Category: College-Going Culture
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Raising Awareness Through Performance
Authors: Nicole Guzman & Katherine Cushing According to a 2017 study by the Pew Research Center, San Jose is one of the 20 metropolitan regions with the largest populations of undocumented residents in the U.S. Immigration concerns are some of the most pressing issues in our local community. As a way to raise awareness and…
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College Day: Overcoming Barriers to Walk through Doors of Opportunity
Author: Elizabeth Figueroa, Special Programs Manager Some of us are born into families who are trying to make their way up from a home with dirt floors. Some of us are born into families where our immediate post-high school financial contribution is valued more than a shot at college. And some of us are born…
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John Delacruz, not Textbook
Author: Lauren Chun Professor John Delacruz doesn’t teach like a typical professor, but that’s why his students love him. John Delacruz teaches creative advertising in the Department of Journalism & Mass Communications at San José State University and he is one of CommUniverCity’s biggest supporters and advocates for community-engaged learning in creative disciplines. “These…
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College Day 2015
Author: Elizabeth Figueroa On a crisp October morning, students at Horace Mann Elementary returned from their week-long break to a special treat: the kick-off for University Week! Teachers lined up their classes on the artificial turf outside the school. When the youngsters looked out across the field, they beheld a wall of SJSU Soccer players…
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Intel Provides $75,000 for SJSU STEM Programs
Pat Lopes Harris shared a blog on September 23, 2013 on our Youth STEM Network program and Science & Engineering in Action program, “San José State has received $25,000 grants from Intel for each of three innovative programs all aimed at getting elementary and middle school students fired up about science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Intel…
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College Day: There is Always a Way to Pay
How will you pay for college? We hope to inspire and share with you resources and knowledge on how to save and prepare for college. On Friday, October 11, 2013, we will be joining schools in Santa Clara County for the 3rd Annual College Day – a county-wide college-going effort – where students in elementary, middle,…