We think every student should have a savings account for college, most importantly - all students should start a savings account. Towards this objective, we're launching a program with our student interns and our favorite bank, The Bristol County Savings Bank and our...
We think college bullying is different than middle school bullying - but a bully is a bully and a passive bystander is a huge part of the problem - so we think this video is worth watching. We find the videographer annoying with most of his other videos, but truth be...
About three months before he passed away, 17-year-old Sam Berns gave this speech explaining his dislike for obstacles and his strategies for beating them. When he was 2 years old, Sam was diagnosed with the rare disease progeria, which causes rapid aging and various...
A Palestinian woman from New Jersey, Zayid jokes about her family, global culture, and her life with cerebral palsy. Along with Dean Obeidallah, she founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, now in its 10th year. She spends several months of the year in the...
Talk about never quitting! For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the then-longest swim in history, making the 102.5-mile journey from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also...
It's amazing what a rigged game of Monopoly can reveal. In this entertaining but sobering talk, social psychologist Paul Piff shares his research into how people behave when they feel wealthy. (Hint: badly.) But while the problem of inequality is a complex and...
Why I Volunteer at GiftsToGive, by Sarah Davis Blodgett I have been helping to manage mill operations this fall and winter. The last few weeks have been very busy as people clear out their houses to get ready for the holidays and their donations have been pouring in....
Song Available on Itunes - "It's called respect" by the Fearless Lions. Students sing/perform a rap song about respecting others.
From the New York Times, 11/12/13 Lindsay Beck came up with an idea in business school of a stock market for nonprofits. What if? That’s the way Lindsay Beck, a two-time cancer survivor and the founder of a successful charity, started thinking about how the world of...
There really is something in failing!