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Service coalition Texas Campus Compact offers scholarships, job networking

TX (5/9/2011)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/print-edition/2011/04/22/service-coalition-texas-campus-compact.html

San Antonio college students who participate in community service now have a new way to earn scholarships and make connections with potential employers.

Both the scholarships and the networking will be available through Austin-based Texas Campus Compact, the state chapter of a larger national coalition of colleges and universities dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement, and service-learning in higher education.

Locally based Ability Pediatric Therapy (APT) has partnered with Austin-based Texas Campus Compact to offer a scholarship for service learning for students studying science, technology, engineering or math (STEM).

As part of the partnership, APT has donated $30,000 for …

Read more: Service coalition Texas Campus Compact offers scholarships, job networking | San Antonio Business Journal

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