progressive u team's blog

On Progressive U, we encourage you to express yourself. We want to hear all the opinions you have, so long as you don’t attack others for their opinions. Many others have not been so lucky. Throughout history, a number of authors and books have been banned from being read by various governments and communities for one reason or another.  Read More »

We're not quite halfway through the scholarship contest, but we are at the point of no return. After tomorrow, no one else can enter the competition for the scholarship. And I know that you all are anxiously (or maybe not so anxiously) awaiting this announcement... the point at which we announce the top 25 in the contest.  Read More »

As students, we all have items we no longer need. Textbooks, calculators, lab accessories and so many other school necessities collect dust while others search frantically for a place to purchase the items they need to begin their college careers. And as we all know, purchasing those necessities can cause a huge financial strain.  Read More »

At the start of every contest, when all the new members arrive, ready to post about anything and everything they can think of, all the faculty and older members on the site emphasize that all posts should be Progressive. If they aren't, they won't be counted towards the scholarship.  Read More »

We've got a couple of changes, some updates, good news, bad news. Since we want you to know the important stuff first, we'll get the bad news out of the way.

Bogus Nominations  Read More »

On February 21, 2008, ProgressiveU officially announced the national ProgressiveU spokesperson. Shayla Price, as many of you know, has been a vital part of the ProgressiveU family for the last two years; operating selflessly as a volunteer and an intern while ProgressiveU found its feet and became home to nearly 40,000 students across the nation.  Read More »

There are a lot of new members; each of you have your own writing style and interests to keep you blogging.

Now, the moderators could continually list things like the FAQ and the TOS in blog after blog to help acquaint each of you with these various things; but what better way to help you find them than to give you points for looking these things up?  Read More »

We've officially started the Spring 2008 Blogging for Progress scholarship, and we've launched a few extra things to get it started.  Read More »