Football player Scot Riddell, '10, leverages his clout as a student-athlete to encourage disadvantaged youth to pursue a college education.

The D.C. Initiative offers UR students access to summer internships in Washington, D.C., that are provided by alumni and friends of the University.

Sarasota native builds on a previous internship with city government to find out how a nonprofit attacks the same social problems.

"There are people who need help accessing social benefit programs, affordable housing, public education – these are things that we take for granted that people in poverty struggle to maintain on a daily basis.” Rachael has recently accepted a job working on poverty issues with HOME (Housing Opportunities Made Equal) in Richmond.

Redshirt-senior awaits his final Spider football season and preps for his job hunt during a summer internship at a boutique financial firm in Richmond, Va.

At the University of Richmond’s School of Continuing Studies (SCS), our advice to adults looking to return to school is very student focused.

Professionals from a variety of local and regional nonprofits met at the University of Richmond for the Institute on Philanthropy’s 2010 Summer Institute.

Accounting and leadership studies grad starts career at top Manhattan firm. "Accounting has structure yet there are still areas that are up to interpretation. Leadership Studies was a nice complement to a business degree."--Chris Bell, '10

The University's adult and continuing education programs are growing, fueled in part by the recent economic downturn and the increasing number of new jobs that require a bachelor's degree.

“A strong and effective leader realizes that reciprocity is a powerful motivational force and that transparency is a mechanism for keeping the leader honest.”--Dean Sandra J. Peart, Jepson School of Leadership Studies