Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer Opportunities
Find the right volunteer opportunity to match your time and talents
We want your volunteer experience at CUNY Startups to be a meaningful opportunity, help grow your skills, and allow networking . To help you find the right volunteer opportunity for you, we’ve classified our volunteer openings by TIME and TYPE.
Time Commitment
Small Acts
Take a few minutes to create a positive experience for others
Examples: Complete a survey; test a prototype, provide user feedback on a website or app
Regular Acts
Provide recurring contributions that make CUNY Startups possible
Examples: Serve on a committee, become a CUNY Startups Ambassador, serve as a mentor, be a judge in a competition, review student idea submissions
Lasting Acts
Enhance leadership skills for yourself and others
Examples: Become an executive mentor, chair a committee, help build new programs
Types of Opportunities
Virtual Mentor
Mentor students virtually through our online platform
Details: Mentor students in our accelerator and idea competition programs. Our programs run during fall and spring semesters.
Judge
Judge competitions
Details: All of our programs commence with a competition. Judges score student presentations.
In Person Mentor
Mentor students at our Baruch College center
Details: All accelerator program mentors are part of a mentor team led by an Executive Mentor. Once a week mentors come to our entreprenurship center and meet with student startup teams.
Reviewer
Virtually review student ideas for our annual CUNY Clash competition
Details: CUNY Clash is a multiple rounds, ideas competition for CUNY students. You would review and score student submissions.
Executive Mentor
Serve as the lead mentor for a team of mentors
Details: Lead a team of mentors as they mentor student startups and serve as an advisor. EM’s also check in with startup teams to make sure that their needs are being met.