2001 OAEOPP
NEWSLETTER
2001 OAEOPP
NEWSLETTER
OAEOPP SPRING
CONFERENCE
It’s Around the
Corner
Submitted by Deborah Lipscomb
The OAEOPP membership poll resulted in choosing May 4 and 5, 2001 for the 19th Annual Student Leadership Conference and May 6, 7, 8, and 9, for the 27th Annual Professional Development Conference.
Renee Hampton and Deborah Lipscomb are co-chairs for the Professional Conference. Sherill Green and Shaletha Mitchell are the co-chairs for the student leadership conference. The location of the conference is the Concourse Hotel, 4300 International Gateway, Columbus.
Our intent is to bring to you a conference with
informative workshops and to allow enough time
for productive interaction with our legislatures and colleagues.
We need your
assistance! Please be willing to
participate when we ask for your help.
The following Spring Conference committee chairs need volunteers.
Advertisements ………………Tiffani N. Tribble
Call For Papers …………………Marilyn Kaylor
Evaluations ………………………...Terry Webb
Funtivity ………………………Clifford McNish
Hospitality ………………………….Kim Bryant
Program Booklet & Conference
Packets………………………...Tiffani Tribble
Rankin Awards & others……..Cynthia Partridge
Speakers & Moderators………Lacretia Dobbins
Registration……………………Toycee Hague &
Pamela Rogers
Awards………………………………Bari Ewing
Registration (SLC)………………..Terri Cook &
Bonita Bembry
Please phone Renee Hampton, Director, Columbus State Upward Bound program at 614-287-5707 or Deborah Lipscomb, Director, Ohio Wesleyan University Upward Bound at 740-368-3218 to volunteer.
MAEOPP’s and OAEOPP’s scholarship results are in for the 2000 competition. The recipients, along with their respective institutions and programs, are listed below.
MAEOPP $750.00
scholarship recipient:
Cincinnati State Technical and Community
College Student Support Services
MAEOPP $500.00
scholarship recipient:
Washington State
Community College
Student Support Services
MAEOPP $500.00
scholarship recipient:
Washington State Community College
Educational Talent
Search
OAEOPP $500.00
scholarship recipient:
Jennifer Lyles
Kent State University, Upward Bound Alumna
The College of Mount St. Joseph has a new Upward Bound Director; her Lisa Hedges. She is no stranger to TRIO and will be a valuable addition.
30
YEARS
Mark this special occasion, we are planning a gala
celebration during our summer residential program. We are looking for KSU-UB
alumni and any photos or stories about the past thirty years. Please submit them to Dowan Jones, Kent
State University Program Assistant – pjones@kent.edu.
Saturday, July 7, 2001; 3-5
p.m.
30th Anniversary
Celebration
Sunday, July 8, 2001, 12:00
p.m. Brunch
3-5 p.m. Celebration
FIRST PLACE WINNER
CLEVELAND’S RAP CONTEST
Submitted by Emily Evans Ford
Cleveland Scholarship Program’s Educational Talent Search ADVISOR at John Marshall High School sponsored a RAP Contest with the theme LIFE’S TOO PRECIOUS TO THROW AWAY. This is the winning entry.
Life’s too
Precious to Throw Away
By Jake Galindez
John Marshall High School
Educational Talent Search
Cleveland Scholarship Programs, Inc.
I’m living a somewhat precious life
Prejudice, Segregation
Expectation of being rich and famous without an
Education!
It doesn’t occur that lyrics & basketball don’t
Insure responsibility
Learn a trade
Pick up a book, go to school, earn a grade.
Stay focused, never turn away because money
Burns away and know today...
Life’s too precious to throw away!
Everything I have right now has a chance to go
Away.
Live by the second.
Let time flow away.
The new Upward Bound Math Science Center (UBMSC)
recently completed its first year of a four-year grant. Thirty-five students from Appalachian
counties of Ohio and Kentucky participated in the six-week residential
component this summer. Highlights from
the program and the six-week residential component include:
·
Recruitment
of students from 18 schools, covering 11 counties, in Ohio and Kentucky.
·
Awarded
$2,400 from the Shawnee State University Development Foundation for an outdoors
education-al trip to The Wilds.
·
Students participated in
four academic classes, which included astronomy in the Clark Planetarium,
forensics, introduction to Chaos Theory, and computer programming. Shawnee State University faculty and staff
taught all courses.
·
Students
were exposed to careers in math and science through visits to regional business
and industry including, GE Engine Testing Facility, United States Enrichment
Corporation, and the OSU Research and Extension Center at Piketon.
·
Students
participated in team-building exercises designed and led by the Ohio Army
National Guard at Lake Vesuvius. As a
culminating event of the team-building students had the opportunity to repel
down a 40-foot rock cliff.
·
Students
visited universities and colleges to have a better understanding of the types
of higher education institutions available to them.
·
A
week long trip which included visits to Glenn NASA Research Facility in
Cleveland, OH and The Wilds wildlife conservation park.
·
The
first ever end of summer banquet, where all students were recognized for the
hard work and commitment to the UBMSC.
For more information about the Upward Bound Math
Science Center contact Ryan McCall, Associate Director at 1-877-778-UBMS
(8267).
SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Upward Bound and
Upward Bound Math Science Center
Submitted by Barbara Bradbury
Qualifications:
Responsibilities:
SSU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Upward Bound
Submitted by Amanda Downey
Are you a Junior*, Senior* or graduate student interested in Education, Student Services or Administration? Would you like to work with high school students for seven weeks during June 10 – July 27 this summer? If so, we have a great employment opportunity for you!
POSITIONS AVAILABLE…
ï Residential Coordinator $2,100.00
ï Residential Staff $1,600.00
BENEFITS…
ï Seven-week period
(includes 1 week of paid training)
ï Free on campus housing
ï Free meals
ï Free travel and expenses (when
traveling with program)
ï Five out of seven weekends off
LOCATION: Ohio Wesleyan University,
Delaware, Ohio
(Just 25 minutes north of Columbus, Ohio)
FOR A COPY OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION CONTACT…
Amanda C. Downey, Assistant Director
Ohio Wesleyan University
Upward Bound Program
219 Phillips Hall, Delaware, Oh 43015
Phone: 740-368-3217
Email: acdowney@cc.owu.edu
* Must have at least a 2.5 G.P.A.
On
January 31, 2001 Kent State University’s
Upward Bound PREP Academy (Parents Reaching their Educational Potential) hosted a program entitled “Making the Pieces Fit Together.” The participants in this program
were teen parents from the following schools:
Akron North High School Teen Parent Center,
Akron,
Ohio
Ravenna High School, Ravenna, Oh
Lorain Admiral King High School,
Lorain,Oh
Lorain Southview High School, Lorain, Ohio
Six-District
Compact
Portage
County High Schools
These
high school students have been invited to join with Kent State University
students who have experienced similar situations when making the transition
from high school to a post-secondary institution. The teen parents also met with Upward Bound PREP staff to become
knowledgeable about what lies ahead as they plan their future. They attended several presentations, a
question and answer session with several Kent State students, and tour the Kent
State Paul H. Jones Child Development Center and Allerton Married and Family
Student Housing.
The
KSU Upward Bound PREP Academy is in its second year of operation. It is the
first of its kind in the country. This
unique program seeks out one of the least likely populations to consider
post-secondary education, the teen parent.
The Program has two facets, the thirty- (30) week Academic Year
Component and the five- (5) week Summer Component. The Academic Component runs October through May during the
regular school year and provides in-school tutoring, activities, field trips
and Saturday workshops. The Summer
Component
allows
the teen parents the opportunity to reside on campus with their child(ren)
while attending
academic
classes. This gives them the realistic
feel of the dual role of parent and student in a college setting.
Another
highlight of the Academy is the Program Advisory Board. This board is inclusive of professionals,
community leaders and activists, as well as KSU faculty and staff, Upward Bound
PREP Academy staff, program alumni, graduate and undergraduate parents. We believe that the wealth of their professional
and personal knowledge will propel this Program far into the 21st century.
To make this program a success, many people have been involved: The
Upward Bound PREP staff, several mentoring moms from Kent State University,
Upward Bound Classic staff, the KSU Admissions Office, KSU Undergraduate
Studies Student Advising Center, and the KSU Student Financial Aid Center. We are also grateful for the support of
community groups like the Kent Area Chapter of The Links Inc., the Akron Area Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., The Salvation Army and Women
Hand-In-Hand.
The Upward Bound PREP Program at Kent State University has been serving the teen parent population since 1995. Since then, the program has assisted more than 30 high school students and networked with more than 50 single parents at KSU.
Many students in high school wonder what it will be
like when they get to college. On February 19, 2001, over two hundred and fifty
area high school students will no longer wonder but will actually get the
chance to experience college life first-hand, by participating in a program
called “A Day in the Life of a College Student.” Most schools in Ohio are closed on Presidents’ Day (February 19th)
but these high school students chose to give up their vacation day to attend
this event.
The program has been in existence for four years and
is sponsored by the University offices of Admissions, Campus Life, Student
Life, and Upward Bound Programs. The
sponsors are providing each student with a T-shirt, lunch, and a photo of each
student with his/her mentor.
The program pairs students with a KSU student who is
his/her mentor/chaperone for the day.
Students, with their mentor, participate in a variety of activities
including attending classes, meeting faculty members, touring the campus
residence halls and the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, lunching
together, having their photo taken, as well as hearing presentations by staff
members from Financial Aid, Residence Services, and Enrollment Management and
Student Affairs.
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By having the opportunity to have their questions
answered as well as spending a day with a college student, the high school
students will be able to see the joy in learning and being a college
student.
Students from six counties and 24 school districts and 3
Universities converged onto Kent State University to spend their holiday
attending classes with a college student and learning something about what is
to be expected when it becomes their turn to “be a University Student.”
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The Math/Science Center provided guests with a Science Fair Poster
Gallery. Some of the projects included topics such as what soda is the favorite
of our area, investigating Galileos Theory of Gravity, what lipstick lasts the
longest and who has the best short term memories: males or females. Judges
evaluated the projects and picked their top five: Which Fertilizer is best for Green Bean Plants by Jason Begue, Soda Pop Taste Test by Alicia Buchtel
& Sara Kingsley, Which Antacid is the
Leading Brand by Shamere Ashley, Solar
Electric Street Heating Panel by Rochard Young, and Vitamin C by Anthony Lovelace.
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