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College Mentors for Kids gives students, children boost in their community

Since 1995, College Mentors for Kids at the University of Maryland has been connecting college students with at-risk kids from local schools. The college mentors are paired with a “little buddy” and the two spend more than 40 hours together per year. The goal is for college students to connect with their communities and motivate little buddies to pursue higher education, according to their website. … Continue reading College Mentors for Kids gives students, children boost in their community

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Black History Month events reflect history of education in black communities

Throughout February, students can attend a variety of Black History Month events, from speaker panels to movie screenings to ice skating, to learn about this year’s theme: the Crisis in Education. Multicultural Involvement & Community Advocacy, the Stamp Student Union, the Black Student Union, Student Entertainment Events and more will host events every week. Black History Month began with a kick-off at the Nyumburu Cultural … Continue reading Black History Month events reflect history of education in black communities

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Meet the neuroscientist behind the new Cole Field House

The year was 1970 and a 7-year-old Elizabeth “Betsy” Quinlan had asked her mother for a watch on Christmas Eve. With no time to buy her a watch, her parents instead gave her the microscope they had already bought, and although she could never make anything on time, the gift spurred a lifelong love of science. Now a professor in the Department of Biology at … Continue reading Meet the neuroscientist behind the new Cole Field House

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Startup Shell hosts Fall Expo for students’ new business developments

Startup Shell hosted its fall expo Friday for 17 different companies, a variety of startups made by students promoting their businesses for the first time. Startup Shell, which was founded in 2012, is directed by and for students with more than 200 members and 60 business ventures. Startup Shell hosts a variety of dinners, retreats, hackathons and an expo every semester. Among the new businesses … Continue reading Startup Shell hosts Fall Expo for students’ new business developments

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MICA hosts diversity awareness event in Stamp

Students met Tuesday, Nov. 29, for a Flag Festival in Stamp that facilitated conversations with Asian-American Pacific Islander students, discussing both the joys and the hardships they’ve experienced through their ethnicity. The event, which was coordinated by AAPI intern Gabriel Vallangca for the Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy office, connected volunteers from AAPI backgrounds with students who came to learn. Vallangca handed out a list of … Continue reading MICA hosts diversity awareness event in Stamp

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Beta Theta Pi hosts second annual Home Runs for Lowell

The brothers of Beta Theta Pi fraternity hosted a batting competition Sunday on Fraternity Row, honoring and raising awareness for their late brother Lowell Ensel, who died unexpectedly of testicular cancer in 2015. Ensel was a straight-A government and politics major at the University of Maryland under the Banneker/Key Scholarship. His love for baseball inspired Beta members to create the event Homeruns for Lowell last … Continue reading Beta Theta Pi hosts second annual Home Runs for Lowell

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