Volunteers in Overseas Advising Centers

by Jane Dunham

Who Might Volunteer in Your Overseas Advising Center?

• Returned students
• Expats, especially Americans
• Retirees
• Students interested in U.S. study
• Spouses or children of diplomats
• People seeking a career change

What Can Volunteers Do?

• Update catalogs, videos, CDs in the resource library
• Request catalog updates
• Help with orientations – guest speakers, hosts
• Set up and maintain databases
• Sit on selection committee for scholarships
• Sit on center’s advisory committee
• Help in researching resources – Web sites, schools, academic courses
• Develop an alumni network
• Organize special activities
• Mail out brochures, test study guides, office handouts/newsletters
• Produce brochures, newsletters, flyers
• Assist in maintenance of computers
• Help organize college fairs

Resources in Overseas Advising Volunteerism

Publications

• Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep Them (An Essential Guide for Volunteer Leaders and Staff of Professional, Trade and Charitable Nonprofit Organizations) by Helen Little, Panacea Press, Inc., Naperville, IL, 1999.

• Also available online through Energize Online Bookstore along with many other books on volunteer management.

Web site

• NAFSA Campus and Community Programming Bibliography
  
• NAFSA Internet Resources for Campus and Community Programming