Entrada Scholars Program celebrates 25th anniversary!

On Sunday, June 19, 2011, 71 high school students from 14 states arrived 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 25th 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 Friday, July 15, 2011, in Calvin's Gezon Auditorium.

For more info, contact Tasha Paul-Cruz at 616-526-6749 or at entrada@calvin.edu

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Received on Mon Jun 20 15:24:28 2011