Through SFU's faculties and departments, there are many engagement and volunteer opportunities for alumni. Explore your options below.
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Become an Applied Science Mentor!
- Provide career guidance to senior students in computing science and engineering programs
- Develop leadership skills and help shape leaders of tomorrow
- 2023 marks 50 years of computing excellence at SFU: learn more and celebrate with us!
Questions? Please email fasau2@sfu.ca
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Beedie School of Business
- Mentors in Business
- Case competitions
- Be a guest speaker
- Become an alumni ambassador
FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION, ART & TECHNOLOGY
- Provide workshops for students
- Speak at events
- Help us to complete an important project
- Nominate a peer for an FCAT Alumni Award
To learn more, email fcateng@sfu.ca
Faculty of Environment
- Mentor a student, and provide learning, skills & training and career advice
- Be a guest speaker in classes, workshops, podcasts, career nights and recruitment events
- Showcase your work at public talks or academic dialogues
- Be featured in a faculty or department/school newsletter, website, social media
- Provide internship/co-op and other career opportunities
To learn more, email lauriew@sfu.ca
Faculty of Health Sciences
- Share your career story and provide advice to students at recruitment events
- Attend thesis defences and research seminars
- Participate in alumni surveys
For more information, email fhscomm@sfu.ca
Faculty of Science
- Learn about their community events and be a part of their engagement initiatives
- Help recognize outstanding contributors to our science outreach program through their SFU Faculty of Science Excellence in Science Public Engagement and Outreach Awards
- Visit the Trottier Observatory: view the stars and skies with Starry Nights @ SFU and their Free Telescope program
- Check out the Workshops for Educators or their online and virtual K-12 lessons
SFU COOP
Yes, you can hire a future SFU alumnus through the coop program!
- SFU has worked with over 16,500 employer contacts since 1975
- SFU has approximately 9,000 students ready to work locally, nationally and internationally
- SFU students have won the nationwide title "Co-op Student of the Year" four times since 2002
SFU Surrey: TD Community Engagement Centre
- Working with children, youth and newcomers to Canada in Surrey
- Alumni are welcome to get involved
Questions? Please email community-volunteer@sfu.ca
GENERAL OPPORTUNITIES
Beedie Luminaries
- Alumni needed from all faculties to mentor new SFU students
SFU Reads
- Online book club where you can read interesting books and engage in stimulating conversations
SFU Tandem
- A free, eight-week language exchange program that supports multilingualism and intercultural communication, gives SFU community members the opportunity to enhance their language skills through informal dialogue related to interesting topics.