Local Businesses Support Sustainability Fair
Here at CommUniverCity, we are more than excited about the upcoming Sustainability Fair this April 12th at the Brenda Lopez Plaza in the Greater Washington Neighborhood of San José. Along […]
CommUniverCity receives “Bold Steps for Children” Award
On Friday, February 28th, CommUniverCity joined our friends in the Franklin McKinley Children’s Initiative, Somos Mayfair and Grail Family Services at the 2014 Santa Clara County Children’s Summit to receive
Eager to Read: Meet Jocelyn and Leslie of Accelerating 3rd Grade Literacy
Author: Elizabeth Figueroa, Project Coordinator, CommUniverCity San Jose U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan once said, “We have to educate our way to a better economy.” Imagine, a class
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
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Learning far from a Textbook: SJSU Urban Planning Students discover Collaborative Neighborhood Planning
Author: Beth Martin As we walk as a group in front of the Sacred Heart Church, Paul stops us and points back at the street we just walked down: “What
The Magic of Neighborhood Fruit Picking
Post By: Lan Ngo, Community Outreach Coordinator, Garden to Table & CommUniverCity I peered upwards at the 25 foot orange tree and jabbed my seven-foot-long picker through the prickly branches
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
SJSU Students Deliver Marketing Smarts to Local Micro-entrepreneurs
Adelaida’s Cocina—“Always baked from the heart” reads the top of the business card that San José State marketing students delivered to Adelaida Ortiz, a local Latina micro-entrepreneur on December
Terry Christensen Thanks Supporters: Five Wounds Urban Village Plans Approved
Let’s celebrate a win for Community Planning in San Jose! On November 19th, the San Jose City Council unanimously approved four urban village plans developed for the Five Wounds/Brookwood Terrace
The Community Convenes: 7th Annual Safe & Green Halloween
In the big city of San José, with nearly a million residents, we think it’s important to slow down and connect on a human and neighborhood level. This year CommUniverCity