AmeriCorps is an opportunity to make a big difference in your life and in the lives of those around you. As a member, you will learn teamwork, leadership, responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life. Additionally, you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results.
AmeriCorps members assist students with the college enrollment process (admissions, testing, academic advising, financial aid, orientation, registration, etc.), facilitate parent workshops, and serve as a liaison for students (at ISD high schools and other designated venues, via phone and/or email). Members will maintain program activity logs, compile reports, and other required documentation.
Each year the AmeriCorps Program serves over 4,500 12th grade students; AmeriCorps members answer questions and guide students with all college enrollment requirements. AmeriCorps engages more than 80,000 Americans in intensive service each year at nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country.
Please watch this video for more information about UTRGV AmeriCorps Program
Transcript of AmeriCorps information Video
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What is AmeriCorps?
AmeriCorps is a program in which UTRGV students help high school seniors with the college admissions and financial aid process.
What exactly does that mean?
The college admissions process involves: applying to universities, registering for tests (ACT, SAT, TSI), orientation, and applying for scholarships and financial aid (FAFSA/TASFA).
Members help students:
Remember! Members help students find the right college for them, even if it is not UTRGV.
There are members at both the Edinburg and Brownsville UTRGV campuses. Together we serve Brownsville ISD, Edinburg CISD, McAllen ISD, and San Benito CISD.
You will be placed along with other AmeriCorps members as a team at a service site where you will serve for 4.5 months.
Keep in mind you will be commuting to and from your service site, as well as to meetings, trainings, and events throughout the term.
How do I join?
In order to join you must:
Apply today at www.utrgv.edu/americorps
Americorps application for Spring now available. Deadline to apply December 1, 2020.
The Segal AmeriCorps Education Award is a post-service benefit received by participants who complete a term of national service in an approved AmeriCorps program.
The education award may be used to pay educational costs at eligible post-secondary educational institutions (including many technical schools and GI-Bill approved educational programs), as well as to repay qualified student loans. The dollar amount of a full-time award is based on the maximum amount of the U.S. Department of Education’s Pell Grant, thus it can vary from year to year. Currently, AmeriCorps members may earn up to the value of two full-time education awards and have seven years from the date they earned each award to use it.
Members can divide an award and use portions of it at different times before it expires, as long as it is for authorized expenditures.
Figure |
Description |
1 million + |
Number of people who have served as AmeriCorps members since 1994 |
1.4 billion |
Total number of hours served by AmeriCorps members since 1994 |
1.9 million |
Number of community volunteers managed or mobilized by AmeriCorps members last year |
$1 billion |
Value of cash and in-kind donations leveraged by AmeriCorps members each year |
21,600 |
Unique sites that AmeriCorps members served last year |
$3.6 billion |
Total amount of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards earned by AmeriCorps members since 1994 |
75,000 |
AmeriCorps Members serve annually |
Brownsville Location:
U Central
The Tower, Main 1.100
1 West University Blvd.
Brownsville, TX 78520
956-882-7321
AmeriCorps@utrgv.edu
Edinburg Location:
U Central
1st Floor Student Services Building (SSBL)
1201 West University Drive
Edinburg, Texas 78539
956-665-2157
AmeriCorps@utrgv.edu