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Iowa student group to provide "Hands" for community service: BTN LiveBIG
Iowa student group to provide "Hands" for community service: BTN LiveBIG
Reaching across campus to do the most good.
BTN LiveBIG: Best of … Illinois
BTN LiveBIG: Best of … Illinois
At the intersection of academics and innovation lie Champaign and Urbana. [btn-post-package]When it comes to success in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, few colleges can claim to be on the same level as the University of Illinois. The list of Illini alumni in these areas is long and distinguished, and includes names […]
BTN LiveBIG: Husker athletes export service and spirit to global community
BTN LiveBIG: Husker athletes export service and spirit to global community
Student-athletes can usually look forward to a break from school and sports during the summer months. And while a handful of Huskers recently got a breather from lectures and practices, the work they performed instead was at least as challenging - and rewarding. About 20 student-athletes traveled to the small village of Las Pajas in […]
BTN LiveBIG: At Purdue, a big goal leads to a 'tiny' home
BTN LiveBIG: At Purdue, a big goal leads to a 'tiny' home
During football and basketball games, BTN LiveBIG will spotlight notable examples of research, innovation and community service from around the conference. In-Game stories will provide more background on these features, and the opportunity to view the videos again. It was a simple question, but by no means an easy one to answer: How do you […]
BTN LiveBIG: Minnesota student makes music to prisoners' ears
BTN LiveBIG: Minnesota student makes music to prisoners' ears
Behind the walls of the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee, Minn., a woman is crying. It?s one of the first rehearsals of a new choir at the prison called Voices of Hope, and what?s going on in a small room has hit a major emotional chord. ?This woman joined us tonight and cried the entire time,? explained […]
BTN LiveBIG: Rutgers' prison-to-college program opens up better life paths
BTN LiveBIG: Rutgers' prison-to-college program opens up better life paths
Reflecting on when he began tutoring young inmates over a decade ago, Donald Roden modestly says, ?I certainly didn't anticipate this in 2002.? From those humble origins came the Mountainview Program, now a successful prison-to-college pathway at Rutgers. Roden, a professor of Japanese history at the university, began as a volunteer GED tutor at the […]
