Introduction to a Crash Course

Since Dwight's arrival, he's the one who's responsible for imparting-zee-knowledge to the students so my duties have decreased substantially to an advisory kind. But on the side of all of that, I'm working on putting flesh to an idea.
That's my thought umbrella.
When the interns met to brainstorm about alumni engagement, I felt that FH was failing at creating opportunities for alumni to get involved occupationally. Two big concerns at this point in life is "do I want to do that marriage thing?" and/or "what in the world am I going to do for a living and how am I going to do it?" After such a transformative semester, many students would kill for a paying position with them. FH, why aren't you creating jobs for kids who want them?? And then I began thinking about how frustrating it was for me as a recent graduate in international studies (and other graduates of the theoretical disciplines: cultural studies, int'l relations, sociology, Ed, Philosophy, Art) to feel completely underqualified for every job position in my field because all any of us have been ever been taught to do is, well, study.

You want me manage day-to-day accounting, case loads, and liaison between offices while I secure you $$$$$ of funds from outside donors on my lunch??

Er. How about a 8-page paper? Damn. I should have been a nurse.

And that's the chasm: (thanks, Microsoft Paint) Why don't our colleges give us practical skills after four years of selling our souls to loan companies? We can't get the job we want because we don't have the experience and the skills we need be a competitive candidate. Not everyone could get to FH's conferences (too far, too soon, not enough money) so how could GoEd impart its transformation in occupations and equip us to do the development work it needs help doing?! So my idea was to marry the two. What if GoEd offered a "crash" course for J-term or May-Term that is worth college credit and is focused on practical application on what every NGO is looking for in regards to ground-level positions?

Every other non-profit job on the internet is looking for a grant writer. Um, where are you supposed to learn that? What if we taught it? What if we offered something even more? What if colleges made it possible for their students to get certification in Disaster Relief? Organic Community Gardening? Advocacy? Non-Profit Marketing/Communications? What if there was a course in refugee/victim trauma? What if there was a practicum in Social Media? Public Relations? Non-Profit Fundraising? Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL or TESOL)? Half of the practicum applications on the Mekong and Africa Programs were teaching English or advertising positions.

Why not create young adults who know what they're doing when they get there?

GoEd could conscript an outside an expert in these fields to be the director of the course and offer it at its affiliate schools simultaneously. A batch of interns would help launch a three to four week intensive class and be there to assist the professor when it started. At the end of the curriculum, Food for the Hungry could advertise it's openings and opportunities to a population that now had the aptitude to fulfill those responsibilities. It would be a way for returning GoEd alum to feel like FH was interested in their career development and that someone trusted their visionary minds to further the work that's being done for the poor around the world. It'd also be a way for students who had never heard of GoEd or FH, to hear about its opportunities. But above all, everyone involved would now have a practical skill (hopefully) delivered in the transformational way that Food for the Hungry is so good at.

Anyway.
I'm trying to add tissue to the bone. I'd like to see this one walk around.