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Career and Graduate School Pathways

The ACM offers students opportunities to build connections, explore career options, and experience graduate study.

Through the Fellows Program, the ACM seeks to recruit and support a broadly diverse faculty who will contribute to academic excellence, diversity of viewpoints and experiences, and relevance in a global society. One of the best ways to know a career path is for you is to try it. ACM offers two programs for historically underrepresented ACM undergraduates to learn about graduate school, research, and understand the life of a faculty member by partnering with Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions.

Through the Foreign Policy in Practice series, the ACM and Chicago Council on Global Affairs host hybrid and virtual, interactive discussions for ACM students, faculty, and staff interested in foreign policy issues and their connection to the Midwest. Activities also include opportunities for students to network with speakers and attendees, with the goal of helping students translate their academic and professional interests into career opportunities in the world of foreign policy.

Graduate School Exploration Fellowship (GSEF)

The Graduate School Exploration Fellowship (GSEF) funds fellowships that provide undergraduates at ACM colleges with a robust set of mentoring, career development, and experiential research opportunities beginning in the summer between their junior and senior year.

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Graduate School Exploration Program (GRADx)

The Graduate School Exploration (GRADx) program provides students from underrepresented backgrounds an immersive opportunity to learn about graduate study. GRADx is a year-long program that consists of two forums hosted at a partner Big Ten Academic Alliance campus.

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Foreign Policy in Pratice Series

Through the Foreign Policy in Practice series, the ACM and Chicago Council on Global Affairs host hybrid and virtual, interactive discussions for ACM students, faculty, and staff interested in foreign policy issues and their connection to the Midwest. Activities also include opportunities for students to network with speakers and attendees, with the goal of helping students translate their academic and professional interests into career opportunities in the world of foreign policy.

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