On-campus opportunities

Multiple campus programs are related to public service and human rights advocacy.

Weissberg Chair

Weissberg Chair Eskinder Negash, Senior Vice President for Global Engagement for the United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) converses with students in class. Get involved with the Weissberg Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice. The Weissberg Chair is a scholar of public service and human rights and addresses a new issue and/or area of the world each spring semester, delivers a public lecture, visits classes for a week. The chair is supported by the Weissberg Program in Human Rights and Social Justice.

Ousley Scholar

The Ousley Scholar in Residence brings a junior scholar, activist, organizer, or intellectual to deliver a lecture about social justice in the fall semester. The scholar and related events are supported by the Weissberg Program and the Office of Student Success, Equity, and Community.

Career centers

Impact Beloit and Community Connections courses are also foundational to the spirit of public service on campus. Community Fellows are selected every year to work with local organizations and nonprofits.

Off-campus study

Begin your pathway to global service by studying abroad during your time at Beloit College. Recommended programs include:

• Brussels School of Governance
• Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
• Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Ulster University, Northern Ireland
• University of Sussex, England
• Al Akhawayn University,

Clubs and organizations

Black Students United performs during the Homecoming parade. Explore the college’s many service or identity-based clubs and organizations:

• Beloit Student Government
• Latinx Voices
• Black Students United (BSU)
• Model United Nations Clubhouse
• Feminist Collective (FemCo)
• Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA)
• Beloit Cross-Disability Coalition (BCDC)
• Why Bother, Wisconsin?

On- or off-campus research

Student research is based on individual interest and can be presented at annual symposia on campus or off. The Common Grant can provide funds for current students pursuing off-campus internships or research, particularly the Ivan Stone Internship Fund and Weissberg Program funding.