Give Something Back aims to empower students within the organization by providing a platform for them to contribute to their scholar experience by sharing their perspective and needs with Give Back. The Give Back Scholar Advisory Board was created to offer such a space.
Illinois Give Back has started a new tradition: an Annual Community Engagement Luncheon.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Give Back’s Kansas Program Director Katie Latta is actively engaged in breaking the stigma around mental health challenges.
Give Back’s “Why We Strive” fall programming centers around personal budgeting. The programming was developed to highlights a core competency, sub-competency, and personal learning objective of economic stability, financial literacy, and personal budgeting, respectively.
Bitten by the ice of the alpine winds, their feet sloshed through the puddled volcanic gravel in the dead of night. The fiery roar of Volcan de Fuego sounded off in the distance.
A Give Back scholar and junior at Lewis, Gracie juggles a busy schedule as a double major in History and Theology, and a Donnelly Grant Intern working on preserving Joliet-era history in the university’s Adelmann Regional History Collection. Through her studies, Gracie intends to pursue a PhD in History, with a concentration in the British or Latin Empire, to ultimately teach at the collegiate level.
Organized by Kansas Program Director Katie Latta and Illinois Student Coach Shannon Labus, the summer excursion exposed a small group of Give Back Careers students, ranging from incoming freshmen to juniors in high school throughout Kansas, to life in higher education while giving them the chance to learn more about the various opportunities at their fingertips.
Amidst the chaos of finals, an ongoing global pandemic, and preparing for the new school year, relaxing your mind and recharging your batteries is not always a walk in the park. But prioritizing your mental health and making time for the things you enjoy most is essential for your overall success and wellbeing.