October VISTA Spotlight
October 18, 2012VISTA SpotlightGet to know two more of our fabulous VISTA members and their literacy projects!Mela ShahVISTA member and Volunteer Coordinator for the Village Tutors program serving at...
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November 16, 2012November VISTA SpotlightGet to know two more of our wonderful VISTA members!Sean SweatVISTA member serving at Hospitality HouseSean first served at Hospitality House through the...
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December 14, 2012December VISTA Spotlight - featuring Julie Drennen and Kim Horner Julie DrennenVISTA Member serving at Metro South Adult Basic EducationJulie serves in Bloomington and Eden Prairie,...
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January 11, 2013JANUARY VISTA SPOTLIGHT - Featuring Richard Coffin and Joe Amerman RICHARD COFFINVISTA member serving at the Northfield Healthy Community InitiativeRichard serves in Northfield, at...
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February 7, 2013FEBRUARY VISTA SPOTLIGHT - Featuring MPS Cohort-Members Millie Stulberg, Jade Nunn, and Jenna Yeakle MILLIE STULBERGVISTA member serving with the Minneapolis Public...
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September 6, 2013Zac coordinates a one-on-one literacy tutoring program for 4th through 8th graders at the Rondo Community Outreach Library in Saint Paul. He is currently developing a training...
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March 24, 2014Olivia is serving at Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) in the Resource Development and Innovation Department. Right now she is creating an online resource archive for MPS Parent/ Teacher...
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March 27, 2014Laura serves as the Children’s Program Coordinator for CLUES in Minneapolis. She is implementing their “Paso a Paso” Program which provides early childhood and after-school supplemental...
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June 3, 2014This year, Jocelyn's primary focus has been to design a summer program for East African immigrant/refugee high school students. This summer program aims to compliment SAPA's school year...
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February 25, 2015I am Eliza and serve in Ely, Minnesota at the Ely Community Resource. Our goal is to connect the community through activities and positive youth-adult relationships. I am working on a...
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March 12, 2015I’m Alana and I serve in the Multilingual Department (MLD) in the Minneapolis Public Schools. One thing I’ve learned this year is that visuals are really important! The infographic...
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May 29, 2015I am currently serving at the University YMCA with the Y Mentors: Literacy Mentors program. This year I have been working a lot of program sustainability and helping the students take...
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July 7, 2015My Project:I am serving at Twin Cities Housing Development Corporation with their human services department. My VISTA Project is focused on the use of an online library, the myON Reader...
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July 15, 2015This year I served at Wellstone International High School. Wellstone serves newly arrived English Language Learners, many of whom had limited or interrupted formal schooling before coming...
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July 24, 2015I am living and serving in Morris, MN at the Office of Community Engagement at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM). The VISTA project here is now called the Morris Intercultural...
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October 12, 2015I am serving in Eden Prairie Community Education, within the Eden Prairie School District. My task is to work on Community Engagement. I have been working on implementing a volunteer...
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December 8, 2015Where are you serving? What is your VISTA project’s name (if applicable?)I am currently serving as the Reading Together Program Coordinator for the Saint Paul Public Libraries at the...
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