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STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
INDUSTRY EVENTS & SPEAKERS
Industry-related events give students an opportunity to become familiar
with a variety of positions and understand how their classroom knowledge relates to the real world. These events are a platform for students to network with industry professionals and to obtain first-hand knowledge of their professional experience.
VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE
Volunteer community service is any activity or job performed without pay that goes to benefit a nonprofit organization and/or community. Community service provides a critical component to the educational experience and future employability by giving students the opportunity to strengthen their resume while making an important difference in the world. FIDM highly encourages students to take full advantage of their time in college and participate in volunteer community service, either through FIDM student organizations or on their own. There are volunteer opportunities in just about any area. Read the Student Newsletter or visit the Student Activities Office, Student Activities on Canvas, and the Career Center for upcoming volunteer community service events and outside volunteer community service opportunities.
Examples of volunteer community service are:
• Beach clean-ups
• Reading to young children
• Food/clothing drives
• Donating blood or
organizing a blood drive
• Fundraisers
• Spending time with the elderly • Working at a food bank
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