Inspiring students to do more

At Erevna, we believe that “learning by doing” is the missing pillar in today’s education system. What makes Erevna different is that we provide our student members with the flexibility and educational resources to mobilize virtually any project they desire — all while joining a supportive community of fellow student leaders. As a result, the notion, “You get what you give,” is true through and through with Erevna’s projects, in which students have the opportunity to choose which projects they’d like to experiment and contribute to, and how. This free-form structure allows students to explore independent research and build skillsets that they would’ve never learned in a standardized, classroom setting. From project management to community engagement, clerical/administrative upkeep and digital marketing, to programming and data-collecting, students at Erevna “learn to learn” in a proactive way that works best for them, outside the confines of classroom expectations. Especially with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in which there is a hyperfocus on mid-pandemic grades and pre-pandemic extracurricular accomplishments, students are especially under-prepared to find meaningful learning experiences in a postsecondary education, and/or in the workforce. Founded during the initial rise of the COVID-19 cases and fatalities in the United States, the Coronavirus Visualization Team (CVT) was a project that developed alongside the progression of an unprecedented, public health emergency. CVT is documenting that progression through data visualizations and data science research projects. That said, Erevna aims to provide remote, project-based, experiential learning opportunities for all students.