About
Bridge is a student group at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and is Wagner’s NetImpact affiliate.
What Bridge does
- Connections. Bridge provides networking opportunities through our social events and UpClose panels, partnerships with other NYU student clubs, Bridge’s annual Innovation to Impact Conference, the Bridge/SEA Spring Break Trek, trips to other conferences, and active involvement with NetImpact and other professional organizations. Bridge also links students directly to professionals in the field through Linkedin, Facebook, and Wagnet.
- Skills Development. Bridge offers members opportunities to translate their enthusiasm into practical, hands-on experience through workshops and seminars to hone specific skills. Finally, all Bridge members who participate on committees will learn skills they can apply in their professional lives.
- Career Development. Bridge provides members information and advice on career opportunities and courses at NYU, and maintains a liaison with Wagner’s Office of Career services and advocates for increased career opportunities in social innovation.
- Curriculum Advocacy. Bridge advocates to the Wagner administration for the incorporation of social innovation and the blurring of the public, private, and nonprofit sectors into its curriculum.
Types of events Bridge hosts and co-hosts:
- Happy hours with other NYU and NYC schools
- Up Close sessions (10-20 student conversations with professionals in field)
- Office of Career Services panels
- Themed conferences
- Group trips to yearly Net Impact Convention
- Roundtable discussions
- Skill building workshops
- Parties (Bridge Bash)
- Spring break treks
Bridge Structure
Bridge is governed by its board, whose leadership is elected by Bridge’s members every spring. It conducts its activities through a network of student-led committees.
Bridge also maintains an active network of alumnis and other social innovators, and has developed relationships with sister organizations at NYU and at graduate institutions and professional development organizations throughout New York.
