Volunteer

The Aurora Center offers volunteer opportunities at The University of Minnesota that are focused on providing support to survivors and educating to the campus. All positions are designed to foster leadership and professional skill development for volunteers.

Next Volunteer Training: February 2009

Volunteer Application Packet 2008-2009 is now available. Please contact us if you would like more information.

Types of Volunteer Positions:

Crisis Line Advocate
Legal Advocate
Violence Prevention Educator
Special Projects

No experience is needed to volunteer as comprehensive and on-going training is provided.

Undergraduate Students

Any students age 18 or older are eligible to apply.

Graduate Students

Graduate students are eligible to apply.

CCLC Students

If you have been officially approved to complete your service at The Aurora Center, you still need to submit an application and a letter of reference in order for you to volunteer with The Aurora Center. Contact Jill Lipski Cain for all application forms. You will be approved to begin training as a volunteer once your application has been accepted AND you complete the Pre-Training Interview. If you do not apply by the posted deadline you may lose your opportunity to complete the CCLC requirements through our program.

While the hours for our volunteer training satisfy the requirement for CLCC, all volunteers are expected to continue their involvement for one academic year, being two consecutive semesters, starting in the semester you completed training.

Are you a student at a different college or university in the twin cities area? You are welcome to apply although it is contingent upon open spots in the training as we give availability preference to University of Minnesota students. There are other local organizations who train community members to provide support to survivors such as Sexual Offense Services, Rape and Sexual Abuse Center and Sexual Violence Center which can be found in our Recommended Links page.