University of Denver
Summary: The workshop is intended for African American high school students and will be held on the campus of the University of Denver. There is a nominal non-refundable fee which includes all meals during the workshop, accomodations in the university dormitories, all meeting sessions and one outside activity. For more information and to receive an application, contact Veronica O. White at 303.871-4195 or email vwhite@du.edu.
2008
Mapping Your Future...Planning for College Success
Friday, August 1, 2008 - Sunday, August 3, 2008
Sessions:
How to Get Ready for College
Financial Aid
Assessment Testing
Interviewing for College
Essay Writing
Team Building
and entertainment by the Black Hand Drum Ensemble
SESSIONS FOR AUGUST 2007:
Going the Distance...Navigating the Road to College
Friday, August, 3, 2007 - Sunday, August 5, 2007
A HISTORIC REENACTMENT (A Colorado African American woman pioneer)
ACT/SAT TESTING
ESSAY WRITING
FINANCIAL AID
HOW TO GET READY FOR COLLEGE
SUCCESSFULLY INTERVIEWING FOR ADMISSIONS
TEAM BUILDING EXERCISE
THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR HEALTH
SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS HAVE INCLUDED:
Jaime Alverz, Assistant Director of Admissions - CU/Denver
Freddy Burciaga, Outreach Coordinator, College Invest
Waahab Carter--University of Denver
B.Afeni Cobham, Ph.D., Assisant Provost of Student Life, University of Denver
Lawrence Coleman, INROADS
Jide Gamu, Director and Founder of Youth Tree; Colorado
Honorable Michael Hancock, Denver City Council
Jennifer Helgeson--College Invest
Felicia Hilton, Lucile Johnson, Rosalyn Reese--Center for African American Health
Bayonne P. Holmes, Alumna
Orrin C. Hudson--BESOMEONE Org.
Michael Jennings, University of Denver
Gregg Kvistad, Provost, University of Denver
Helen Littlejohn, U.S. Department of Education
Frank Locker--ACT Regional Office, Consultant
Beverly Lumumba, Ph.D.
Cezar O. Mesquita, Office of Admission, University of Denver
Denise Pearson, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Academics, University College
Morris W. Price, Jr. --Consultant
Richard Ramsey, President, LEAD; New York
Lamont Sellers, University of Denver
Sharon Simmons, Assistant Director of Admissions, CU-Denver
Wallace Yvonne Tollette--Western Images Publications
Denise Walden, formerly of University of Denver
Linda J. Williams--The African American Leadership Institute
Marguerita D. Yancy, President-Mothers & Daughters
For more information contact: Veronica White at (303) 871-4195 or vwhite@du.edu.
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University of Denver
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The University of Denver is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.
Revised: 2007