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Boys & Girls Club, Cheyenne Jael Natividad-Parraga Dec 2017

Boys & Girls Club, Cheyenne Jael Natividad-Parraga

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

Hunger.


Soda: Student Organizing Diversity Activities, Humberto Salmeron-Arreola Dec 2017

Soda: Student Organizing Diversity Activities, Humberto Salmeron-Arreola

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

The Social Issue that my service learning was addressing was the importance of multiculturalism, and why discrimination should no longer be a problem.


Boys & Girls Club, Alexandra Rivera Dec 2017

Boys & Girls Club, Alexandra Rivera

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

Family income is also relevant when it comes to parental stress.


Aldeane Comito Ries Elementary School, Ashley Mullins Dec 2017

Aldeane Comito Ries Elementary School, Ashley Mullins

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

While I volunteered in a kindergarten classroom, the real problem is that Nevada doesn’t spend enough money on preschools which leads to children coming into kindergarten without the proper level of knowledge (Takashi). Part of this problem is that students come into kindergarten with delays in language and vocabulary (Rogers). I addressed this issue by helping the students with their letters and encouraging them to read the signs that the kindergarten teacher at Ries Elementary School had up around the classroom. Nevada has also only recently implemented standards for preschool (Gwertz). However, this doesn’t seem to make a difference as …


Volunteer Work At The Nevada State Museum, Hannah Spreger Dec 2017

Volunteer Work At The Nevada State Museum, Hannah Spreger

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

The State Museum addresses the issue of needing unique, interesting ways to learn, as well as an affordable way to access information to both children, adults, and people of all ages.


J.T. Mcwilliams Elementary, Anthony Cano Dec 2017

J.T. Mcwilliams Elementary, Anthony Cano

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

According to Nevada Report Card, 287,550 students in the state of Nevada are identified as minorities.


Project 150, Jacob Mcqueen Dec 2017

Project 150, Jacob Mcqueen

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

The social issue that Project 150 seeks to address is the issue of homeless and underprivileged youth.


John D. Jackie Gaughan Clubhouse, Dakyung Jung Dec 2017

John D. Jackie Gaughan Clubhouse, Dakyung Jung

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

“Alleviating urban poverty depends significantly on economic growth and the nation’s ability to provide more, and better-paying, jobs” (Lemons, 2015).


The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Ben Brikman Dec 2017

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Ben Brikman

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

According to J Stuart Elborn (2016), a medical professor from Queen’s University Belfast, youth that grow up with this disease “have shown a high prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with cystic fibrosis and parent caregivers.” It greatly affects a person when they are feel like it is a burden to take care of themselves. Many affected by psychological distress allows this negativity to affect their adherence to their treatment and experience more frequent exacerbations, which leads to a poor quality of outlook on life.


Religion Declining, Oscar Pascual Dec 2017

Religion Declining, Oscar Pascual

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

As of today, compared to previous generations there are fewer people going to church or are affiliated with a religion that day practice daily. During my volunteering in my service site, where it was my job to basically teach, or enlighten youths from a Catholic family and show them what their religion means to them and its importance, my fellow teachers and I face the challenge of basically grabbing their interest even worse their attention to the topic.


Boys & Girls Club, Justine Morales Dec 2017

Boys & Girls Club, Justine Morales

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

BGC covers is childhood poverty.


Classroom Behavior And Respect, Anthony Weeks Dec 2017

Classroom Behavior And Respect, Anthony Weeks

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

The social issue at hand is that of disruptive behavior and the teacher/student interactions within the classroom, especially in lower socio-economic schools.


Volunteering At Innovations International Charter School Of Nevada, Jannie Nigoza Dec 2017

Volunteering At Innovations International Charter School Of Nevada, Jannie Nigoza

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

The lack of quality education among low-income or disadvantaged children.


Assistant Sunday School Teacherst. John The Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Nicholas Barbarino Dec 2017

Assistant Sunday School Teacherst. John The Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Nicholas Barbarino

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

Give the children the necessary information to be able to make a decision about the religion in their future.


Project 150, Anthony Louie Dec 2017

Project 150, Anthony Louie

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

Homelessness is a major problem in the world we live, but it is even bigger when it happens to youths.


Making A New Friend, Taylor Fireman Dec 2017

Making A New Friend, Taylor Fireman

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

Keeping elderly minds alive.


Golden Desert Speech And Debate, Grant Schober Dec 2017

Golden Desert Speech And Debate, Grant Schober

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

Health and well- being of kids.


Spread The Word Nevada, Kayla Mcclellan Dec 2017

Spread The Word Nevada, Kayla Mcclellan

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

Availability of books in low budget schools.


Three Square And I, Alina Del Puerto Dec 2017

Three Square And I, Alina Del Puerto

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

In southern Nevada, children and adults suffer from food insecurities.


The Muscular Dystrophy Association, Natasha Ortiz Dec 2017

The Muscular Dystrophy Association, Natasha Ortiz

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a social problem because the people affected by it do not get to live a normal life.


Rebel Recycling Program, Briana Pacheco Dec 2017

Rebel Recycling Program, Briana Pacheco

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

The amount of waste produced every year is alarming and it is an ongoing issue.


Thomas O’Roarke Elementary, Jarod Grimm Dec 2017

Thomas O’Roarke Elementary, Jarod Grimm

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

Parent involvement.


Rebel Recycling Program, Shayla Camero Dec 2017

Rebel Recycling Program, Shayla Camero

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

The health of our planet or environmental protection is something that most people ignore until it becomes a bigger problem.


Mentoring With Core Academy, Danielle Olson Dec 2017

Mentoring With Core Academy, Danielle Olson

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

Giving children a chance to have one person who is always rooting for them and having a positive reinforcement in their life.


Project 150, Vanessa Cisneros Nov 2017

Project 150, Vanessa Cisneros

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

Project 150 provides 3 major things for homeless high school students: After school and weekend meals, most of the kids rely on school meals as there main source of nutrition. Clothing and school supplies: they have Betty’s Boutique that provides them with 10 outfits a month based on community donations. They help some families find temporary housing by getting in contact with other programs across the valley


Csn Planetarium, Edith Garibay-Gutierrez Nov 2017

Csn Planetarium, Edith Garibay-Gutierrez

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

Lack of interest students are demonstrated towards science and overall their education.


Youth Homelessness, Sydney Lahown Nov 2017

Youth Homelessness, Sydney Lahown

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

Approximately 1.7 million homeless teens in the United States (Fernandes).


Baby's Bounty, Selene Barajas Nov 2017

Baby's Bounty, Selene Barajas

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

There are disadvantaged mothers that come from domestic abuse cases, teen pregnancies, unemployment, underemployment, and have mental health issues.


The 100% Student, Adriana Frost Nov 2017

The 100% Student, Adriana Frost

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

Increased expectations for student achievement


Creating The Future Leaders Of Tomorrow, Jason T. Meyer Nov 2017

Creating The Future Leaders Of Tomorrow, Jason T. Meyer

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

The current state is ongoing, as there is a whole new group of boys who reach scouting age every year who need the support and guidance that in a lot of cases, they cannot receive anywhere else.