The Disney College Program has welcomed thousands of students to live, work, and learn at the Walt Disney World Resort (and the Disneyland Resort) since the internship began in 1981. While working at the Walt Disney World Resort during the Disney College Program, students live in company sponsored housing and are able to engage in networking opportunities and take both seminar courses and classes for college credit. You’ll know when you run into a Disney College Program Cast Member at Walt Disney World because their name tag will say their college or university under their name rather than their hometown!
The Disney Alumni Association was created as a way for alumni to keep in touch with updates from the Walt Disney Company and the Disney College Program after graduation. The Association received a new website with more ways for alumni to engage the community online and has continued to expand within the past couple of years, and today the official Disney Alumni Association Twitter account shared that they have reached a major milestone!
Congratulations to Jeanne for being the 35k #DisneyAlumni to join our incredible online community! Thank you to everyone for helping us keep the Disney magic alive for so many alumni around the world! If you haven’t registered yet, make sure to visit https://t.co/zEppnXAK5a. pic.twitter.com/ZSYHM8yNiL
— Disney Alumni Association (@Disney_Alumni) December 17, 2021
If you have completed a Disney College Program and have not registered for the Disney Alumni Association yet be sure to do so at disneyalumni.com. The best way to stay up to date with the Disney Alumni Association and events like homecoming (basically an annual reunion weekend, currently on hold due to COVID-19 but we expect it to be back in the future) is by joining the website or following the Twitter account.
Interested in learning more about the Disney College Program? Participants can work in Walt Disney World for a semester, or longer depending on the program option, and the program is open to all majors and students who have completed at least one semester of college (or are within a year of graduation.) Applications open multiple times throughout the year, and more information is available at disneycollegeprogram.com.