{"id":3838,"date":"2025-12-10T00:51:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/joint-educational-project\/?p=3838"},"modified":"2025-12-10T05:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T05:45:09","slug":"new-jeprogram-assistants-same-old-jeporch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/joint-educational-project\/2025\/12\/10\/new-jeprogram-assistants-same-old-jeporch\/","title":{"rendered":"New JEProgram Assistants, Same Old JEPorch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            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<\/div>\n    \n          <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span>Kathrin Rising<\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">December 10, 2025<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 2.26076008c-1.08745421 1.058837-1.68841575 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style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere&#8217;s no place like home\u201d is echoing once again through movie theaters lately, but it\u2019s also a sentiment you\u2019ll feel around the JEP House, especially from our newest program assistants. For them, the phrase applies not to a Kansas farmhouse or the world of Oz, but to a different kind of house. A house with a welcoming porch and a community that has already transformed their workplace into a second home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I ran into one of those new program assistants, Anya Shah, a sophomore studying business administration who oversees the Peace Project at JEP, on a day she wasn\u2019t even scheduled to work. Naturally, I had to take the opportunity to learn more about her first semester and why she chooses to spend her free time at the JEP House. \u201cMy favorite moments this semester have really been just hanging out on the porch with all the other PAs,\u201d she explains. \u201cWe&#8217;d all get work done, but it was also just really nice being outside and spending that time and hearing about the work that they&#8217;re doing, and also just getting to know everybody on the team.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That porch &#8211; and everything it symbolizes &#8211; has become central to how JEP\u2019s newest student leaders describe their experience. &#8220;We always call it JEPorch and JEPhamily,&#8221; Anya says. &#8220;And I think that really speaks to how close everybody is here and how much we truly view everybody as family. We are hanging out with each other all the time, even outside of work.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For new program assistant Charlotte D\u2019Arabian, a sophomore studying business administration who leads JEP\u2019s Geology program, that sense of community was surprising. \u201cWhen you go to work, obviously you expect to be friendly with your coworkers, but JEP has brought me so many of my absolute favorite people,\u201d she reflects. \u201cIt\u2019s just such an amazing community to be a part of.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her favorite memory captures the spirit perfectly: First Five, a tradition where PAs and staff take turns bringing lunch to Monday\u2019s staff meetings. Charlotte and fellow new PA Lori \u201cwent very all out,\u201d spending hours cooking simply because (even though there\u2019s no prize) they wanted to win the vote for best First Five. \u201cWhen we walked in, Brenda thought we had gotten a catering service because of how much food we made,\u201d Charlotte laughs. They did win, and the moment encapsulates JEP\u2019s magic: taking something simple and making it meaningful through care, creativity, and shared joy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New program assistant Julian Gajewski, a sophomore in legal studies and political economy who leads the Economics department at JEP, joined JEP specifically to widen what volunteers could experience. \u201cI really wanted to facilitate what I had experienced for multiple other students and grow that through even more classrooms, and I have already expanded our department\u201d he explains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what\u2019s kept him here is the atmosphere. &#8220;It&#8217;s very clear that everyone here not only cares a lot about what they&#8217;re doing, but also cares that everyone is a part of the process and everyone has a voice in the process as well,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Every time I come here, I know that I&#8217;m gonna have a good day. Everyone&#8217;s so supportive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Anya, that level of support was unexpected. \u201cWhen I thought of work, I thought of a very traditional environment where everybody&#8217;s just there to get their job done, and sure, there&#8217;s a little bit of chit chat but nothing really meaningful,\u201d she says. \u201cBut I would say that I&#8217;ve met so many amazing people through this and I actually think I found some of my best friends here too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney Reza, another new program assistant and a junior psychology major who supervises individual mentoring assignments, discovered just how meaningful JEP\u2019s relationships can be &#8211; not just among PAs but in classrooms as well. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t realize how close the students can get with the actual classroom students and how much of a difference that mutual care makes in their development,&#8221; she explains. Through reading reflections, she\u2019s watched volunteers adapt to students\u2019 needs in ways that show genuine growth. Her favorite moment each week? Also related to the feeling of community. \u201cI love our Monday staff meetings. That&#8217;s when I get to see everyone and get to hear about everyone&#8217;s updates and how their students are doing, and also get to share how my students are doing as well and get feedback on how to help them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The impact of this supportive and encouraging environment reaches beyond friendships. Charlotte credits her experience as a PA with influencing her academic path and changing her minor from applied analytics to climate change stewardship and resiliency. \u201cMy volunteering experience and then my job as a PA has made me just a lot more passionate about the field and made me realize that I wanted to learn so much more about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of these reflections, whether they are on porch conversations, shared meals, meaningful work, or newfound confidence, point to something that longtime members of the JEP community already know: JEP is a place where you can find a true sense of belonging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And for these new PAs, that feeling didn\u2019t take years to form. It happened in one semester.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Anya puts it, being at the JEP House even when you&#8217;re not scheduled to work isn\u2019t unusual and she\u2019s far from the only one choosing to spend extra time here. Because when a workplace becomes a second home and coworkers become family, you don\u2019t just show up for the job. 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