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Service versus Charity
Posted by on October 10, 2012 at 2:01 PM EDTNeeta Patel is a first-year student at Princeton University. Throughout high school, Neeta made it her mission to participate in community service, regardless of her classwork. She later became an AmeriCorps member, resurrecting the 4-H Teen Council to promote the mission of leadership to a wider audience. Before attending Princeton University, she participated in the Princeton Bridge Year Program, deferring enrollment for a year and traveling to Ghana, West Africa. She volunteered at a middle school in a rural village for nine months.
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The Value of Agricultural Education
Posted by on October 10, 2012 at 1:42 PM EDTJacob E. Dickey is a sophomore studying agricultural education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Inspired by his grandfather's advice to pursue vocational education, Jacob realized the importance of his words through his membership of FFA. Jacob credits his agricultural education for his development of leadership skills, personal growth and career success.
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Learning the Challenges and Successes of Farming
Posted by on October 10, 2012 at 1:19 PM EDTJessica McAtamney teaches Advanced Placement Environmental Science, AgroEcoogy, and Urban Gardening at Saul High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jessica founded a program called Henry Got Crops! Community Supported Agricultural Partnership between Saul High School, Weavers Way Cooperative and Fairmount Park. Within the Philadelphia FFA Chapter, she is also responsible for the coordination of the Outward Bound programming, the World Food Prize Programming, the Students Run Philly Style Marathon, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Engineers without Borders programming.
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Embrace Change
Posted by on October 10, 2012 at 12:03 PM EDTRidge Howell is a high school senior in Checotah, Oklahoma. He was first inspired to create change and empower youth in his community after an Oklahoma State FFA Convention. Since then, Ridge has helped plan an annual Senior Citizens' Prom hosted by his high school student council, orchestrated a town wide "trash off day," created a Senior Citizens' Lawn Mowing Program through his agriculture education course, and initiated many more programs throughout his community.
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Equal Futures: Opening Doors to High-Quality Education and Career Opportunities for Women and Girls in STEM
Posted by on October 10, 2012 at 11:23 AM EDTLast week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and 12 other international leaders officially launched the Equal Futures Partnership, a new multilateral initiative to break down barriers to women's political participation and economic opportunity.
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U.S. Scientist Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
Posted by on October 9, 2012 at 6:13 PM EDTOSTP proudly congratulates American physicist David J. Wineland, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at the U.S. Department of Commerce, who today earned the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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An Inclusive Vision Of Entrepreneurship
Posted by on October 9, 2012 at 4:11 PM EDTThe Small Business Administration is focused on ensuring that small business owners and entrepreneurs have the access and opportunity they need to turn great ideas into viable and successful businesses, and continues to look for new ways to support and strengthen women small business owners and entrepreneurs.
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Happy Birthday, Bo!
Posted by on October 9, 2012 at 12:23 PM EDTThe First Dog, Bo, turns four years old today.
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From the Archives: Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Posted by on October 9, 2012 at 12:16 PM EDTOctober marks Breast Cancer Awareness month, a time to honor those lost to the disease and recognize the importance of prevention and early detection in the fight against breast cancer.
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Honrando la Memoria de mi Abuelo, César E. Chávez
Posted by on October 8, 2012 at 6:25 PM EDT
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