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    Students Find Purpose in College Through College Corps

    Financial Aid Matters, But So Does Community Engagement

    A year after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s #CaliforniansForAll College Corps launched, providing more than 3,000 colleges students the opportunity to earn up to $10,000 toward their education in return for community service work, the program has proven to be a transformative experience for both students and the organizations where they work. Finding purpose turns out to be a powerful motivator at a time when students report rising rates of depression and anxiety, as well as financial stress and uncertainty.

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    Guest Speakers:

    • Emilio Ruiz, College Corps Fellow, Liberal Studies Major and Fellow
      Ambassador for the CSULB College Corps Program
    • Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith Ph.D., Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science
      Center and the co-instructor of the GGSC’s Bridging Differences online course
    • Dr. Beth Manke, Campus Program Lead, Professor of Human Development and
      Co-PI/ Program Director for the CSULB College Corps Program
    • Ishmael Pruitt, Community Host Partner, works directly with two College
      Corps Fellows, Co-founder and CEO of Project Optimism
    • Josh Fryday, California Chief Service Officer, California Volunteers, Office of
      the Governor

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