The College Administration is in the process of securing funding for a modified program for fostering the development of civic leadership among its students. Although this will not support the full reinstatement of the Institute for Civic Leadership program, it will provide opportunities for students who wish to participate in social justice and civic engagement activities such as service learning.
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I had spent three years at Mills as a commuting student. I was approaching my fourth and final year and still did not feel the strong sense of community that is often said to be discovered while in college. I, like many students on campus, have had to work several jobs while continuing school and did not expect my collegiate experience to be anything like what we see on television; but I at least wanted to have a community of friends that I could be supportive of and who could be supportive of me.
A simple question: as Mills students, do we ever acknowledge the efforts that lend to the functioning of our campus as we live and know it? We are quick to complain about the frustrations and shortcomings that occupy our considerations, but rarely do we transcend our negativities to simply appreciate our surroundings.
Everyone knows that Mills strives to be a place where equality, diversity and the enjoyment of variety are taken seriously. So it pains me when Mills makes a blatant oversight that could negatively, and embarrassingly, affect students.
Mills must know that it has a Jewish student population; students have a yearly Seder at the chapel and a Jewish Student Union was tentatively formed.
The Campanil posed questions to Siobhan Reilly, the James Irvine Professor of Economics. The questions and her answers are reprinted below.
Campanil: How can we expect the new graduate school of business to benefit future Mills students, especially women?
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Daniella Pineda, covered in vegemite, reporting to you from Melbourne, Australia.
Already I have inhabited this wonderful country for two months, and let me just say it has had its up and downs. But aside from getting adjusted to a new environment, I have undergone such a massive learning experience, and it is in my opinion that everyone, if granted the opportunity, should go abroad.
As an undergraduate women's institution, Mills College should provide for our basic health needs. We are the women who spend two to five years of our lives here-calling Mills home in every sense of the word. To be successful academically, socially, and athletically, we need to stay healthy.