Sophomore member of ACE Bethany Schmid discusses her experience with service learning at USF and how it has broadened her perspective on the world.

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. [...]

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 to [...]

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 [...]

While many students make an effort to avoid the notorious Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, other students are adjusting to the neighborhood through their service learning projects. To help students become familiar with the community and to make the most out of their service projects, the Office of Service Learning and Community Action employs several students as advocates for community engagement (ACEs) to act as “a liaison between students, teachers and organizations”, said Devon Davey, a senior international studies major and an ACE for the Glide Foundation, a homeless community center located in the Tenderloin.

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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 [...]