Helping students find their place through Project SEARCH

“When we think of a classroom, or even a school, we often have a pretty clear image in mind. However, when you actually spend time in Alaska’s diverse and varied public schools, that picture will undoubtedly change. In fact, some programs don’t even take place in classrooms or schools at all. One such program in Anchorage, Project SEARCH, takes a different approach to make sure its students are set up for success after graduation...” Read more.

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Occupy Mac Brings Faces Of Foreclosure To Campus

“If the national movement Occupy Wall Street has been criticized for one thing, it is a lack of concrete, unifying goals. However, Occupy Mac, Macalester’s chapter in the movement that started in October, demonstrated Tuesday at its Faces of Foreclosure event that they have no shortage of goals for Macalester, Minnesota or the country...” Read more.

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Save Some Green

“Students living off-campus may wish to buy organic everything and put LED bulbs in every lighting fixture in their house, but as college students, few people have the disposable incomes to do so. However, that does not mean that living in an environmentally conscious and inexpensive way is impossible. It just takes a little extra planning...” Read more.

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