By Fatima Abdurahman and Allison Brodin Verdis Webb IV was a soon-to-be first-year student at Dougherty Family College when he started his first day of… Read More
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Spreading Inclusivity Through Leadership
In 1969, six Indian families lived in Mississippi. Rama Kaye Hart’s family, who immigrated to the United States when Hart was 2, was one of… Read More
Community Through Youth Empowerment
Getting children to start reading can be a challenge. At the Legacy Family Center, a Brooklyn Park-based nonprofit founded in 2013, organizers are working to… Read More
Words Speak Louder
Louis Porter II, a University of St. Thomas English professor in Dougherty Family College, wants to help tell the stories you don’t otherwise hear. It’s… Read More
Alumni Update: Fiction to Nonfiction
While paging through “Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief,” by Rick Riordan, France Aravena, like many other young teens, fell in love with the Percy… Read More
Study Abroad in Pandemic
Junior Anna Puhek is studying actuarial science and economics, but at many universities around the world. Puhek currently studies at St. Thomas’ home campus in… Read More
News Team Creates Digital Essays
The ThreeSixty 2021 Fall News Team connected to the #360YouthVoiceChallenge. Students wrote op-eds on self-care, community, identity and more. The students who attended our program… Read More
College Essay: Dreams of Being a Doctor
“Dios mío, no puede ser (God, this can’t be),” said my mom, sobbing. Memories of all the moments I lived with my mom flashed through… Read More
College Essay: Succeeding with Special Ed
Special ed. Those are scary words. I thought people viewed me as an idiotic outcast who wasn’t as rational or smart as the other students… Read More
College Essay: Quinceañera Made Me Brave
I stood frozen in front of 250 people at my quinceañera. I could feel my pulse in the palms of my cold, pale hands, which… Read More
College Essay: Conquering Fear with Poetry
Fear is the mind killer, I repeated to myself. Even through relentless self-encouragement, my voice still cracked and shook with every syllable I spoke. I… Read More
College Essay: Becoming Independent
My parents hardly ever agreed with one another. Growing up in a house with four children caused many complications for us. As children, we wanted… Read More
College Essay: Yes, I am Ecuadorian
“Build the wall, build the wall!” the boy cried out. I was on edge, sitting in my chair and loudly tapping my foot. My old,… Read More
College Essay: Overcoming Social Anxiety
“William, you’re up first,” the teacher said excitedly. I was instantly anxious when my ninth-grade English teacher announced I would be the first person presenting…. Read More
Fall Programs Empower Youth Voice
Click here for the fall 2020 Youth Voice Challenge page. As we make our way into a new season at ThreeSixty Journalism, we remain acutely… Read More
