{"id":219,"date":"2024-04-02T02:12:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T02:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/sisablogs\/?p=219"},"modified":"2024-09-30T14:52:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:52:30","slug":"thomas-bates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/sisablogs\/2024\/04\/02\/thomas-bates\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hello, my name is Thomas Bates. I am a senior pursuing computer science at the College of\u00a0 Literature Science and the Arts. Besides being a student, I volunteer with Ann Arbor Public\u00a0 Schools through a University of Michigan program where I help teachers at elementary and middle schools teach native Spanish speakers who are having difficulty understanding the material because it\u2019s in a new language. Before attending the U-M, I volunteered with a firefighters organization that helped people experiencing homelessness in Southern California and was a caregiver for elderly veterans. I also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity in high school and was involved with fundraising. I love to travel, do charity work, and learn new languages.\u00a0 After graduation, I plan on continuing to help others and hopefully have research that I conduct help me to address the underlying conditions that create homelessness and environmental degradation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n