Dwight Hall at Yale

Dwight Hall Clothing Sort Party
2025-09-22 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Dwight Hall at Yale, 67 High St, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
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Join us at Dwight Hall to help sort through donated clothes!

All usable items will then be distributed to our various partner organizations throughout New Haven.

Volunteer with Sunrise Cafe!
2025-09-23 06:00 - 09:00
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Start your morning off on a great note! Join Dwight Hall on Tuesday, September 23rd to volunteer at Sunrise Cafe. Volunteers will meet in front of Dwight Hall at 6:00am, walk together to Sunrise Cafe, and will return to campus by 9:00am.

Volunteers are strongly encouraged to wear N95 masks during service.

Sunrise Cafe has been serving breakfast without charge to New Haven’s homeless and hungry since 2015. Each weekday morning, the Cafe welcomes guests to the undercroft of St. Paul and St. James, near Wooster Square and three blocks south of the New Haven Green with white tablecloths, flowers and a rotating menu of fresh, warm, nutritious home-cooked food. Your generosity opens our doors.

Cheerful volunteers take each order individually, deliver the breakfast to our guest and help our paid chef in the kitchen. Thelma Ragsdale, Operations Manager, and our volunteers ensure every guest is warmly welcomed.

Sunrise Cafe is uniquely welcoming and secure, based on trust and mutual respect, and the rapport built between the volunteer servers and our guests. With a warm welcome and just two rules – no drugs on the premises and no arguments – Sunrise has become a community center for the homeless, a place to come every weekday morning and gather with friends.

Hungry friends come for the home-cooked, nourishing breakfast and stay for simple medical services offered by the Cornell Scott Health Center and access to support from social services to find housing.

Sunrise provides a unique opportunity to bridge New Haven’s inequalities that separate us from one another. Volunteers come once and become regulars. Guests and volunteers become friends and greet one another on the street.

Summer Bulldogs 2026 Summer Internship Fair
2025-09-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Yale Poorvu Center, Sterling Memorial Library, 1st Floor, 301 York Street, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Join Dwight Hall at the 2026 summer internship hiring cycle at 1stGenYale’s inaugural in-person fair on Friday, September 26, 2025, at the Yale Poorvu Center in New Haven.

​At the fair, you will get a chance to promote your skills and talents, meet with interested employers and get a head start on connecting about next summer’s internship opportunities. Depending on the employer’s timeline, you would then apply through Yale’s Career Link or the employer’s platform.

Bring your resume and business cards. The Office of Educational Opportunity is ready to guide you through the process of preparing these important networking materials ahead of time. However, if you don’t have personalized business cards in time for the Fair, register early to have some generic cards with your name made for free!

RSVP here: https://www.1stgenyale.org/event-details/summer-bulldogs-2026-summer-internship-fair-student-rsvp/form

Voices of Experience: Yale Prison Education Initiative Alumni Panel
2025-09-30 19:00 - 20:30 | The House, 211 Park Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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What is it like pursuing higher education while incarcerated? How do people rebuild their lives, further their education, and seek justice after prison?

Join us for an honest, thought-provoking panel with formerly incarcerated individuals who participated in the Yale Prison Education Initiative.

Refreshments will be provided!

Volunteer with Sunrise Cafe!
2025-10-01 06:00 - 09:00
Register here!

Start your morning off on a great note! Join Dwight Hall on Wednesday mornings to volunteer at Sunrise Cafe. Volunteers will meet in front of Dwight Hall at 6:00am, walk together to Sunrise Cafe, and will return to campus by 9:00am.

Volunteers are strongly encouraged to wear N95 masks during service.

Sunrise Cafe has been serving breakfast without charge to New Haven’s homeless and hungry since 2015. Each weekday morning, the Cafe welcomes guests to the undercroft of St. Paul and St. James, near Wooster Square and three blocks south of the New Haven Green with white tablecloths, flowers and a rotating menu of fresh, warm, nutritious home-cooked food. Your generosity opens our doors.

Cheerful volunteers take each order individually, deliver the breakfast to our guest and help our paid chef in the kitchen. Thelma Ragsdale, Operations Manager, and our volunteers ensure every guest is warmly welcomed.

Sunrise Cafe is uniquely welcoming and secure, based on trust and mutual respect, and the rapport built between the volunteer servers and our guests. With a warm welcome and just two rules – no drugs on the premises and no arguments – Sunrise has become a community center for the homeless, a place to come every weekday morning and gather with friends.

Hungry friends come for the home-cooked, nourishing breakfast and stay for simple medical services offered by the Cornell Scott Health Center and access to support from social services to find housing.

Sunrise provides a unique opportunity to bridge New Haven’s inequalities that separate us from one another. Volunteers come once and become regulars. Guests and volunteers become friends and greet one another on the street.

Ask OCS at Dwight Hall with Jorimel Zaldivar
2025-10-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Dwight Hall at Yale, 67 High St, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
Join us for the first Ask OCS at Dwight Hall office hours of the semester on October 3rd from 2:00 – 4:00 PM.

Ask questions about summer internships, mentorship, and more through individual counseling with Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers at the Office of Career Strategy, to further your commitment to lifelong change.

Gain insights and advice on topics such as career exploration, composing resumes and cover letters, interview preparation, networking, and more!

Guided by Justice: Pursuing Careers with Purpose
2025-10-03 17:00 - 19:00 | Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
How do we pursue success in professional and corporate spaces while staying true to our values? How do we build networks that not only open doors, but also embody justice, care, and collective responsibility?In collaboration with Amal House, a mentorship initiative founded in 2024 to empower university students through alumni support and guidance, this event welcomes Zeyn Patel and Zaheer Razack, founders of Amal House, for a conversation on the urgent questions facing Muslim students today.

As students prepare to enter industries that often challenge their ethics, this dialogue will explore:

– The vision behind Amal House and why networks of mentorship matter.– How Muslim students can navigate careers in ways that align with purpose and justice– The challenges and opportunities of building ethical networks of support in professional life– Practical wisdom for sustaining integrity and flourishing in spaces that may not always reflect our values.

Join us for this robust discussion, followed by time for Q&A and connection. Together, we’ll reflect on what it means to cultivate careers not only of success, but of service and significance.

Sponsored by the Dwight Hall Center for Social Justice and Public Service at Yale’s Muslim Leadership Lab, Yale Chaplain’s Office – Muslim Life Program, Yale Muslim Students Association and Amal House

Food Provided (Light dinner served.

Sign up at Yale Connect here!: https://cglink.me/2dA/r2307662

Volunteer at Sunrise Cafe!
2025-10-08 06:00 - 09:00, 2025-10-15 06:00 - 09:00, 2025-10-22 06:00 - 09:00

Exile & Emergence: 7 Leadership Lessons from the Hijra
2025-10-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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This year marks 1,500 lunar years since the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.

Among the most defining moments of his life and mission was the Hijra—the flight from Mecca to Medina. It was a journey of refuge under threat, yet also one of profound leadership and transformation.

In this talk, Dr. Bilal Hassam will guide us through seven leadership lessons that emerged from the Hijra: how the Prophet navigated danger, built alliances, and transformed exile into the foundation of a new community. These lessons, rooted in faith, resilience, and vision, continue to speak to the challenges of leadership in our time..

Why come?

•⁠ ⁠Unpack unlikely leadership moves from the Hijrah: navigating risk, forging alliances, building resilient institutions.

•⁠ ⁠Practical takeaways for campus, community work, and professional life.

•⁠ ⁠Marking 1,500 lunar years since the birth of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

All welcome. Arrive early for an HHC dinner. Please share widely.

About Dr. Bilal Hassam:

Dr. Bilal Hassam is a writer, cultural commentator, and consultant at TheMuslimAgency.com, exploring the intersections of Muslim identity, politics, and culture. A former doctor, he works on storytelling, representation, and advocacy within communities worldwide. He has part of a team of researchers, scholars and storytellers who are rewriting the history of the Hijrah – a pivotal moment in early Islamic history.

Food Provided (Special Catering from HHC!)

Dwight Hall Summer Fellows Celebration
2025-10-09 18:00 - 19:30
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Join current students, alumni, and friends of the Dwight Hall Summer Fellows program for a festive gathering celebrating 58 years of public service and social justice fellowships on Thursday, October 9th, 2025, from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.

Guests in the Dwight Hall Library will be joined by Summer Fellows nationwide who will virtually connect to the program beginning at 6:30 pm ET. Come to Dwight Hall to learn more about the Summer Fellows program, and see how you can engage!

Food from Havenly and refreshments will be provided.

Trash to Fashion Workshop & Ball
2025-10-11 17:30 - 22:00
Join one of Dwight Hall’s emerging projects, Trash to Fashion, a project dedicated to upcycling clothing with flair to refashion our environment, at their workshop and ball.

At the event, you can learn from designers Tea Montgomery, Donald Carter, and Saks stylist Lauren Sprague, creative reuse specialist Lisa Spetrini and trashion artist Rebekah Fraser, the founder of Trash to Fashion. You can also practice making trashion in community and celebrate at the ball!

Learn more and register for the event here: https://events.humanitix.com/trash-to-fashion-workshop-and-ball

Gilder Lehrman Center Film Screening and Panel Discussion: "My Father’s Name," a film by Susanna Styron
2025-10-22 16:30 - 19:30 | Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
Join Gilder Lehrman Center Director David W. Blight (Sterling Professor of History, Yale) in conversation with the film’s director, Susanna Styron YC ’76, Crystal Feimster (Associate Professor of Black Studies and American Studies, Yale University), and Willie James Jennings (Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies Yale University Divinity School)

About the film: https://myfathersname.com/

Years after Lee Ed Frazier’s death, his daughter Jan made a shocking discovery: as a young man her father had participated in a lynching. As she attempts to uncover the truth about what happened, Jan learns that this specific lynching was iconic in American history, because photos of it were the first ever to be published in a national publication. Both Time and Life magazines carried the story and the photos as they reported on the anti-lynching bill that was before Congress at that very moment.

Additionally, she realizes that no names of the lynchers were ever published. Even the photographer was protected by a cloak of agreed-upon anonymity. Shaken by this stark reflection of white privilege and the brutality it sought to minimize, Jan must now reckon with deeply conflicted feelings about the father she loved, find a way to hold her family accountable and face the dawning awareness of her own unconscious racism.

Learn more and register for the event here: https://macmillan.yale.edu/glc/events/2025-10-22/gilder-lehrman-center-film-screening-and-panel-discussion-my-fathers-name-2

Ask OCS at Dwight Hall with Jorimel Zaldivar
2025-11-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Dwight Hall at Yale, 67 High St, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
Join us for Ask OCS at Dwight Hall office hours of the semester on November 7th from 2:00 – 4:00 PM.

Ask questions about summer internships, mentorship, and more through individual counseling with Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers at the Office of Career Strategy, to further your commitment to lifelong change.

Gain insights and advice on topics such as career exploration, composing resumes and cover letters, interview preparation, networking, and more!

A GLC Symposium: "Public History in Authoritarian Times"
2025-11-08 10:00 - 14:30
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“Promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it should be enlightened.”

President George Washington, Farewell Address, September 19, 1796

Since the 1970s, public history has become an important dimension of the historical profession. For decades, worldwide scholars, museum staff, community organizations, and others have worked together to make historical education accessible and relevant to broad publics. By emphasizing the experiences and perspectives of previously underrepresented people, public history research and programming offers nuanced and rich interpretations of dominant historical narratives of the past.

The work of public history combines traditional archival research with attention to objects, untold stories of place, memory, multiple points of view, community traditions and oral testimony. The field of public history provides possibilities for diverse and democratic understandings of the past. This is especially crucial for efforts to come to terms with the most challenging aspects of history.

Increasingly, recent efforts to accurately and honestly grapple with historical complexity in classrooms and cultural institutions are under attack. These attacks on public education, and on the independence and integrity of key institutions such as the National Park Service and the Smithsonian, demonstrate that the current presidential administration in the United States is waging war against historical and critical truth-telling. In exchange, they support uncritical “patriotic” education, which emphasizes American nationalism and exceptionalism. Never before has the executive branch of government, with its enormous resources, waged such a battle against the practice of history and the diffusion of knowledge.

Long committed to public historical education in its many forms, the Gilder Lehrman Center seeks to provide a forum to discuss these alarming trends. Scholars and supporters will offer comparative perspectives on historical reckonings with authoritarianism, while analyzing current realities with an eye toward building strong public history foundations for the future. We invite you to join us in November for respectful engagement with these topics.

Keynote Speaker Event: An Evening with Josiah Brown and James Jeter
2025-11-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Dwight Hall Library, 67 High St, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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Ever find yourself wondering how people land careers in public service and social justice? Ever find yourself wondering how state and local politics are shifting now?

Join James Jeter, the director of the Full Citizens Coalition, and Josiah Brown, the executive director of Connecticut CASA, on November 13th, 2025 from 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM for a moderated keynote speaker event dedicated to their careers and what local innovation means during these tumultuous times in public service. This event will allow you to hear from key members of the Connecticut community who are enthusiastic about mentorship and sharing their experiences with students and alumni.

Pizza and refreshments will be provided. There will be both an in-person option in the Dwight Hall Library as well as a virtual way to join the conversation. The Zoom will start promptly at 5:45 PM.

Cross-Sector Careers in Public Service Fireside Chat Event
2025-12-05 12:00 - 13:30 | Dwight Hall Library, 67 High St, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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Curious how leaders move between the public and private sectors or how public service can appear in multiple forms like policy work or consulting?

Join Tom Freedman, CEO and co-founder of Freedman Consulting, and Preeta Nayak, Partner and Head of Leadership & Community Services at The Bridgespan Group, for a fireside chat on December 5th, 2025, from 12:00–1:15 PM. Together, they’ll reflect on their pathways between different sectors and share their insights on navigating public service in both the private and public sectors. This is a great opportunity to network and learn from leaders committed to public service.

Sushi and refreshments will be provided. There will be both an in-person option in the Dwight Hall Library as well as a virtual way to join the conversation.

Link to Zoom: https://yale.zoom.us/j/99816222826

Ask OCS at Dwight Hall with Jorimel Zaldivar
2025-12-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Dwight Hall at Yale, 67 High St, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
Join us for the last Ask OCS at Dwight Hall office hours of the semester on December 5th from 2:00 – 4:00 PM.

Ask questions about summer internships, mentorship, and more through individual counseling with Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers at the Office of Career Strategy, to further your commitment to lifelong change.

Gain insights and advice on topics such as career exploration, composing resumes and cover letters, interview preparation, networking, and more!

NHTI Training Session
2025-12-07 13:00 - 15:00
The New Haven Tutoring Initiative (NHTI) — a city-wide effort to boost literacy and math skills for K–8 students through meaningful mentorship — is currently recruiting Yale students to become tutors!

With just one training session, you’ll be ready to tutor at any New Haven Reads or New Haven Counts partner site and begin building supportive, one-on-one relationships with New Haven students. No prior tutoring experience needed.

📅 Training: December 7, 1–3 PM📍 Location: Dwight Hall

This is one of the easiest, most rewarding ways to get involved beyond campus and create lasting impact in the lives of young learners. All students interested in service and connecting with New Haven should reach out and attend! Please register on Yale Connect if attending!

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Emma Qiao (emma.qiao@yale.edu)!

Prophetic Leadership Seminar
2026-01-23 08:00 - 2026-01-25 17:00
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The Center for Ethical and Effective Organizational Leadership (CEEOL)—a collaborative initiative between The Islamic Seminary of America (TISA) and Rabata—presents a special short course titled “The Fundamentals of Prophetic Leadership” designed specifically for college students. Selected participants will receive a certificate of completion in recognition of their achievement.

2026 University MLK Commemoration featuring Col. (Ret.) Edna W. Cummings
2026-01-29 18:00 - 19:30
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In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Yale University and Greater New Haven communities are invited to attend the 2026 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration on January 29th, 2026: “Repairing the Record, Building Connection.” Focused on honoring his life and legacy, the event will feature a keynote by Col. (Ret.) Edna W. Cummings’, followed by a conversation with Babz Rawls-Ivy. Dwight Hall is a proud co-sponsor.

Read more and register for the event here: https://schwarzman.yale.edu/events/2026-mlk-commemoration-repairing-record-building-belonging-featuring-col-ret-edna-w-cummings

U.S. Army Col. (Ret.) Edna W. Cummings, is a distinguished veteran, advocate, and storyteller whose leadership has helped ensure that the contributions of underrecognized heroes are preserved in our national memory. She has played a key role in securing long-overdue recognition for the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion—the first all-Black, all-woman unit deployed overseas in World War II— including advocacy that led to the battalion’s 2022 Congressional Gold Medal and work on the film The Six Triple Eight. The first African American woman commissioned through Appalachian State University’s ROTC program, Col. Cummings served 25 years in the military with leadership roles at Georgetown University ROTC, the Pentagon, and U.S. NORAD/NORTHCOM. She currently serves as the Army Reserve Ambassador for Maryland.

The 7th Annual Dr. Betty Shabazz & El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Malcolm X Memorial Lecture
2026-01-30 18:30 - 20:30
Register at https://tinyurl.com/mxlecture

Join Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Oseguera for the 2026 Dr. Betty Shabazz & El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Malcolm X Memorial Lecture at Yale University. Grounded in the SelebeYoon healing-centered paradigm, this keynote centers Rasikh—rootedness—as a guide for healing, ethical leadership, and community well-being.Drawing from Black Muslim psychology, faith, memory work, archival justice, and the enduring legacies of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz, Dr. Oseguera invites us to consider what it means to remain rooted amid struggle, transition, and transformation. This lecture is an invitation to reflect together on what we carry forward—ancestral wisdom, moral clarity, and responsibility—and how those inheritances shape more just, whole, and hopeful futures for our communities.Respondents will offer reflections and be in discussion with Dr. Oseguera following the lecture.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Oseguera is the Founding Executive Director of Muslim Wellness Foundation (MWF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting healing and emotional well-being in American Muslim communities through dialogue, education and training. Through Muslim Wellness Foundation, Dr. Mu’Min Oseguera has established the Omar ibn Said Institute for Black Muslim Studies & Research, the annual Black Muslim Psychology Conference and the Deeply Rooted Emerging Leaders Fellowship for Black Muslim young adults.

Dr. Mu’Min Oseguera is an Assistant Professor in Psychology and Muslim Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS) and CTS’ Project Director for the ASPIRE Project: Engaging Diverse Faith Communities in Anti-Racist Work. Her teaching, research and clinical areas of expertise include: healing justice and faith based activism, racial trauma and healing, psychological impact of anti-Muslim bigotry and anti-Blackness, Black Muslim psychology and Black Muslim intersectional invisibility.

Dr. Mu’Min Oseguera graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Psychology and MEd in Psychological Services. She pursued further graduate education, completing a second Masters in Restorative Practices & Youth Counseling (MRP) from the International Institute for Restorative Practices. Dr. Mu’Min Oseguera completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Couple and Family Therapy, at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA.This 7th Annual Dr. Betty Shabazz & El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Malcolm X Memorial Lecture commemorates the 61st anniversary of Brother Malcolm’s martyrdom.Sponsored by Muslim Leadership Lab at Dwight Hall at YaleYale Chaplain’s OfficeYale Black Muslim Students Association

Ask OCS at Dwight Hall
2026-02-06 14:00 - 16:00
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Join us for the first Ask OCS at Dwight Hall office hours of the semester on February 6th from 2:00 – 4:00 PM.

Ask questions about summer internships, mentorship, and more through individual counseling with Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers at the Office of Career Strategy, to further your commitment to lifelong change.

Gain insights and advice on topics such as career exploration, composing resumes and cover letters, interview preparation, networking, and more!

A Cartography of Love - in Malcolm, with Malcolm, and through MalcolmAn Evening of Storytelling and Heartful Exploration
2026-02-11 18:00 - 20:00
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In this special program, Dr. Martin Nguyen explores the many forms of love embedded within Islamic theology—divine, prophetic, and communal—through a sustained reflection on the life and legacy of Malcolm X.Tracing Malcolm’s transformation as not only political but profoundly spiritual, the evening frames love as justice, mercy, and ethical striving. Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman, celebrated scholar and long-time student of Malcolm X’s life and thought, will offer a response.Distinctively, this gathering integrates storytelling into the evening. Participants will be invited to share brief reflections inspired by themes of love, transformation, and liberation. An interfaith and interdisciplinary celebration of love, this event takes place as we approach Ramadan and Valentine’s Day, centering dialogue, listening, and collective meaning-making.⸻Partners:Unity Pictures Foundation (UPF)Muslim Leadership Lab at Dwight Hall, YaleYale Divinity School (Office of the Associate Dean of Community Engagement)Yale Chaplain’s Office

Public Service & Social Sector Fellowships Information Session
2026-02-16 15:00 - 16:00
On the hunt for a summer fellowship experience in New Haven or beyond? Join Dwight Hall for an information session in collaboration with the Office of Fellowships and Funding. Mark Fopeano, Director of Programming and Evaluation at Dwight Hall, and Jill Carrera, Senior Associate Director at the Office of Fellowships, will provide insights into diverse fellowship opportunities available, offer tips for crafting compelling applications, and connect you with support networks and resources, including Dwight Hall’s own Summer Fellowship. This event is designed to provide you with the tools you need to pursue your interests in public service and social impact. RSVP is optional but highly encouraged! Refreshments will be served and food/lunch will be provided.

Ask OCS at Dwight Hall
2026-04-10 14:00 - 16:00
Join us for the second Ask OCS at Dwight Hall office hours of the semester on April 10th from 2:00 – 4:00 PM.

Ask questions about summer internships, mentorship, and more through individual counseling with Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers at the Office of Career Strategy, to further your commitment to lifelong change.

Gain insights and advice on topics such as career exploration, composing resumes and cover letters, interview preparation, networking, and more!

Ask OCS at Dwight Hall
2026-05-01 14:00 - 16:00
Join us for the last Ask OCS at Dwight Hall office hours of the semester on May 1st from 2:00 – 4:00 PM.

Ask questions about summer internships, mentorship, and more through individual counseling with Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers at the Office of Career Strategy, to further your commitment to lifelong change.

Gain insights and advice on topics such as career exploration, composing resumes and cover letters, interview preparation, networking, and more!
