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Thursday, November
29, 2007...
“Opening Doors to Public Service and Campus Resources
for CCSU/EOP Students”
A special night,
Pre-Collegiate and Access Services in collaboration
with the Center
for Public Policy and Social Research
sponsored for EOP students a discussion entitled, “Opening Doors to Public
Services and Campus Resources for CCSU/EOP Students”.
Dr.
Steven Kliger, Executive Director for the Center for Public Policy and
Social Research gave a short information lecture on the history of the
civil rights movement to encouraged students to participate in a
worthwhile activity on Dr. Martin L. King Day.
While having dinner, Ms.
Awilda Reasco, Director of Pre-Collegiate and Access Services and Mr.
Harry Pacheco, Associate Director addressed students as to the new direction the
department wants to take to increase the graduation rate. Students
are being to complete an assessment survey to help identify personal and
academic needs, and to participate in a task force to help design and
implement workshops, seminars, and programs that supports students
academic progress through graduation.
To cap the evening, EOP students joined other students in celebrating
the evening's cultural theme as part of the Student Center's Thursday
Night Devil's Den activities.
Monday,
January 21, 2008...
(follow-up to our previous
activity)
"A Civil Rights Milestone"
Dr. Steven Kliger, Executive
Director for the Center for Public and Social Research and
Pre-Collegiate and
Access Services
on the morning
of Martin L. King Day, took a group of EOP students to the John F.
Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston, MA to commemorate Dr. Martin L.
King Jr..
Students from the
perspective of John F. Kennedy learned how Dr. Martin L. King helped
push legislation forward to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Dr. Kliger gave both a powerful and informative tour of the museum.
The afternoon was capped
with a panel discussion moderated by well-known Callie Crossley, "a
veteran broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker". And, on the
stage with her were Dr. James Hood, one of the two first African
American students to enroll at the University of Alabama amidst great
national controversy, Nicholas Katzenbach, the U.S. Deputy Attorney
General who along with federal marshals forced Governor George Wallace
to step aside, and Mr. Theodore Sorenson, Special Counsel and Advisor to
President Kennedy who wrote the speech that later that evening President
Kennedy would address the nation with.
EOP students heard first
hand accounts as to the events that let up to and occurred on June 11,
1963 when with the support of the NAACP, James Hood and Vivian Malone
walked on to the University of Alabama to register for summer courses.
Though this was a historic and triumphant day for African Americans
across the nation and world, one must not forget that also on this
evening Mr. Medgar Evers was assassinated. This along with other
incidents motivated and inspired Dr. Martin L. King to continue the
struggle for racial equality.
Tuesday,
March 11, 2008
"Awards Recognition"
On this festive evening many
EOP students were recognized for maintaining high cumulative grade point
averages. Ms. Awilda Reasco spoke to their hard work and dedication to
academic excellence. Seniors were given the opportunity to highlight
their college successes and words of advice to underclassmen. The rest
of the evening was spent talking over dinner and for twenty students the
opportunity to take in the play the "Bluest Eyes" at the Hartford Stage
Company.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
"Academic Advisement
Night"
EOP hosted an evening in
which students were provided strategies and helpful hints to improve
their academic performance. Lauren Payne, a Graduate Intern, gave a
short power point presentation on how to identify causes for poor
academic performance, but more importantly what strategies can be
employed to move toward academic excellence. Students were encouraged to
meet regularly with the Pre-Collegiate and Access Services staff to
develop individualized action plans. Overall, the Academic Advisement
Night was a successful program.
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