LSF's College Night Oct. 21

Latino Student Fund's College Night takes place Tuesday, October 21 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm at Mary Graydon Center on the American University Campus (4400 Massachusetts Ave NW).

Only 1 week away from LSF's College Night - 10/21 - 6PM -9PM at @AmericanU Mary Graydon Center. Over 34 universities pic.twitter.com/DMNTKvjEwD

— Latino Student Fund (@LSFund) October 15, 2014

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Tweets of the day (9/3/14)

#LSFListo #college tours have begun! @loyolamaryland was our first stop in Baltimore http://t.co/mA3ALQ6kpE pic.twitter.com/mnoNC4MBff

— Latino Student Fund (@LSFund) August 15, 2014

Our 2nd stop on the #LSFListo #college tour was @UMBC. We learned a lot! http://t.co/9UlXKlfrRU #collegebound pic.twitter.com/fLUQsLyyuO

— Latino Student Fund (@LSFund) August 15, 2014

Free college fair Sept. 20

Xi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Pearl and Ivy Educational Foundation are holding their second annual college fair Saturday, September 20 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm at 4411 14th St NW.

Students in grades 9 through 12 will be able to

• Meet college representatives
• Learn about financial aid

UDC program brought out the inner scientists in teens

Over here at One City Youth, we're jealous of the young folks who participated in UDC's 2014 Summer Bridge Program in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences program. Why? Well, let's start with the fact the youth participants got to work outside in water, dirt and with plants. Field work was performed in Rock Creek Park, the UDC Van Ness Campus and the Muirkirk Agricultural Research Farm in Beltsville, MD.

Next, the youth had the opportunity to learn how to use very cool equipment. Finally, they got to learn all kinds of useful science stuff. And by stuff we mean environmental computing, cloud computing, sustainability, water quality, climate change, engineering design and mobile technologies.

2014 Summer Bridge STEM Course Concludes walks readers through the highlights of the program. Perhaps the most interesting part of the summer was the work the young people did on their capstone projects.

The projects were:

1. Nathnael Eshetu and Heran Tatek: Solar Power for Food, Energy and Water (evaluating the potential benefit of photovoltaic power at Muirkirk Farm
2. Lataija Gilmore, Kevon Johnson and Semale Stafford: Orthophosphate Analysis in soil
3. Niles Townsend and Joel Crooms-Porter: Aquaponics System: Nutrient Cycle (water difference in aquaponic tanks)
4. Courtney George, Amen Hailu and Sofia Cisneros: Potomac River vs. Rock Creek River Quality

The post is an interesting read and you'll learn about all the cool things College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences does with students, faculty and the community for the benefit of us all.

More pictures from the program, on Facebook.

Middle schoolers have fun and learn in New England

More than 100 middle schoolers spent time in New Hampshire this summer as part of the College Success Foundation's Higher Education Readiness Opportunity (HERO) program. According to the story on fosters.com, DC kids experience NH coast, the students visited colleges and universities and spent time at the Seacoast Science Center "learning about intertidal ecology, forest ecology, sharks and geology."

From the online story:

According to HERO Advisor William Walker, "We want to push these kids out of their comfort zones; to broaden their horizons. Getting them involved in hands on learning is the best way to expose them to new opportunities and promote life preparedness."

Walker noted that 95 percent of the students enrolled in the HERO program graduate from high school as compared to the 3 percent high school graduation rate for the district. HERO offers support to the students throughout the year, with advisors working on-site during the school year.

@1776dc has fall internship opps; deadline to apply is Aug. 1

Want to make an impact? Apply for a Fall 2014 #internship at 1776! (WAY better than a Hill job...) http://t.co/d6xkU7jV8g

— 1776 (@1776dc) July 23, 2014

The deadline for undergrads and grad students to apply for one of the 1776 fall internships is August 1, 2014. All interns will handle various projects to promote the 1776 mission, support Campus incubator programming and Campus operations. It should do without saying that interns are valued team members!

For the fall, 1776 has the following internship opportunities:

• Events
• Editorial
• Design
• PR/Marketing
• Business/Finance
• Executive Support
• Membership
• Operations
• Public Policy
• More!

Summer reading recommendations

WaPo's A summer reading list from college admissions counselors includes books for "parents, students and everybody else. The list includes books about college, other non-fiction and great fiction."

Some from the list: A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting (available at Politics & Prose), The Fault In Our Stars (available at Politics & Prose), Whistling Vivaldi (available at Politics & Prose), and Wonder (available at Politics & Prose).

Memorable commencement addresses

Check out this terrific resource from NPR: The Best Commencement Speeches, Ever:

Don’t remember your commencement speaker? We’ve got you covered. http://t.co/4DLam0h3XH #nprgrad via @npr_ed

— NPR News (@nprnews) May 19, 2014