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At CAMS, the Smallest Institution May Be the One Students Build Themselves
CAMS is built to produce mathematicians and scientists. Its Black Student Alliance works on a quieter engineering problem: how to make belonging sturdy enough to carry ambition.
Before the elevator pitch, a board game: inside Lambda Mu
At University of the Pacific, Delta Sigma Pi’s Lambda Mu Chapter puts friendship on the same calendar as professional practice. Its recruitment sequence offers a small, useful lesson in making introductions less awkward.
Westmoor High School has room for the undecided
An engine overhaul. A college seminar on Filipino American identity. A student service corps born after a tragedy. In Daly City, Westmoor gives teenagers several ways to find their footing.
Friday Night Live puts teenagers in charge of the prevention campaign
In California, students audit shops, study traffic and mentor younger peers. Friday Night Live has spent four decades turning youth prevention into work young people can own.
Generation Citizen
Generation Citizen is a national nonprofit that brings action-oriented civics education into middle and high school classrooms. Founded as a 2008 student project at Brown University, it partners with schools and districts to run a project-based curriculum in which students identify a local issue, research it, and take real civic action - then present their work at community 'Civics Day' showcases. The organization also advocates for state and federal policy that funds equitable civic learning. It has reached more than 250,000 students and, in recent years, serves roughly 25,000 students annually across 150+ schools in eight states.