CAS Student Central Summer Program Volunteer Opportunities

The CAS is seeking volunteers to participate in the 2024 CAS Student Central Summer Program, an eight-week interactive professional and educational experience for university students spanning June 10 through August 2! This free online program, designed by practicing actuaries, will support students’ career growth by providing technical and soft skill development through a series of weekly modules. Complete program details are outlined in the following announcement.

Mentors are an integral component of the program, offering students the chance to connect with and learn from CAS members who provide guidance and help them navigate the program. Going into the fifth year of the program, students have consistently ranked meeting with mentors during weekly cohort meetings as one of the most valuable aspects of the program.

Please review the detailed mentor description below and sign up through the mentor volunteer form.
We will also be recruiting CAS members and candidates for micro-volunteering opportunities including case competition judges and speakers. To indicate an interest in being contacted for micro-volunteering opportunities, please share your contact information through this micro-volunteer form.

Description of Mentor Role:
Mentors will be paired together to ensure coverage, and to give the option to split up topics and weeks assigned. The time commitment is one hour per week. Mentor/Student Cohort meetings to occur Thursdays or Fridays, and will start week 2 of the program (June 17).

• Facilitate weekly group discussions among student cohort of up to 8 participants as they advance through weekly modules covering topics including technical and soft skills, pricing, reserving, data visualization, and predictive modeling.
   
• Provide guidance to students as they work through a CAS Case Competition introduced in the 3rd week; program will culminate with case competition presentations in the final week of the program. 
   
• A mentor orientation will be offered prior to the program, and syllabus outlines will be provided to mentors to help facilitate each weekly discussion, which will occur after the students have watched presentations on the specified topic and worked through any assignments.

• CAS staff liaisons will be assigned to each cohort to help support mentors and students throughout the program.

If you have any questions about the volunteer roles or the program in general, please contact studentprograms@casact.org.