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When I first read this quote, I thought about how relationships influence nearly every aspect of our lives. Whether in our personal lives, classrooms, or workplaces, strong relationships are built when people feel respected, understood, accepted, and appreciated...

From a young age, I knew I wanted to help people, but the path to do so has never been clear to me. I recently graduated from USC Lancaster, where I spent two years passionately involved in 15 clubs and organizations, but constantly switched my major...

Before beginning my internship at the Arras Foundation, I thought I had a clear picture of the career path I wanted to pursue. As a recent Exercise Science graduate from South Carolina State University, I was drawn to physical therapy and occupational therapy because they combine two things I am passionate about: health and helping people...

Our internship ended in a whirlwind. Over our last two weeks, my peers and I conducted 5 "A-Talks" community engagement sessions, and they were all beneficial...

One of the most impactful things that I have done as an intern with the Arras Foundation was volunteering with Lancaster Promise Neighborhood for one of their community cleanup days...

On Monday, June 26th, the remote Arras interns from the University of Chicago joined us in South Carolina for a week to engage with local interns and staff and to better understand the community...

Throughout the ten weeks of our internship with the Arras Foundation, the interns are collectively reading a book called “True North” by Bill George and Zach Clayton. The book is about...