by U & Improved | Aug 6, 2014 | Blog, Teens
U & Improved is honored to announce the recipients of three generous full scholarships to U The Teen Leader donated by, The Miksta Team at VIP Mortgage, the William and Doreen Wong Foundation and an anonymous donor. All of the submissions are more than deserving...
by Jodi Low | Jul 30, 2014 | Blog, Learn
Booming thunder, rally cries and battles fought and valiantly won … this is about all that I can share with you about last weekend’s second ever U the Samurai class. Each process in this class is created for students to walk the path of a Samurai and we keep them...
by Jodi Low | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Learn
It’s not easy being a teenager these days. Well really…has being a teenager EVER been easy?!? But in reality our young people have added pressures nowadays that we didn’t have to deal with. Technology, media, and an instantaneous society with information, positive and...
by Jodi Low | May 22, 2014 | Blog, Lead
How do U explain magic? I don’t know either, but I do know I experienced it, in the most humbling and powerful way. It happened as 14 Warriors embarked on the pinnacle experience of U & Improved. It happened as I watched these Warriors become Samurai. There...
by U & Improved | Apr 3, 2014 | Blog, Learn
U & Improved Leadership Training: You, Only Better November 16, 2010 started off as an ordinary day in my life as I once knew it: A hazy blur of flying fingers and unfocused energy. Armed with caffeine and the soft blare of the local news in the background, I set...
by Jodi Low | Nov 28, 2013 | Blog, Love
It’s easy to get swept up in the gratitude posts and messages that are bombarding social media and the internet at large this week. It’s this time of year that always makes me extra happy … because for a moment, albeit brief, our country, for the...