Princeton Education Society

Undergraduate Opportunities

Princeton-Based Volunteering/Service/Extracurricular

The vast majority of education-related volunteering opportunities occur through the Pace Center for Civic Engagement. The following are activities open to all undergraduates (and in some cases, graduate students) unless otherwise stated.

  • Academic Success Today
    • 1:1 mentoring with John Witherspoon Middle School Students
    • Time Commitment: Weekly
    • Contacts: Mary Kate Cloonan, Zhiwen Wu, Irene Diane
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters
    • 1:1 mentoring with local children
    • Time Commitment: Weekly
    • Contacts: Lina Kim, Corinna Rivera, Via Matthews
  • Community Action Leaders
    • Priority application due in March; lead Community Action groups for frosh.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates, no first-years
    • Contact: Sara Gruppo
  • Community House Afterschool Program
    • Help middle and high schoolers with homework at the Carl A. Fields Center
    • Time Commitment: Weekly
    • Contacts: Angie Challman, Jana Pak, Allison Ha
  • Community House College Access SAT/ACT Prep
    • 1:1 tutoring with high school juniors/seniors
    • Time Commitment: Weekly
    • Contacts: Ash Reddy, Chase Magnano
  • Community House Executive Board
    • Supports Community House programs
    • Time Commitment: Unknown
    • Contact: Ben Thornton II
  • Community House Preschool Program
    • Help preschoolers with literacy prep for kindergarten
    • Time Commitment: Weekly
    • Contact: Jackeline Sacasari
  • Petey Greene Program
    • Tutor incarcerated students in New Jersey
    • Time Commitment: Weekly
    • Contact: Emily Hove
  • Propose a New Service Group
    • Come up with your own service project as sponsored by the Pace Center
    • Time Commitment: Unknown
    • Contact: Geralyn Williams
  • School Based Tutoring
    • Tutor students at Princeton High School
    • Time Commitment: Select your own schedule
    • Contact: James Jun
  • Service Focus
    • Small group meetings and service projects. Assigned to cohort upon application; apply before sophomore year.
    • Eligibility: Sophomores only
    • Time Commitment: Bi-weekly
    • Contact: Evan Schneider (emschnei@princeton.edu)
  • SPLASH (also sponsored by ODUS)
    • Design your own event for high school students
    • Time Commitment: Monthly
    • Contacts: Sofia Sepulveda Pizarro, Umar Samdani
  • Students for Prison Education, Abolition and Reform (also sponsored by ODUS)
    • Advocacy against carcerality
    • Time Commitment: Monthly
    • Contact: Amber Rahman
  • Student Volunteers Council
    • Organization supports student service organizations. One of the current sectors is adult advocacy and education; another is youth education.
    • Time Commitment: Unkown
    • Contact: David Brown
  • Student Volunteers Council Board
    • Supports Student Volunteers Council service projects
    • Time Commitment: Unknown
  • Trenton Arts at Princeton Saturday Morning Arts (also sponsored by Music Dept./Lewis Center for the Arts)
    • Create art with Trenton students; four component programs: Trenton Youth Dancers, Trenton Youth Orchestra, Trenton Youth Singers, Trenton Youth Theater
    • Time Commitment: Weekly
    • Contact: Lou Chen
  • Undergraduate Student Government Academics Committee
    • Work on/discuss university academic issues. Applications on a semester basis.
    • Time Commitment: Weekly
    • Contact: Vivian Bui

Princeton Academic Programming/Coursework/Departmental Programming

  • Education Research Section Seminar Series (School of Public and International Affairs)
    • Weekly talks put on by Professor Jennifer Jennings (SPIA/SOC). Wednesdays at 12pm, new speaker each week.
    • Time Commitment: As much as you want
    • Contact: Valerie Smith
  • Program in Teacher Preparation Certificate (Program in Teacher Preparation)
    • Notes: Appointment (made with a program director) necessary prior to application submission; pre-professional teaching focus
    • Time Commitment: 50 hours of clinical work, 4-5 semester-long courses
    • Contact: tprep@princeton.edu; Dr. Todd Kent (twkent@princeton.edu)
  • Program in Teacher Preparation State License (Program in Teacher Preparation)
    • Notes: Appointment necessary (made with program director) prior to application submission; pre-professional teaching focus with the New Jersey state license as the terminus
    • Time Commitment: 50 hours of clinical work, 6-7 semester-long courses, state licensure
    • Contact: tprep@princeton.edu; Dr. Todd Kent (twkent@princeton.edu)
  • Specific Courses
    • AMS351/AAS338: American Education, Race, and Equality, Dr. Melanye Price (offered Fall 2023)
    • ANT368: Ethnography of Schools and Schooling, Dr. Jason Klugman (offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022)
    • POL491/CLA491/HUM490: The Politics of Higher Education, Dr. Allen Guelzo and Dr. John Londregan (offered Fall 2024)
    • PSY307: Educational Psychology, Dr. Mark Glat (offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023)
    • SOC228/SPI220: Schooled—Education, Opportunity, and Inequality, Dr. Jennifer Jennings (offered Spring 2024)
    • SPI387/SOC387/AMS487: Education Policy in the United States, Dr. Jennifer Jennings (offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023)
    • WRI133: Educational Equities (Writing Seminar), Dr. Soo-Young Kim (offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023)

Princeton-Sponsored Internships/Fellowships

  • Bogle Fellows in Civic Service (Pace Center)
    • Funding to support project with community partners of your choice; applications open in December.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates, no seniors
    • Time Commitment: 8-10 weeks summer internship
    • Contact: Matt Lynn
  • Community Action Fellows (Pace Center)
    • Plan a community action region.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates, no first-years
    • Time Commitment: Year, 13-week summer internship
    • Contact: Sara Gruppo
  • International Internship Program (Office of International Programs)
    • Applications open October; work with a Princeton-vetted organization abroad, including education-related organizations.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates, no seniors
    • Time Commitment: Summer, up to 8 weeks
  • Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (Office of the Dean of the College)
    • Support for underrepresented students with the hopes of diversifying academia
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates
    • Time Commitment: N/A
  • Nancy Weiss Malkiel Fellowship (Pace Center)
    • Funding for first-generation, low-income students to work with community partners on educational access issues; applications due January.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates
    • Time Commitment: 10-week, 40 hours per week summer internship
    • Contact: Matt Lynn
  • OURSIP (Office of Undergraduate Research)
    • Funding for faculty-mentored research at Princeton; application due April.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates, no seniors
    • Time Commitment: Summer
  • Overdeck Education Innovation Fund (School of Public and International Affairs)
    • Small grants of up to 10,000 dollars for research projects pertaining to areas of interest described on website.
    • Eligibility: All Princeton affiliates
    • Contact: Valerie Smith
  • Princeton in Asia Internship (Princeton in Asia)
    • Various possible host organizations including those that are education-related; application due in Spring.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates
    • Time Commitment: 8-12 weeks
    • Contact: contact@princetoninasia.org
  • Princeton Internships in Civic Service (Pace Center)
    • Varies by particular host organization, but civic service internships in U.S. locations, many relating to education; applications due January.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates, no seniors
    • Time Commitment: 8-10 weeks
    • Contacts: Rosemarie Holton, Emily Sharples
  • Princeton RISE (Pace Center)
    • Varies by host organization, focus is on racial equity issues; applications due March.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates
    • Time Commitment: Summer
    • Contact: Jenny Wagner
  • ProCES Derian Internship (Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship)
    • Various faculty-mentored, community-based internships available.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates, no seniors
    • Time Commitment: Summer
  • Projects for Peace (Pace Center)
    • Funding for solo or group service project; applications due January.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates
    • Time Commitment: Summer
    • Contact: Matt Lynn
  • ReMatch+ (Office of Undergraduate Research)
    • Funding for mentored research project with graduate student or postdoc at Princeton; must participate in ReMatch program earlier in year; application due in February.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates, no juniors or seniors
    • Time Commitment: Summer
  • Social Service Impact Internship (Center for Career Development)
    • Funding for internship with a nonprofit or government organization dedicated to social impact; cannot be at Princeton; applications open February.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates
    • Time Commitment: Summer, 6-10 weeks
  • SPIA Education Internships (SPIA)
    • SPIA has support for internship searches; it lists possible examples as the Academy for Educational Development, The Power of International Education, Carnegie Corporation, and Partnership for After School Education; applications due in May.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates
    • Time Commitment: Summer
  • Streicker International Fellowship Program (Office of International Programs)
    • Design your own internship with an international partner/organization; applications due in March.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates, no seniors
    • Time Commitment: Summer
    • Contact: Shareen Rahman
  • Trenton Arts Fellowship (Pace Center/Music Dept./Lewis Center for the Arts)
    • Leadership role with one Trenton Saturday Morning Arts groups.
    • Eligibility: Princeton undergraduates
    • Time Commitment: Weekly
    • Contact: Lou Chen

Non-Princeton Internships