OCS Public Service Guidance
Contact: Gail Gilmore
617-495-2595

The Office of Career Services encourages students to engage in public service both during and after their undergraduate years. OCS counselors advise students interested in public service work in the US or abroad, and meet with students to discuss the most effective ways to pursue these options.

Workshops, career panels, and information meetings are scheduled throughout the academic year to help students identify their particular interests and formulate their public service plans. In addition, OCS maintains an extensive collection of resource materials, including paid and unpaid internship listings, summer and postgraduate job listings, and information about public service organizations and funding sources.

A number of public service fellowship programs are administered by the Fellowships Office at OCS. These include the Trang Ho Memorial Fellowships, the Lamont Public Service Fellowships, the K. J. Lee Family Public Service Fund Fellowships, the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Public Service Fellowships, the Elliot and Anne Richardson Fellowships in Public Service, the Eric Ritland Memorial Fund Grants, and the Steiner Community Service Fund Grants. To learn more about these and other funding opportunities, students should consult The Harvard College Guide to Grants and consider meeting with one of the fellowships counselors at OCS.