What is AmeriCorps?

AmeriCorps provides thousands of Americans of all ages and backgrounds with Education Awards in exchange for community service. Students participating in the program apply their skills and ideals toward helping others and meeting critical needs in the community. In addition, full-time members who complete their service earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award to pay for college or graduate school, or to pay back qualified student loans.

WSU areas of focus include:

Education (Tutoring)

Healthy Futures (Academic Specialties)

Capacity Building (Community Partnerships)

 

How does it work?

Students engage in service activities and report time and progress to a supervisor. The hours accumulate over the course of 12 months. At the end of 300 or 450 hours, students exit the program and receive the scholarship. Awards are not given for partial terms.

There are two Education Award amounts, each correlating to service terms:

2025 - 2026 Education Award Amounts

Am I eligible?

Eligible applicants must:

• Be a student at WSU
• Be 18 years of age or older
• Have a high school diploma or GED (or obtain one during the year of service)
• Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Pass an FBI background and National Sex Offender Registry check

How do I sign up?

• Schedule to meet with the Weber State University AmeriCorps Campus Coordinator, Lauralee Solimeno, by clicking the "Schedule Initial Meeting" button

Schedule Initial Meeting  

• After you have your initial meeting with the Campus Coordinator, schedule your AmeriCorps orientation by clicking the "Schedule Orientation" button

Schedule Orientation  

• After your orientation, complete a background check and final paperwork
• Service will take place once the student has site clearance and AmeriCorps approval

I'm a member. Now what?

As a member, you will turn in the last month’s Monthly Service Hour Record and Monthly Progress and Demographic Reporting forms on the last day of each month by 4 p.m. As part of being a member, you are also required to complete a volunteer mobilization project. Learn more about the Volunteer Mobilization Project to learn more about the requirements.

• Complete both monthly forms in the state database runIPT.com 
• If desired, you can request loan forbearance in your my.americorps.gov account. Don't wait! This needs to be BEFORE the beginning of your term.

I'm ready to exit. How do I do that?

• Let fellowship@oneutahservice.org know you are ready to exit to go over your monthly forms and fix any errors.
• Have your Site Supervisor complete your End-of-Term Evaluation
• Next steps for exiting will come from One Utah Service Fellowship

More information:

• What is One Utah Service Fellowship?
• Learn More About the Segal Education Award 

For questions or more information, please contact One Utah Service Fellowship (OUSF) at fellowship@oneutahservice.org