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Tag: Funds of Knowledge

Collaborating on The Learning Center’s New Podcast

Andrew Chen (’25) shares his reflections on creating the first episode of the Learning Center’s new podcast and how collaborative projects can be fulfilling and challenging at the same time.

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Pursuing Higher Education Later in Life

Catherine vanLent (’25) challenges the stereotype that all college students are in their teens and early twenties and explores possible benefits to taking this path. “Getting money can broaden your options for college while decreasing debt, and some jobs will even pay for their employees to go back to school.”

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Why Literature is More Than Just Western

Arjun Alva (’25), advocates for more non-Western authors in the literary cannon, arguing that there is, “…too little emphasis on foreign books and literature and the supercilious belief that anything not made from the constructs of Western culture or a Western outlook is objectively of less quality.”

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Tackling a Long-Term Project

In the Writing Center, tutors do a badge project, a long-term advocacy or research project. Tutor Levi Ogden (’26), gives tips on the badge project process that would benefit anyone taking on a big project!

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5 tips for applying to college

Rylee Bourne (’24) will soon be graduating, but she offers advice to upcoming Seniors on navigating the stressful college application process from someone who has lived through it! “Follow these tips to make the process go smoothly.”

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