLANKENSHIP, FA'16

Ohio Wesleyan University

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Spring 2022:
BEYOND the chicago center

The Chicago Center’s experiential education will teach you how to think, analyze, and question assumptions, solve problems, and navigate the world with a lifelong sense of curiosity — skills that will get you noticed by employers and grad schools.

80%

of student teachers will begin their teaching career. 

56%

of social work students were offered jobs.

45%

were admitted into graduate school. 

CCULC Alumni:
Where are they now?

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Taylor Perez, SU'20

Hyde Park Herald

McPherson College

Urban Internship Program

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Taylor is currently a graduate teaching assistant at Oklahoma State University where she is completing her Master's Degree. This summer she will be completing an internship with Walker Sands. 

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"The Chicago Center gave me the experience I needed to have a one-up on my resume!"

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Laurel Overstreet, SU'15

The Field Museum 

Anderson University

Urban Internship Program

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Laurel is an Exhibit Developer for Luci Creative in Chicago. 

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"My internship with The Field Museum in 2015 helped me make the connections that led to a second internship with them in 2017, and that internship ultimately led me back to Chicago and the position I'm in now."

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