September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness month, and there are many ways you can get involved to support this cause including raising awareness, volunteering, advocating and raising funds. read more »
You would never guess by the way I dress, but I actually really lo read more »
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| The cast of Glee performing "Don't Stop Believing" |
I wouldn’t be surprised if each person who reads this blog knows someone who is a gleek, a huge fan of the TV musical show Glee. Until a few weeks ago, I had never watched an episode, but I decided to watch because I was curious read more »
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| Jay-Z performing "Empire State of Mind" |
In honor of our Youth Service Institute (YSI) host city, Detroit, the theme of this year’s YSI was, “Advancing the Soul of Service.” read more »
Students participating in STEMester of Service are expressing themselves by sending blog entries to YSA. Here are a few responses from students participating in YSA's service-learning framework:
“The Service-Learning Project is a fun project because I love learning about renewable energy and I am excited to learn more about making a movie. It is fun because I like figuring out how to set up the big camera. But my favorite part is that we get to take the camera home to work on our projects. I can’t wait to show my movie to all my friends and to my family. This is really fun.” read more »
With the all the excitement and activity in our office surrounding the UnitedHealth HEROES grant, I’ve been thinking a lot about healthy behaviors, in particular my healthy behaviors (or lack thereof).
I take dance classes regularly, but at class, my body reminds me that I need to be in better shape to dance well. Outside of dance, exercising is not something that I’m eager and willing to do. So I asked myself, “If I were to apply for the UnitedHealth HEROES grant, what type of project would I propose?”
I began to think about my interests and things I am motivated to do. read more »
During my senior year of college, I decided to take a ballet course. I thought it would be fun and a good source of exercise, and I was really curious to find out if my seven years of dancing as an elementary and middle school student would help me at all in the class. I did not anticipate that it would be my most dreaded course of my college experience. read more »
