Traditionally more women have gone into the nonprofit field. In Kansas City, there are more than 200 job opportunities available annually. American Humanics courses are offered only on four-year college campuses, Wallace said, because a bachelor's degree is required for anyone receiving a humanics certificate. Rockhurst College is the only area metropolitan campus offering American Humanics courses. Jenny Rinella, a 1993 graduate with a humanics certificate, is executive director of the program there.
People there are poverty-stricken and in poor health.
I hope to work with the children. During my internship I volunteered at the Red Cross. The traditional educational experience tries to simulate the real world. But American Humanics brings the real world into the classroom. When you are turned out into the world, you are ready.