Global Studies and Social Impact Career Guide

Consider joining the Human and Public Service Career Community or any other Career Community you are interested in!

Past Internship Sites:

  • Artprize
  • City of Grand Rapids Attorney's Office
  • Community Food Club GR
  • Embassy Suites GR
  • Steelcase
  • Clean Water for the World
  • Colleagues International
  • Farmworker Legal Services of Michigan
  • Michigan Immigrants Rights Center

Where Alumni Have Landed

  • Refugee Case Manager - Bethany Christian Services
  • Community Organizer - Working America
  • Economic Development Specialist - Lansing Economic Area Partnership
  • Program Associate - Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy
  • Associate - The Global Development Incubator
  • Community Outreach Coordinator - Americorps Vista
  • Assistant Branch Librarian - Kent District Library

Student Organizations to Consider


Study Abroad Programs


Develop some of these technical and professional competencies to be successful:

  • Managing people and organizations
  • Intercultural competence
  • Grant writing
  • Interdisciplinary research methods
  • Foreign language
  • Design thinking
  • Data and analytics

Graduate & Professional Programs


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Page last modified December 12, 2022