Class of 1979 joins the Dartmouth Partners in Community Service internship program

Posted 10/27/00

The Class of 1979 has become the second Dartmouth Alumni Class to join the Dartmouth Partners in Community Service (DPCS) Internship Program at the Tucker Foundation.

Founded in 1995 by the Class of 1959, the internship program matches students with alumni and their families in addressing the problems facing society, such as homelessness, undereducation, poverty or housing needs, to name a few.

The program has sponsored more than 100 Dartmouth students undertaking public service internships, and has a roster of mentors representing more than 30 Dartmouth alumni classes.

The Class of 1990 became a sponsoring class in 1999. Sponsoring classes sit on the DPCS Board of Directors, provide financial support, and recruit class members to volunteer as mentors or suggest nonprofit organizations for internship sites.

The DPCS program allows Dartmouth students participate in full-time, leave-term community service internships, which can be undertaken during a leave-term or in the summer following graduation. Interns are matched with Dartmouth Alumni, who serve as Alumni Mentors for them.

The Tucker Foundation at Dartmouth College was founded in 1951 and is charged with supporting and furthering the moral and spiritual work and influence of the College. The Foundation combines community service programs, the Chaplaincy, off-campus fellowships and internships, and issues of conscience programming. In the past year, more than 2,000 students were involved in community service and religious programs offered by the Foundation.