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About the Collection
This course builds on the First-Year Seminar (FYS) to prepare students with skills and knowledge to promote academic success and retention. Major areas of focus include: inquiry and critical thinking skills, communication, global/multicultural awareness, intellectual and life-long learning perspectives, and citizenship and ethics. Anticipated outcomes are: connections with faculty and peers, overall college engagement, and improvement in academic skills.
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F.O.C.U.S.: Forming Occupational and Community Understanding for Success
Stephen Phillips
4-27-2018The social issues our program address revolve around equality and inclusion.
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Project FOCUS
Glen-Marie Quintanilla
4-27-2018Project FOCUS addresses the lack of inclusion within the higher education environment.
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Project 150: High School Is Tough Enough
Jesus Ramirez
4-27-2018Project 150’s social issue is homelessness, mainly focused on youth Homelessness
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Project FOCUS
Sean Rogers
4-27-2018Project FOCUS is an inclusive, accessible, and productive career education program for college-aged students with intellectual disabilities in the Las Vegas area.
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The Latino Youth Leadership Alumni
Maria Sanchez
4-27-2018The social issue the LYLA addresses is young minorities, specifically undocumented youth immigrants.
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Project 150
Shawn Shoshani
4-27-2018Project 150 assists homeless students in high schools within Nevada who don't have access to basic necessities.
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Innovations International Charter School
Rachel Ugarte
4-27-2018Innovations International Charter School was built to be a school where students have the resources necessary to academically succeed.
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LightHouse Charities
Minwhee Jin
4-26-2018The social issue that LightHouseCharities address is the issues of refugees' and at-risk families’ resettlement.
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John D. Jackie Gaughan Boys and Girls Club
Morgan Small
4-26-2018The John D. Jackie Gaughan Boys and Girls Club addresses at risk youth and juvenile deliquency by providing programs and activities geared towards the positive development of at-risk youth.
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The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Ben Brikman
12-5-2017According to J Stuart Elborn (2016), a medical professor from Queen’s University Belfast, youth that grow up with this disease “have shown a high prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with cystic fibrosis and parent caregivers.” It greatly affects a person when they are feel like it is a burden to take care of themselves. Many affected by psychological distress allows this negativity to affect their adherence to their treatment and experience more frequent exacerbations, which leads to a poor quality of outlook on life.
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J.T. McWilliams Elementary
Anthony Cano
12-5-2017According to Nevada Report Card, 287,550 students in the state of Nevada are identified as minorities.
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John D. Jackie Gaughan Clubhouse
Dakyung Jung
12-5-2017“Alleviating urban poverty depends significantly on economic growth and the nation’s ability to provide more, and better-paying, jobs” (Lemons, 2015).
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Project 150
Jacob McQueen
12-5-2017The social issue that Project 150 seeks to address is the issue of homeless and underprivileged youth.
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Religion Declining
Oscar Pascual
12-5-2017As of today, compared to previous generations there are fewer people going to church or are affiliated with a religion that day practice daily. During my volunteering in my service site, where it was my job to basically teach, or enlighten youths from a Catholic family and show them what their religion means to them and its importance, my fellow teachers and I face the challenge of basically grabbing their interest even worse their attention to the topic.
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Assistant Sunday School TeacherSt. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Nicholas Barbarino
12-4-2017Give the children the necessary information to be able to make a decision about the religion in their future.
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Project 150
Anthony Louie
12-4-2017Homelessness is a major problem in the world we live, but it is even bigger when it happens to youths.
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The Muscular Dystrophy Association
Natasha Ortiz
12-2-2017Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a social problem because the people affected by it do not get to live a normal life.
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Mentoring with Core Academy
Danielle Olson
12-1-2017Giving children a chance to have one person who is always rooting for them and having a positive reinforcement in their life.
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Baby's Bounty
Selene Barajas
11-30-2017There are disadvantaged mothers that come from domestic abuse cases, teen pregnancies, unemployment, underemployment, and have mental health issues.
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Youth Homelessness
Sydney Lahown
11-30-2017Approximately 1.7 million homeless teens in the United States (Fernandes).
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Creating the future leaders of tomorrow
Jason T. Meyer
11-30-2017The current state is ongoing, as there is a whole new group of boys who reach scouting age every year who need the support and guidance that in a lot of cases, they cannot receive anywhere else.
