is the gold standard of mentored community service programs and the only one of its kind at Dartmouth.
The Class of 1959 launched this one-of-its-kind project in 1995. Now we have 14!
Here are some quick facts:
Undergraduate Internships: 8-10 week terms in summer, fall, winter, spring Postgraduate Fellowships: One-year terms, running year-round Undergraduate Interns Placed: 508 since 1994 Postgraduate Fellows Placed: 25 since 2010 Alumni Mentors: 295 alumni from 49 classes Community Service Orgs: 330+ in 27 states Participating Classes (14): 1944, 1947, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1990, 2002, 2009
Endowment: Approx. $972,000 (interest applied to intern stipends / expenses)
Annual Operating Expenses: Approx. $150,000 (98% toward intern stipends)
Alumni Board (35)
Vice Chair Chip Fleischer '86
Secretary Ann Sharfstein Mielcarz '99
Treasurer Win Johnson '67
Mentoring Bill Mitchell '79
Development Allan Munro '59
The Post-Grad program fellowships are awarded to recent Dartmouth graduates for one-year. As of August 2012, here's the latest Post-Grad Update.
Read all about the current happenings of DPCS in the Fall 2012 issue of our Newsletter.
It is full of hands-on stories of undergraduate interns, alumni mentors and how they are helping serve the DPCS mission.