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Consortium plans special Journey to Learn
Never mind that this school year winding down, The Consortium already is gearing up for its annual Journey to Learn in October. For the coming event, more than a dozen community partners will join us to showcase some of our region’s rich resources for learning. To learn more about them, click here.
TFIM draws accolades at Student Leadership Conference
A student displays the mask she made during a worksite visit to Specter Studios
Students attending this year’s annual Student Leadership Conference for participants in The Future Is Mine (TFIM) said the program not only helps them explore careers, it connects them to their schools, demonstrates the value of diversity and gets them ready for life. To learn more about the reasons they participate, click here.
Spring round of Great Idea Grants marks milestone.
In its 50th round of awards, The Consortium’s Great Idea Grants program selected a dozen classroom projects for funding that helped push total awards past the $1.5 million mark since the first grant was made 25 years ago. To learn more about the latest award, click here.
Student teams begin yearlong documentary projects as part of Hear Me 101.
The Consortium, Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab, Pittsburgh Filmmakers and The Western Pennsylvania Writing Project are hosting a seminar Dec. 3 where teams of students from four high schools will learn skills needed for the documentary filmmaking projects they’re undertaking as part of Hear Me 101. To learn more about this intensive application of the Hear Me initiative that CMU launched last year to amplify youth voices, click Hear Me 101.
