From earning national journalism awards and scholarships to getting hired to conduct research for the country’s largest television sports network, our ThreeSixty Journalism young alumni… Read More
September 2017 Magazine Articles
Labor of love: Steger Wilderness Center in Ely home to vibrant community
For those who know of Minnesota polar explorer Will Steger, they most likely have heard of his ambitious polar expeditions and work on combatting climate… Read More
Student seeks new opportunity at Dougherty Family College: St. Thomas two-year school offers low-income students a chance at college
Safiya Mohamed contributed to this story. Kelly Ordonez Saybe didn’t get into her first college choice, the University of St. Thomas. Saybe, 18, had other… Read More
ThreeSixty Focus on . . . Gov. Mark Dayton
Minnesota’s governor talks about his high school life, his political career and the state’s diversity and inclusion efforts. In June 1968, then-college student Mark Dayton… Read More
College Essay: No longer running away
Breathing rapidly, tears streamed down my face. “I can’t do this anymore,” I say to myself. Standing up, I walk to a random person sitting… Read More
College Essay: Reading, writing and happiness
As a young Somali girl, the fictional worlds of “Junie B. Jones” and “Clarice Bean” were my escape. Although we were the same age, I… Read More
College Essay: Driven by my mother’s sacrifices
It was a humid summer day of my fourth year in America when I decided to apply for Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) to help… Read More
College Essay: 6,373 miles to the ‘land of dreams’
The people on the plane reminded me of the soccer players and cartoon characters I saw on television. It was like another world. Not many… Read More
College Essay: The value of education
The scorching heat and blazing sun signified the first day of summer break in 2015. I had just completed my seventh-grade year and my report… Read More
College Essay: ‘A rainbow of identities’
I felt like I was in a whole new world. This was the first time I was attending a Pride event. I stopped by a… Read More
College Essay: Raising my voice and gaining confidence
On a humid day in June, I landed in Boston, feeling tense. I was away from home, away from my family. I was scared. I… Read More
College Essay: ‘Wherever you come from does not define you’
When I tell people I live in north Minneapolis, their eyes often get wide. I get it. Drive-by shootings, poverty and drugs surround my block,… Read More
College Essay: Honoring a father and his legacy
I hate the smell of hospitals. The pungent, sterile odor of the place where some people go to die takes me back to the year… Read More
College Essay: Choosing the right path
If I hadn’t moved away from Gary, Indiana, I would be in a juvenile facility or possibly pregnant. Growing up with my mom and older… Read More
College Essay: On a mission to help others
I am lying on the playground, looking up at the other kids like they are giants. One kid keeps kicking me in the stomach. Fifth… Read More
College Essay: A stand-in parent
My arms screamed in protest, crying mutiny against my mind even as screams, loud and physical, erupted from my youngest sister. At 2 years old,… Read More