From October 19-21, ten Loyola Marymount University (LMU) students attended the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) conference at the University of Chicago, where they collaborated with over 1,000 other undergraduate and graduate student leaders from around the globe in finding solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues. Each year the Center for Service and Action works with students interested in submitting projects and sponsors ten students to attend to the conference. While sharing and developing their own unique ideas for change within the LMU community, the students also heard stories of those already making strides towards a better world and engaging in conservations with experts in an array of fields.
Jennifer Mendez, a graduate student and the Administrative Coordinator for LMU’s First To Go program, was one of the attendees. In attending CGI U, she hoped to gain insight into ways LMU’s First to Go program may better serve first-generation college students at LMU and other universities.