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Happy #WellnessWednesday! We invite you to take a couple of minutes out of your day to unwind. Tina Koneazny, who directs the Little Yoginis program at USC D...ornsife’s Joint Educational Project, leads us through a short yoga practice for relaxation. The Little Yoginis program brings yoga practice to elementary school classrooms in the neighborhoods surrounding USC’s campuses. USC Yogis USC students trained to teach yoga visit first- through third-grade classes to read a story and lead a yoga practice, helping the grade schoolers focus at school and overcome stress. Learn more about Little Yoginis: https://dornsife.usc.edu/joint-edu/after-school-enrichment/ See more

Presenting another lovely video for all of your little ones at home - made in collaboration with USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Are you experiencing mid-week funk? Get back on track with this #WellnessWednesday exercise

ReadersPlus and USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences presents:

Little Yoginis and USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences presents:

Happy Wednesday everyone! We are so happy to announce that the first videos we made in collaboration with USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences have now been published on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. Feel free to check all of them out here: ... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/uscdornsife/1633122516836387/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist We will also be sharing the individual posts to bring a little positivity to your feeds!

We are so excited to be part of this project with USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Joint Educational Project, and USC Young Scientists Program. Look out for more content on @uscdornsife's Instagram account featuring our ReaderPlus staff - coming soon!

As the semester is coming to an end, we want to share our Spring 2020 newsletter with all of you. If you want to learn more about what our staff and students were up to this semester, read more here: https://dornsife.usc.edu//Readers_Plus_Sp2020_Newsletter_C

One week ago today, Joint Educational Project announced the winners of the 2020 JEP Communitz Service awards! We are excited to congratulate our very own Sabrina Barrow and Jose Gonzalez for being selected as winners for the Extraordinary Community Service Award (Sabrina Barrow) and Desiree Benson Award (Jose Gonzalez)! We are incredibly proud of you! Read more about their inspiring stories and service work here: https://dornsife.usc.edu/joint-educatio/award-winners-2020/

"For those of you who are not familiar with our beloved Dick Cone, he is not only former JEP Executive Director but also the founder of USC ReadersPLUS. He brought this beautiful program to us and has been my inspiration managing this program for the past 22 years. Dick will always be with us in spirit, by my heart is broken losing him from this earth. Let's stay strong and passionate in our work for Dick." - Tina Koneazny

UPDATE about JEP's service-learning and community engagement programs in response to COVID-19. As of March 16, USC has suspended all in-person coursework for students and all in-person work for employees through the end of the semester. Unfortunately, as a result, JEP has had to cancel all JEP service programs, including JEP mentors, teaching assistants and mini-course instructors, ReadersPLUS reading and math tutors, after-school programs, including WonderKids and Little Yo...ginis, Young Scientists Program, Pre-Law Project, Trojan Health Volunteers and all JEP assignments with non-profit organizations. Please see below for Frequently Asked Questions: Q: What does this mean for me if I am a student participating in any of these programs? A: You will not return to your assigned site. All written assignments due before March 16th via Blackboard are due now. We will be assigning a revised, final essay due April 1. Details will be emailed to students by March 23. Q: What does this mean for me if I am an employed student-worker for any of these programs? A: If you want to continue to work remotely, we will provide you with tasks that you can complete at home. Please contact your supervisor as soon as possible to let them know that you want to continue to work remotely, and please be on the lookout for an email from your supervisor with more information. Q: What if I applied for a community service scholarship? A: Our committees have received your materials and are in the process of reviewing them. While the annual Community Service Awards Dinner (originally scheduled for April 9) has been canceled, we still intend to award scholarships and will notify winners via email. Q: Are you still accepting applications for student employment for Summer and Fall 2020? A: Yes! Please see usc.edu/jep for more details! We will keep you posted about our response to the University’s policy as it evolves and will be guided by a concern for the safety and well-being of all our students, staff, and partners.

NEW UPDATE! Read full post: There are no identified cases of COVID-19 at USC. However, the university is continuing to take precautionary measures, including moving undergraduate and graduate lectures and seminars online. Students are not required to be on campus until April 14th. As a result, until April 14th we are pausing all JEP programs, including JEP mentors, teaching assistants and mini-course instructors, ReadersPLUS reading and math tutors, after-school programs, inc...luding WonderKids and Little Yoginis, Young Scientists Program, Pre-Law Project, Trojan Health Volunteers and all JEP assignments with non-profit organizations. Q: What does this mean for me if I am a student participating in any of these programs? A: You will not go to your assigned site until at least April 14th. If you had an essay due on March 13th, you will still need to hand in this essay. We will inform you about anything else as soon as we can. Q: What does this mean for me if I am an employed student-worker for any of these programs? A: If you want to continue to work remotely, we will provide you with tasks that you can complete at home. Please contact your supervisor as soon as possible to let them know that you want to continue to work remotely so that we can plan accordingly. We will keep you posted about the University’s policy as it evolves in response to this crisis and will be guided by a concern for the safety and well-being of all our students, staff, and partners.