Calvin Hires Trio for Pre-College Programs

January 17 , 2007 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Summary: The office of Pre-College Programs at Calvin (which works with
at-risk youth) has hired a trio of new employees who will shepherd the
college's efforts to assist African American high school students, Latino high
school students and more.

Contact Pre-College Programs director Rhae-Ann Booker at 616-526-6748
For the full story, including a link to a high-res JPG, see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/pccrew.htm

A trio of new personnel is bringing fresh energy to the office of Pre-College
Programs (PCP), the Calvin College department dedicated to giving at-risk youth
access to post-high school education.

Tasha Paul, formerly an associate director of admissions at Calvin, is joining
the office as the first assistant director of Pre-College Programs. In her new
position, Paul will supervise established efforts such as Pathways to
Possibilities (the original PCP effort that works through churches to give
at-risk students exposure to higher education) and the Entrada Scholars
Program, a summer college immersion experience for high school juniors and
seniors.

Paul will also oversee the two-year-old Aspirando Alto, a post-high school
access program geared to Latino students and the brand new P2P Excel, a program
funded by a $100,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation for Education that
prepares African-American young men for college.

Pre-College Programs has also hired a new coordinator for Pathways to
Possibilities. Amy Maffeo, a 2000 graduate of Calvin and most recently a high
school teacher in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, will oversee the 14 church
partnerships in Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Kalamazoo that compose Pathways West
Michigan.

Also new to Pre-College Programs is office administrative assistant Sherrie
Watkins. Watkins formerly worked as an administrative assistant at the YWCA
(she served battered and sexually assaulted women) and the American Cancer
Society.

Rhae-Ann Booker, the director of Pre-College Programs since its 1996
inception, is excited about the trio of new personnel. "I look forward to
experiencing the different ideas and new approaches the staff will bring," she
says. "We all have great skills, great expertise and, together, we will make a
great team."

Contact Pre-College Programs director Rhae-Ann Booker at 616-526-6748
For the full story, including a link to a high-res JPG, see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/pccrew.htm

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Received on Wed Jan 17 13:00:27 2007