Tag: Education
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Happy American Education Week!
With the wealth of opportunities available to the youth, the options are endless, but not always accessible. Lockdown restrictions further exacerbates unique academic needs that stem from social isolation. At CommUniverCity, we take every chance we get to open the doors of higher education. In celebration of American Education Week, we want to highlight the…
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Teaching Children Healthier Options with Cooking Matters
To combat the rising rates of childhood obesity in the U.S., local elementary students take part in CommUniverCity’s Cooking Matters program. Cooking Matters is dedicated to teaching the importance of nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle to San Jose’s K-6th youth. Through a span of 6 weeks, nutrition lessons vary across a wide array of…
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Wealth and Survival: College Day is About Breaking the Barrier
Author: Elizabeth Figueroa When College Day started six years ago, the question was posed: Kindergarten is too young of an age to begin talking about college, isn’t it? For this year’s College Day, City of San José Councilmember Peralez kicked off College Week at San José High School, Home of the Bulldogs. He started with…
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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…