Showing San Jose Students How Geology Rocks!
Geology Rocks! brings fun and creative activities to 3rd through 5th graders at local elementary schools near San Jose State. CommUniverCity and geology professor LeAnne Teruya work together to bring […]
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Teaching Students to Respond to Difficult Situations with SEGWAY
The fundamental purpose of SEGWAY is to expose school-age students to alternative behavioral responses. CommUniverCity partners with SJSU psychology graduate students to create an event in which students have a
Ready, Set, Grow: Growing Sustainably brings the classroom outdoors
“This reminds me exactly of what we were learning in class this week!” an SJSU freshman studying Child and Adolescent Development (ChAD) recants after one particularly challenging garden education workshop
Community Planning: Alum Rock
A Vision for the Alum Rock Community of San Jose The Alum Rock Avenue corridor is an area located two miles east of San Jose’s downtown core. In the spring
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College Day: Guidance Through Stories
by Sarah Martinez The path to success is not a clear, straight arrow but with exposure to different pathways and people, children can begin laying down the foundation of their
Animals, Advertising, and Jeremy
By Sarah Martinez Meet Jeremy Jeremy Selbach has been working with animals his whole life. From his childhood to his teen years, Jeremy spent his summers on his grandparents’ ranch
Urban Planning: Diridon to Downtown
By Mindy Nguyen & Sarah Martinez Over the next 20 years, Downtown San Jose will be transformed as a result of developments and transportation investments, so we partnered with SJSU’s
Legacy of Poetry with Arthur Sze
By Sarah Martinez The past few weeks at CommUniverCity has been filled with poetry workshops taught by undergraduate and graduate SJSU students at various elementary schools. During these Legacy of
SJSU Students Win Big at Awards Show
By Sarah Martinez CommUniverCity-initiated projects led by Advertising Associate Professor John Delacruz won several awards at the Silicon Valley American Advertising Federation ADDY Awards. The ADDYs are awards given to
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Student Spotlight: Justin Chan
By Sarah Martinez As a fourth-year nutrition major at SJSU, Justin Chan volunteers his time during and after school teaching grade-school children about the importance of nutrition and garden education.