CommUniverCity students touring King Library.
SJSU will welcome 200 additional students to campus Feb. 10, when San Jose High School freshmen visit for a day of workshops, tours, and a panel discussion. This is the fourth year CommUniverCity San Jose will host such an event.
“CommUniverCity strives to foster a ‘college-going’ culture throughout the community,” said Dayana Salazar, CommUniverCity executive director and chair of the SJSU Department of Urban and Regional Planning. “Spending a day on the SJSU campus interacting with students and alumni inspires high school students to renew their college-going aspirations, as they realize how close our campus is to their own communities and how the life stories and personal background of our students reflect their own.”
Students will attend workshops focusing on the advantages of earning a college degree and tour the entire campus including King Library. The students will also hear from a panel that will include Gloria Chacón, member of the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury; David Salazar, a glass-blowing artist; Charlie Newman, a coroner and former advisor to the X-Files; and Donte Ellington, a semi-pro football player. All are graduates of both San Jose High and SJSU. Also on the panel will be Davide Vieira, long-term resident of the neighborhood surrounding San Jose High; Kristin Kelly, associate director of administrative services, SJSU Student Union; and San Jose councilmember Sam Liccardo.
CommUniverCity — a partnership of SJSU, a neighborhood east of the campus, and the city of San Jose — organizes service-learning projects that advance the neighborhood improvement priorities set by its residents.