WHEN IOWA STATE University sent me a breaking news alert in an email, I thought it was another college rejecting my application. I clicked on… Read More
A surprise welcome to college
May 2016 Magazine Articles
Weighing a gap year: A break before college can be beneficial, experts say – but it’s not for everyone
AFTER GRADUATION, some high school students will attend college locally while others are bound for out-of-state schools. Other students will work or enroll in technical… Read More
It’s social, but about business, too: Students share social media wisdom at first-ever Youth Social Media Summit
IT WAS TIME for students to be the teachers for one day when more than 30 high school students listened to their peers share wisdom… Read More
ThreeSixty Focus on… Tyus Jones
The Minnesota Timberwolves rookie talks life in the NBA as a teenager, Flip Saunders and improvement Zekriah Chaudhry also contributed with this story. AS RISING… Read More
Closing the gap: Generation Next seeks to erase educational achievement gap
36 percent. 53 percent. 60 percent. These are the 2014-15 graduation rates for American Indians, blacks and Hispanics, respectively, in Minneapolis and St. Paul, according… Read More
Going backward to swim forward
IN THE POOL, my shoulders were squealing and screaming in agony. The pain was too much to bear. It felt as though my shoulder blades… Read More
‘A crash course in solitude’
IN SEPTEMBER 2015, I witnessed a terrible two-vehicle car crash right in front of my high school. My classmates and I were scattered near the… Read More
ThreeSixty Alumni Spotlight: Sara Pelissero: From budding journalist to multimedia producer at KARE 11
ONE DAY HER TOPIC could be politics. The next it could be National Donut Day. For journalist Sara Pelissero, you just never know. Pelissero juggles… Read More
