曼彻斯特 gets $1 million for NxtGen on Campus
Will serve traditionally underserved students and their families in northeast Indiana
曼彻斯特 University President Dave McFadden announced today that Lilly Endowment Inc. has given 曼彻斯特 University $1 million to extend its outreach to traditionally underserved students and their families.
“The grant will enable us to fully develop NxtGen on Campus, which will bring high school students to our North 曼彻斯特 campus for specialized academic visit days and weeklong summer residential camps at no or little cost to them,他说.
“Working with our fantastic partners – Fort 韦恩 社区 Schools, Questa Education Foundation, Latinos Count – and others including the American Camp Association, we will move forward immediately to set up this program designed to serve students who come from the first-generation, traditionally underserved and undocumented communities.”
曼彻斯特 will hire a NxtGen director and create an admissions counselor position to specialize in serving those students and their families.
“There are a lot of details to be finalized, but the plan is to include faculty, 工作人员, 管理员, current students and alumni, professional coaches and trainers in this bold initiative,麦克法登说.
On-campus visits will start this semester, inviting students and their families to explore higher education as an option. 为他们定制, the sessions will provide information about researching colleges, applying for admission and plotting a four-year map. A major element will be connecting them to available, and manageable, funding sources.
“The focus will be on exploring academic disciplines and purpose-driven leadership training – about what they want to do in life and how they might get there,麦克法登说.
曼彻斯特 will offer its first NxtGen residential camp for students in the summer of 2023.
曼彻斯特 will also renew its efforts in Wabash and other area counties. It had completed a single semester of its NxtGen youth leadership program for Wabash County high school students right before the COVID-19 lockdown of March 2020.
“It was a tremendous pilot program, and we intend to implement a similar program with this grant,麦克法登说.
The grant is part of the Lilly Endowment Inc. Indiana Youth Programs on Campus initiative.
“曼彻斯特 University has a long history of welcoming students who are the first members of their family to further their education past high school,麦克法登说. “Upon reviewing the Lilly Endowment request for proposals, it was clear we not only had the ability to ramp up our outreach to first-generation students, but a moral imperative to do so.”
诺亚史密斯, a 1994 曼彻斯特 University alumnus and member of the Fort 韦恩 社区 Schools Board of Education, and Steve Corona at Latinos Count, encouraged the partnerships.
“We will purposefully include those who are undocumented in this programming that offers encouraging on-campus 经验s.麦克法登说. “It is our hope that through education, 经验, and building a trusting relationship, these high school students and their families can see a path forward in higher education.”
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To arrange an interview with President McFadden, please contact the Office of the President at
president@曼彻斯特.edu.
Ryon Kaopuiki, vice president for admissions and marketing, is handling the organizational end until a director is in place. He can be reached at
rdkaopuiki@曼彻斯特.edu.
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2022年9月