College Readiness Track (Recommended for 11th Graders)
- Scholarship Success Boot Camp (1/2 Day session)
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Kim Stezala, a.k.a. The Scholarship Lady www.scholarshipstreet.com |
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Scholarship Success Boot Camp delivers street smart advice to parents and teens on how to approach the
scholarship process like a pro. Families and youth workers who desperately want their children to go to
college, but don't know how to pay for it, will find this intensive, hands-on workshop especially helpful.
Students, parents and mentors will learn the best scholarship tactics and the most common mistakes.
Participants will start their scholarship résumé, build their Team of Champions™, get answers to their
burning questions and much more. A Scholarship Success Workbook is included for each participant.
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- Eprofiles (1/4 Day session)
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Chris Clarke, College Access Coordinator, College Bound eProfiles
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eProfiles is a web-based system that enables TRIO students to electronically compile and highlight their
high school achievements, showcasing themselves to colleges of their interest. eProfiles helps students select
colleges that are a good fit and enables students to begin dialogues with admissions and diversity offices. eProfiles
includes the students in a unique database of similarly situated students that will be viewed by colleges and
universities around the nation.
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- Navigating the Cyber World (1/4 Day session)
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Chris Pohlman, TRIO Staff UW-Green Bay Brandon Ackley, Student Security Officer, UWM Police Department |
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The Internet can be a amazing source of information both for us and about us. Participants will look at how to use the internet
as the resource it can be to assist with the college going process. Discussions including real world impact stories
related to social networking sites like myspace and facebook will delve into what positive and negative affects these sites
can have on admissions, scholarships, internships and employment.
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