CTC Toolkit: Volunteer and Intern Recruitment

Key Austin Organization

Directors of Volunteers in Austin (DOVIA)

DOVIA is a membership organization for professionals who are volunteer coordinators. They offer seminars in volunteer management to both members and non-members for a small fee. Monthly meetings for members also include skill-building workshops. Their website lists a number of useful Austin-area resources for working with volunteers.

General Volunteer Recruitment Resources

Key Austin Organizations:

Capital Area United Way Office of Volunteers
Phone: (512) 323-1898
Agencies can post volunteer opportunities through the United Way database, which is arguably the "biggest" volunteer recruitment avenue in Austin.

Retired Senior Volunteer Persons (RSVP)
Contact: Fred Lugo, (512) 854-7787
RSVP maintains a clearinghouse of volunteer opportunities in Travis County that could benefit from volunteering by older Americans.

National Websites

Volunteermatch.org
Also includes the ability to post virtual volunteering opportunities.

ServeNet

Idealist

Corporate Volunteer Recruitment Contacts

Austin Chamber of Commerce, 478-9383

Austin-American Statesman, Loretta McArti at 445-3709

GSDM, David Rockwood in Community Relations at 427-4736

Motorola, 933-6000

Wells Fargo, Sheri Bebee in the Chairman/CEO Office at 344-7000

University Resources for Volunteer Recruitment

Austin Community College: Volunteer Recruiting

Contact: Liz Smith
Student Life Department
Austin Community College
1212 Rio Grande Street
Austin, TX 78701
www3.austincc.edu/evpcss/rss/sl/makadif.htm
Volunteer recruitment at ACC is still fairly new, but there is a "Make a Difference" project which promotes volunteering to students. Liz has worked with Austin FreeNet to help them recruit volunteers, but she is also interested in hearing from other CTCs. An ACC volunteer recruitment fair is held in the fall on each campus in conjunction with back-to-school activities, and nonprofit organizations are invited to attend. To get into the ACC "system," please send information about the agency to Liz by postal mail. CTCs can also contact the Program Director of the Computer Science program, Mary Kohls, at kohls@austin.cc.edu or 223-3185. She is particularly interested in student volunteering and is the mentor for a honor society that does service projects. ***The biggest asset that ACC has to offer as a volunteer recruitment source is the number of languages spoken by its students. They have a large international population that is worth tapping into.***

University of Texas: LBJ School of Public Affairs Internship Program

Contact: Debbie Warden, Internship Coordinator
Phone: (512) 471-0289
Email: debbie.warden@mail.utexas.edu
www.utexas.edu/lbj/osap/internships
LBJ School students seek paid, policy-related internships in the federal, state, local, nonprofit and private sectors. The internship must be 40 hours per week for 12 weeks. Internships are generally taken during the summer between the first and second years of the program. LBJ interns in nonprofit organizations have assisted with research and report writing, program planning, grantwriting, advocacy, and program evaluation. Some LBJ funding is usually available to assist students who take unpaid internships with nonprofits.

University of Texas: School of Social Work Volunteer Recruitment

Contact: Jennifer Luna Idunate, LMSW
Email: jluna-idunate@mail.utexas.edu
Director of Recruitment, Career Services and Alumni Relations
The University of Texas at Austin
1925 San Jacinto Blvd. (near Red River)
Phone: (512) 475-8131
Fax: (512) 471-9600
Social Work students are expected to do volunteer work for several of their core courses. CTCs can email volunteer opportunities to Jennifer. The information will be sent out on listservs to current students and alumni who are seeking volunteer opportunities. Social Work Career Services is also the home of Austin Volunteer Network (AVN), a web database that the students use to search for volunteer opportunities. Agencies may post volunteer opportunities directly at the AVN (www.utexas.edu/ssw/cdar/avnpost.html). If CTC staff are interested in posting fliers about their programs and opportunities, there is a student lounge at the school on the ground floor. The School of Social Work also has a volunteer fair in August. Once CTCs post information to AVN, they will be added to the mailing list and will receive information on participating in the volunteer fair.

University of Texas: Technology, Literacy, and Culture Internship Program

www.tlc.utexas.edu
The TLC program is an "interdisciplinary concentration within the College of Liberal Arts." The internship program is designed to give students a combination of digital experience and the human side of working with computers. Information for potential internship sponsors is found at www.tlc.utexas.edu/course_listing/courses_intern_sponsors.html.

University of Texas: Volunteer Recruitment

www.utvolunteer.org
Phone: (512) 471-6161
The UT Volunteer Center uses the "Volunteer Solutions" database to connect nonprofit organizations and student volunteers. To register your organization and add volunteer opportunities, go to the website and click on "searchable database" under "Find Volunteer Opportunities." At the bottom of the search page, follow the link under "Are you a Nonprofit?" to register and post volunteer information.

Southwest Texas: Volunteer Recruitment

To recruit volunteers at Southwest Texas, send an email to Lisa Monfredo at LMonfredo@swt.edu. Please include the following information in your email: times and days you need volunteers, specific volunteer tasks, what training is required, and any other pertinent information. Information about special events that need volunteers can also be sent and it will be posted on the Student Organization Website at www.studentorgs.swt.edu. Staff at the Southwest Texas Student Activities Center will take information to volunteer opportunities events and send out to the distribution list of about 250 people. If the Student Center adopts your event, it will be posted on their website at www.lbjsc.swt.edu/caso/svc/.

St. Edward's University: Volunteer Recruitment

Career Planning and Experiential Learning Department
Phone: (512) 448-8530
Fax: (512) 448-8549
The Career Planning Department at SEU organizes volunteer opportunity information for students and alumni. Their Volunteer Opportunities Page is located at www.stedwards.edu/cpel/seu.htm. This website has a list of student organizations that do service projects and a link to the "Volunteer Solutions" Database started by UT. The department also hosts a volunteer fair annually in the fall - call for more information.

St. Edward's University: Internship Recruitment

www.stedwards.edu/cpel/intern.htm
Career Planning also assists organizations in recruiting interns. Many departments at SEU encourage their students to do service projects or internships as part of courses or degree requirements. 53% of all majors require internships. Examples include teams of business students working with agencies to develop marketing plans and psychology students working in agencies to provide client services. Career Planning staff can help you design and market an internship. Fax your posting to them at the number above or call for more information.

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May 15, 2002