Restorative Practices Training for School Leaders: A two-day training specifically for school leaders and educators seeking to implement Restorative Practices in their communities. Hosted at: Community School of Digital and Visual Arts 1955 W Cornwallis Road, Durham, NC 27705 About this event In this intensive, highly interactive two-day training,...
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Dear Friends, After a transformative 12 years at Student U, I will be stepping down as Executive Director in October to join Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy as a Professor of the Practice with the Hart Leadership Program. Though a bittersweet moment because I have loved...
Continue readingSUMMER ACADEMY 2021 The first week of Summer Academy 2021 was a success! Last week was filled with learning, positive energy, brilliance, and JOY! Overall, we had a great week filled with so much community building and we're excited to see what Week 2 has to...
Continue readingYouth Work 101: Supporting Queer And Gender Nonconforming Students In The Classroom This month's blog on Supporting Queer and Gender Nonconforming Students is paraphrased from an interview with Lucy Bergwall, a current Middle School Math Teacher and Student U teacher alumnus, with writing by Dexter Phuong,...
Continue readingAlthough Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, it would be over two and a half years for it to be fully enforced. Many slave owners intentionally withheld this information to avoid freeing slaves. Slave owners from Mississippi, Louisiana, and other Eastern states had...
Continue readingJoin a program designed to teach teens about sexual health and to train them to educate their peers. Topics include: communication skills, healthy relationships, consent, safer sex, sexual and reproductive health Sessions are interactive, we learn through games, group work, role-plays, videos, etc. students will get to...
Continue readingMy name is Dani Rubio, a current Marketing & Communications Intern at Student U. I am a proud first-generation Latina studying Earth & Climate Science and Education at Duke University. I spent the majority of my summers growing up outdoors with my siblings. We made...
Continue readingWillis Allen is a Queens University of Charolette Graduate! He received his Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability Studies in the spring of 2021. Graduating has been bitter, sweet. It's bitter when I look back I realize that most people I met are from different places in...
Continue readingTasia Bromell is a Meredith College Graduate! She received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management and minors in Spanish and Entrepreneurship. It means that I accomplished something that everyone doesn't get to accomplish. I was able to defy...
Continue readingDeWayne is a Senior at Bunn High School and preparing to graduate this spring. DeWayne, who has been with Student U since he was a rising 6th-grader, shares his plans for after high school and how he will change the world. His mother, Lilisa, also shares her...
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