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El hambre entre los estudiantes universitarios de California ha aumentado drásticamente desde la pandemia; sin embargo, Cal-Fresh, un programa estatal de asistencia alimentaria para personas de bajos ingresos, no llega a más del 70 % de los estudiantes elegibles. Por ello, las despensas de alimentos de las universidades están...
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Hunger among college students in California has jumped dramatically since the pandemic, yet Cal-Fresh — a statewide low-income food assistance program — fails to reach more than 70% of eligible students. So, food pantries at colleges and universities are finding creative ways to meet student needs. In the 2023-24...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Across California’s public colleges and universities, one nearly universal admissions factor — first-generation status — is still up to debate because no one can agree how to define it. The phrase “first-generation college student” is about the education level of a students’ parents and it’s a...
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Yvonne Vigil-Calderon, an osteopathic medicine student at Touro University California, went to the doctor earlier this year with such severe exhaustion that she thought she was anemic. Her lab results came back normal. “‘When was the last time you took a day off?’” her doctor asked. She realized she...
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For us Hispanics, few things are more important for the future of our children than health and education. Unfortunately the statistics do not lie and although we have made great strides in the enrollment of Hispanics in the classrooms of higher education, the current figures are worrying. Although we...
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School Ranks No. 1 All-Time in Producing Peace Corps Volunteers Recently the Peace Corps announced that the University of California, Berkeley (Cal) continued its historic run as the top all-time producer of Peace Corps volunteers. There are 3,640 Cal alumni who have volunteered worldwide since the agency was founded...
El hambre entre los estudiantes universitarios de California ha aumentado drásticamente desde la pandemia; sin embargo, Cal-Fresh, un programa estatal de asistencia alimentaria para personas de bajos ingresos, no llega a más del 70 % de los estudiantes elegibles. Por ello, las despensas de alimentos de las universidades están...
Hunger among college students in California has jumped dramatically since the pandemic, yet Cal-Fresh — a statewide low-income food assistance program — fails to reach more than 70% of eligible students. So, food pantries at colleges and universities are finding creative ways to meet student needs. In the 2023-24...
Adam Echelman CalMatters Across California’s public colleges and universities, one nearly universal admissions factor — first-generation status — is still up to debate because no one can agree how to define it. The phrase “first-generation college student” is about the education level of a students’ parents and it’s a...
Yvonne Vigil-Calderon, an osteopathic medicine student at Touro University California, went to the doctor earlier this year with such severe exhaustion that she thought she was anemic. Her lab results came back normal. “‘When was the last time you took a day off?’” her doctor asked. She realized she...
For us Hispanics, few things are more important for the future of our children than health and education. Unfortunately the statistics do not lie and although we have made great strides in the enrollment of Hispanics in the classrooms of higher education, the current figures are worrying. Although we...
School Ranks No. 1 All-Time in Producing Peace Corps Volunteers Recently the Peace Corps announced that the University of California, Berkeley (Cal) continued its historic run as the top all-time producer of Peace Corps volunteers. There are 3,640 Cal alumni who have volunteered worldwide since the agency was founded...