Blog Address: http://www.remakingthenewsforldstudents.blogspot.com/?zx=e5e77ce9f42a43ad As of 2008, there were slightly over three million students diagnosed with learning disabilities enrolled in postsecondary education in the United States either in vocational and career schools or two and four year colleges and universities. In the Bay Area, 15% of high school students have been diagnosed with a learning disability. Our goal is [...]

About a month and a half ago, 6 undergraduate students helped Rotarians of International Club of San Francisco #2 host the Rotary Club’s first ever PeaceBuilding Symposium on March 15 at the Veterans War Memorial and Performing Arts Center (next to City Hall) holding more than 200 people. The Symposium was co-sponsored by the United [...]

1st Annual “All Thriller No Filler” University of San Francisco Student Film Festival Not pretentious enough for the SF Film Festival? Come to the 1st Annual “All Thriller No Filler” USF Student Film Festival on Thursday, May 7th from 7-9:30pm in Xavier Chapel. The Festival will feature only the best that student filmmakers have [...]

If you’re looking for a job, you can’t NOT be in LinkedIn. It positively shocks me that every college and university is not making this clear to today’s graduating class. - Pure Visibility Blog author What you know is very important, but who you know can get you the job. Accordingly, I am a big fan of [...]

Contact: Salvatore Garanzini 877.424.1221 info@GayCouplesInstitute.org www.GayCouplesInstitute.org Recession-Proof Your Relationship Let’s face it, the current economic crisis can be stressful for any couple, and for same-sex couples, who aren’t offered the same financial protections that straight, married couples benefit from, it can be even more so. That’s one of the reasons that the Gay Couples Institute and Johnny Huang, financial [...]

For many college students, spring break has already come to an end. This means returning to the same old habits of school life: going to classes, studying for exams, etc. For students like me who commute to school, it means going back to a daily routine in which hours are spent looking for parking. As [...]

Personal debt is an issue in the forefront of many consumers\’ minds these days as the average household supports about $23,000 in personal debt. That includes personal loans, auto and student loans, medial debt as well as credit card debt. In a tight economy, people are looking for ways to do away with these debts. [...]

I don’t like reslife. At all. Simple as that. Their process to select roommates is not effective. They are not very responsible. And did not plan this years room selection well. When I was filling out my profile for myusfrooms it was pointless. First of all because me and my friend already knew we wanted to [...]

After weeks of back-and-forth political jockeying over President Obama’s proposed economic stimulus package, Congress settled on a compromise bill that offers expanded federal grants and tax benefits to college students, along with funding for states to restore education budget cuts and for research institutions to expand their development. Overall, the final stimulus bill will deliver between [...]

Spring break. The quintessential travel time for students. If you’re not beach hopping in Cancun, sight-seeing in New York, or moguling in Vail, you might as well pack your bags and store them someplace for the week while you hide out at the library and prep ahead of time for finals, just to avoid [...]