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from the issue of September 7, 2006
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UNL, Grand Island students celebrate college opportunity
GRAND ISLAND - Forty Grand Island Senior High School freshmen have joined a new club - one intent on getting all 40 of them in to the 2010 entering class at UNL.
On Aug. 21, the UNL "College Preparatory Academy" at Grand Island celebrated the start of four years of study, dedication, companionship and support from Grand Island educators and UNL faculty and administration.
As part of a first partnership between UNL and a high school with historically lower attendance at college, and a goal to improve attendance at college among students in underrepresented groups, UNL and Grand Island Senior High School are piloting the College Preparatory Academy to help guide this group of freshmen to college and help them succeed there. By getting good grades, participating in special opportunities, classes and with some help from both faculties along the way, the students will earn admittance and scholarships to UNL.
Grand Island's college attendance rate for high school graduates is about 60 percent - and this pilot program intends to address that by targeting high-ability students who are motivated to attend college, but aren't sure about how to reach that goal on their own. Students selected have family income below 150 percent of the poverty level, are a first-generation college prospect and demonstrated academic promise and ability.
GO TO: ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 7
NEWS HEADLINES FOR SEPTEMBER 7
Year in Review
15 proposals for teaching, learning excellence funded
Air Force ROTC sweeps national honors
Awards and Honors
Beef scholars program begins
Big Event draws more than 1,000 campus volunteers
BIT Mobile rolls across Nebraska
Buffett, Gates visit campus
Cassman directs energy center
Chemist creates synthetic bone
Circle of Nations hosted by UNL
Civil Rights marcher gives keynote address in MLK observance
Combined campaign raises $331,994
Committees lay foundation for general education reform
Core Values: Achievement
Core Values: Diversity
Core Values: Engagement
Core Values: Excellence
Core Values: Learning
Core Values: Research and Creative Activity
Core Values: Stewardship
Eight students chalk awards
Energy research partners UNL scientists, public power
Engineering opens 2006 with new lab
Excellence in Brief
Faculty earn top teaching, research honors
Fall semester opens with LGBTQ minor
Five faculty members earn Fulbright honors
Four record CAREER grants
Franco takes student affairs helm
Ginsburg tenders two UNL lectures
Hurricane Briefs
Journalism issues two depth reports
Learning community builds on Thompson Forum speakers
Libraries expand Cather collections
NaBRO lands 5-year Korean bridge project
Natural Resources moves to Hardin Hall
NU Directions hailed as model program
Partnership aims at commercialized cholesterol fighter
Program aimed at next generation of researchers
Program cards a first
Psych symposium examines lesbian, gay, bisexual identities
Research funding tops $100 million milestone
Research on campus
Retention drive launched
Robots participate in 18-day mission
Sheldon revives tradition
Theatre Arts honors Carson
Three new majors offered to students
Transportation Center earns grant
University takes new tack in accreditation
UNL aids $5M wheat effort
UNL among top 50 colleges
UNL, Grand Island students celebrate college opportunity
UNL students approve new culture center
UNL updates online image
Weisz helps shape court's handling of abused and neglected children
Year in Review issue can be downloaded in pdf format
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