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The Claw Fountain (Photo: ELLIE WONG/The Stanford Daily) on May 6, 2021 For most of the Class of 2024, there were no tearful goodbyes to parents or first-time fountain hopping excursions last September.  Instead, fall quarter took place within the confines of home, where computer cables cluttered childhood bedrooms and GroupMe became the new hub for Stanford social life, or in Airbnb rentals, scattered across the country.  Then there is Caterina Zampa ’24, whose entire first year has been spent living at Stanford — 5,852 miles from home.  Zampa’s status as an international student fr...

Wed, 04/21/2021 LAWRENCE — From across the country, college and university presidents of Campus Compact member institutions have nominated promising student leaders as Newman Civic Fellows. Through service, research and advocacy, these fellows have demonstrated an investment in their community and are working to better understand themselves, the root causes of social issues and effective mechanisms for creating lasting change. Radhia Abdirahman, a junior in human biology, global & international studies and African & African diasporic languages, is KU’s Newman Civic Fellow for 2021-2022. S...

OSWEGO — Dedication to celebrating Black history and culture and ongoing commitment to improving the lives of others have earned SUNY Oswego junior accounting major Samisha Elysee the Newman Civic Fellowship, a national honor. Campus Compact, a national coalition of more than 1,000 colleges and universities committed to the public purposes of higher education, coordinates the yearlong fellowship program that provides training and resources to future leaders. Elysee and Tiffany Flores co-created and co-coordinated the Black Excellence Tour on campus in August 2020 that highlighted the con...

AmeriCorps Summer VISTA: Summer VISTA Coordinator at Campus Compact of Oregon Posted by Summary of Position and Project Goal: The goal of the Campus Compact of Oregon Summer VISTA Program Leader is to increase the social emotional, educational outcomes for Black, Indigenous, Youth of Color, low income, and immigrant and refugee youth. The leader will support 6 Summer VISTA Associates through an 8 week long program and develop programming/training/curriculum over the duration of summer. Essential Responsibilities/Activities: Support Summer VISTA Associates with one-on-one near peer support, ...

Savannah Hays MORGANTOWN — A first-generation college student from Parkersburg has been named the West Virginia University 2021 Newman Civic Fellow. Savannah Hays aspires to become a physician-researcher and will use her role to undertake a year-long project to increase access to engineering mentorships for young women in West Virginia. Hays is an Honors biomedical engineering major in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources will help form at least two SWENext chapters, the high school equivalent of the Society of Women Engineers, to serve young women ages 13-17. “I am so...