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The White House Recognizes First Graduate College Senior as a Champion of Change (Agente de Cambio)
Making Change, One Child at a Time
Yvette Ramirez, a First Graduate Senior at Harvard University, was just recognized as a “Champion of Change” (Agente de Cambio) - a part of President Obama’s “Winning the Future” initiative (whitehouse.gov/champions).
The White House Recognizes First Graduate College Senior as a “Champion of Change” (Agente de Cambio)
Making Change, One Child at a Time
Yvette Ramirez, a First Graduate Senior at Harvard University, was just recognized as a “Champion of Change” (Agente de Cambio) - a part of President Obama’s “Winning the Future” initiative (whitehouse.gov/champions).
Presentations of Learning 2011
Recently First Graduate's high school students delivered
Presentations of Learning (POLs) to
a group of their peers, parents, and First Graduate volunteers.
A Perspective: Being a College-Bound Freshman by Kelly
Name: Kelly Jimenez
Age: 18
Hometown: San Francisco
College you'll be attending in the fall: City college of San
Francisco
Intended major: Sociology
Q: What made you want to go to college?
A Perspective: Being a College-Bound Freshman by Denis
Name: Denis
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
College you'll be attending in the fall: San Francisco State
Intended major: Biology
Intended career: Not sure yet but something in the medical field
Excerpt taken from article in GOOD, "Beating the Odds: First-Generation College Students Prepare for Freshman Year." Read the full article online at http://bit.ly/p6CPXC.
Q: What made you want to go to college?
A Perspective: Being a College-Bound Freshman by Jesus
Name: Jesus
Hometown: San
Francisco
College you'll be attending in the fall: Pepperdine
University
Excerpt taken from article in GOOD, "Beating the Odds: First-Generation College Students Prepare for Freshman Year." Read the full article online at http://bit.ly/p6CPXC.
A Perspective: Being a College-Bound Freshman by Charlene
Name: Charlene
Hometown: San Francisco
College you'll be attending this fall: U.C. Merced
Excerpt taken from article in GOOD, "Beating the Odds: First-Generation College Students Prepare for Freshman Year." Read the full article online at http://bit.ly/p6CPXC.
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