Grants and Funding – Barger Leadership Institute Student Voices

Grants and Funding

Intercultural Interaction Initiative

By Sylvia Rodriguez, Amanda Gebre, and Gabriela Gaytan-Aguirre Gaby: From the start, we all put forth skills we deemed necessary to navigate the journey we setourselves on. In gaining the funding from BLI, it allowed us to curate events to cater tobroadening student experiences and perspectives. Through our experience in creating eventscentered around creating connections,

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Racial Justice Clinic Internship

By Ariana Kertsman This summer I interned with the Racial Justice Clinic (RJC) at the University of San Francisco’sLaw School, where I researched cases of people currently incarcerated in California’s prison system,wrote memos and case summaries, and performed organizational tasks assigned to me. I am grateful tothe attorneys at the clinic who were willing to

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LEED GA Certification

By Colleen Hardman Thanks to the Barger Leadership Student Grant, I was able to take the Leadership in Energyand Environmental Design Green Associate exam through the United States Green BuildingCouncil, an organization that is focused on sustainability within the building industry throughboth revitalization of existing infrastructure and the creation of new buildings. This certificationserves as

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Certified Associate in Project Management

By Bailey Redler Thanks to the BLI’s support, I’ve been an active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) for the past year. PMI is the world’s largest project manager community and an organization that’s home to countless resources for building project management skills. Through the PMI’s education and certification program, I recently completed the

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Multicultural Potluck

By Emerson Krause At the University of Michigan, we observed that many students do not have meaningfulopportunities to engage with other cultures, leading to cultural isolation and a lack of appreciation. Ourproject group understands the importance of cross-cultural interaction as research shows that culturalinteraction can be an indicator of student performance and well-being; further, cultural

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