Category: Jeanette Ramos
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Money Matters Workshops: Reaching Across Cultural Lines to Increase Financial Literacy
Authors: Greg Chi, High School Student Guest Writer, and Jeanette Ramos More than 28% of Californians do not have a bank account. This statistic is even higher among immigrant populations, which predominate various parts of the city of San Jose. Immigrants face a multitude of financial problems that arise from being financially illiterate, such as identity…
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Fall 2014 Tech Expo
Author: Jeanette Ramos On December 5th, CommUniverCity’s Engineering in Action Team hosted its third Tech Expo at San Jose High School. 640 students at SJHS enjoyed 19 different demonstrations, all on the topic of aerodynamics. Students learned about everything from Air Pressure to Drag Principles, and were particularly interested in the exhibit on Quadcopters. …
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Why is it Important for Local Youth to Learn Computer Programming?
San José is often considered the center of both technological innovation and affluence. Given that image, however, the truth remains that many of San José’s communities are characterized by vast economic inequality, including poverty and low educational attainment. The desire of many families that CommUniverCity works with is for their children to have access to…
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Youth STEM Network: Teaching San José Youth How to Code
Author: Jeanette Ramos, Outreach Coordinator, CommUniverCity The Youth/Girls STEM Network,(Y/GSN) CyberSecurity Computer Coding Project Project connects San José State students to teach 4th-8th grade youth how to code using the program SCRATCH created by MIT. The project is mainly focused on getting girls involved in STEM learning as well as teaching the importance of CyberSecurity. The students…
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Why Is Financial Literacy Important?
“Money, Money Money,” aside from being a catchy Abba song and it can be a source of stress for those who don’t know how to manage it. According to NerdWallet, an independent financial information compiling site, the average US household credit card debt of $15,270 in 2013 and 40% of working Americans have no money saved for retirement (from Statistic…
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TECH EXPO ’13: SJ High School students getting their “Science and Engineering On”
[slideshow_deploy id=’1347′] San Jose High School(SJHS) students enjoyed learning about “Drag” and other physics & engineering concepts from SJSU Aerospace engineering students. CommUniverCity Science and Engineering in Action team, SJSU Professor Nikos Mourtos. SJHS Assistant Principal Christina Castro, and Chemistry teacher, Mr. Paul Durdle, collaborated in bringing SJSU service learning students to expose SJ high…