From College to Life After Doane

Career, Leadership, & Service (CLS) welcomes students to Doane, provides opportunities that offer holistic career development, and prepares them to work, lead, and serve in their communities after graduation.

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Career Exploration and Coaching

Our staff and peer mentors assist students and alumni in finding a career path that aligns with their values, strengths and interests all the while providing resources to help them match their career development opportunities with majors that help them positively impact their communities.

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We Build Leaders

The Hansen Leadership Program offers leadership coursework, advises student leaders in campus organizations, and supports students through their leadership identity development while at Doane - all with the goal of preparing students to use their leadership skills in their workplaces and communities after graduation.

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Experiential Learning

The best way to learn is to fully immerse yourself in the experience. We offer students immersive internships and service-learning opportunities to gain clarity around their goals.

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Service and Service Learning

We provide students with opportunities to serve their community, to enhance their educational experience, and to develop habits that encourage a lifelong commitment to service.

Sean Murray

I think one of the most impactful things about being a Doane student is how much we care about our peers and everyone in general. People at Doane are always looking out for each other trying to help and see everyone succeed. I like how that chain of you being helped and you helping someone else continues throughout campus.
Sean Murrey
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Career Development

Career Development provides comprehensive, innovative and inclusive career and employment services.

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Hansen Leadership Program

Students in the Hansen Leadership Program develop their leadership skills by mentoring younger students, facilitating leadership workshops, planning campus events, and serving the community.

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Service and Service Learning

We provide students with opportunities to serve their community, to enhance their educational experience, and to develop habits that encourage a lifelong commitment to service.

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The Career, Leadership and Service Office provides students with the tools they need to navigate and adapt in an ever-changing world and work force. An early emphasis on volunteering encourages students to better understand the needs of their community. With each opportunity, they reflect on and use that information to inform where they want to give back long term.

Through volunteering and service learning, students can see the bigger picture. It encourages collaboration, empathy and cultural awareness — essential qualities for building strong professional networks and meaningful and successful relationships in any career. Understanding not only their own personal leadership philosophy but gathering an understanding of the other theories and concepts that guide others is an important part of the way we help our students grow and reflect on other approaches to leadership. We encourage our students to give back in areas of interest that will motivate them to be consistent in their giving. Those passion areas often connect to their future career and encourage them to better understand the full scope of that part of the community.

Through internships, service learning and collaborative research projects, students can apply their knowledge in real-world situations. As students spend time developing their own sense of leadership, they then are encouraged to go beyond Doane and apply their abilities in the community. As students serve the community, they become more deeply aware of the experiences of others and the needs within the community. This emphasizes the need for service within every community and encourages students to look beyond the bubble that can exist in college to the lives of others and the challenges they face within our world. 

The Career, Leadership and Service Office provides students with the tools they need to navigate and adapt in an ever-changing world and work force. An early emphasis on volunteering encourages students to better understand the needs of their community. With each opportunity, they reflect on and use that information to inform where they want to give back long term.

Through volunteering and service learning, students can see the bigger picture. It encourages collaboration, empathy and cultural awareness — essential qualities for building strong professional networks and meaningful and successful relationships in any career. Understanding not only their own personal leadership philosophy but gathering an understanding of the other theories and concepts that guide others is an important part of the way we help our students grow and reflect on other approaches to leadership. We encourage our students to give back in areas of interest that will motivate them to be consistent in their giving. Those passion areas often connect to their future career and encourage them to better understand the full scope of that part of the community.

Through internships, service learning and collaborative research projects, students can apply their knowledge in real-world situations. As students spend time developing their own sense of leadership, they then are encouraged to go beyond Doane and apply their abilities in the community. As students serve the community, they become more deeply aware of the experiences of others and the needs within the community. This emphasizes the need for service within every community and encourages students to look beyond the bubble that can exist in college to the lives of others and the challenges they face within our world.