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
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?
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."