Summary: On Sunday, June 20, 2010, Calvin College will welcome high school students from 17 different states and four countries, immersing them in a total college experience.
On Sunday, June 20, 2010, 71 high school students from across the nation and around the world will arrive on Calvin's campus for the Entrada Scholars program.
Entrada, which is Spanish for "gateway," provides high school juniors and seniors of color an opportunity to have a total college experience. For four weeks the students will live in the residence halls, eat in the dining halls, take a college course, and participate in a number of activities, all alongside college students.
Each scholar takes a three or four-credit course and is assigned an academic coach, a trained teacher who attends classes with them in the morning and leads a study period with the scholars following the class.
Entrada, now in its 24th year, has produced impressive results. 95 percent of students who have gone through the program and have completed high school go on to pursue some form of higher education-a reason why other institutions have used this program as a model. In fact, in 2007, through a $25,000 Lilly Network Exchange grant, administrators from 13 peer colleges and universities came to Calvin to study the program firsthand.
The Entrada scholars have a special graduation ceremony on July 16, 2010, in Calvin's Gezon Auditorium.
For more info, contact Tasha Paul at 616-526-6888 or at trp2@calvin.edu
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