Fifth Ward Enrichment Students Tour Rice University
Community Bridges | May 25, 2015 On April 20, sophomore Felipe Arenas Gallo brought students from the Fifth Ward Enrichment Program (FWEP), an after-school enrichment program for boys, to Rice University to participate in a College Readiness Day. Now a yearly...
Interns Share Projects with Rice and the Fifth Ward Community
Community Bridges | May 20, 2015 The fourth annual Community Bridges Spring Celebration, held at the Victual Restaurant in the Fifth Ward, provided the opportunity for members of the Rice community and the Fifth Ward community to celebrate another year of partnership...
A Vocabulary-Building Trip to the Zoo
Jayme Smith | Class of ’15 | May 12, 2015 Although many people support early education, few realize just how critical the need is. According to Hart and Risley (2003), children in economically at-risk families learn, on average, 30 million fewer words in their...
Service: Looking Beyond Credentials and Skills
Jesal Shah | Class of ’15 | May 7, 2015 Unlike any course I’ve taken, the service component of the Community Bridges fellowship provided an experiential means to grasp the social processes involved in poverty and financial insecurity. Although not immediately...Subscribe by Email
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