CV College Access Advisor, Dionna Jenkins, has been published in the Chicago Policy Review!! Please check out: “It’s More Than Admissions: Rethinking NYC’s High School Diversity Problem” at the link below. It is an amazing contribution to education policy and equity that offers an abundance of insight, critical thinking, and robust propositions.
bit.ly/dionnacpr
Woonsocket Opening!
As we first announced at our Spring Celebration in May, CV has expanded to Woonsocket. This is the first time that we will serve significant numbers of students outside of Providence and the surrounding cities. This initiative will enable us to expand our footprint, increase the number of students in our College Access Program by 50%, and serve another high-need, under-resourced community in our state. And it will be a new model for us, as we will take our programming into a school setting with a CV college advisor, and newest member of the team- Joshua Santos, based at Woonsocket High School. We couldn’t be more excited about this new partnership with Woonsocket High and the Woonsocket Education Department.
Professional of the Year: Lariona Jacobs
Congratulations to an extraordinary employee, Lariona Jacobs, for being recognized as a NEACAC Professional of the Year!
“This award identifies several individuals from all six New England states whose contributions to the field of college admission and counseling deserve such recognition. Award recipients are strong and ethical advocates for students and/or their institutions and have a proven record of accomplishment throughout their careers. They demonstrate honesty, patience, thoroughness, and sensitivity in their work with students, parents, and colleagues. They are mentors, leaders, and consummate professionals!
College Visions Names Executive Director
Providence, RI.
The College Visions Board of Directors announced that Tina Meetran has been named the next Executive Director of College Visions. This change is effective July 27, 2020.
According to College Visions Board Chair Deborah Obalil, “I am extremely proud to announce that Tina Meetran will be the next Executive Director of College Visions. Tina is an accomplished alum of College Visions, and her leadership presents an exciting new phase for our organization. The CV Board is committed to building organizational leadership that reflects the students and communities that the organization serves and Tina is an extremely talented embodiment of that goal.”
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Advising Undocumented Students in Rhode Island for College Access
Our mission at College Visions is to empower low-income and first-generation college-bound students to realize the promise of higher education by providing advising and resources to promote college enrollment, persistence, and graduation. College Visions advances equal access to educational opportunities in historically under-served communities.
At College Visions, we believe our work is an embodiment of our core values:
– Empathetic, compassionate, and transformative relationships drive strong organizations.
– Equity creates strong communities.
– In our community we honor the voice, agency, and identities of all.
– Success means reaching our goals through hard work, failure and growth.
We live and operate through these values daily within our two core programs, the College Access Program (CAP) and the Kolajo Paul Afolabi College Success Program (CSP).
The College Access Program provides the intensive, individualized advising that closes the gap between college aspirations and college enrollment for first-generation, low-income students. Students are provided with one-on-one admissions advising, college knowledge workshops, campus visits, family engagement opportunities, access to technology, financial aid coaching.
The College Success Program provides our college students and graduates of CAP with continued support through college. Students are provided with one-on-one coaching, college success workshops, connection with on-campus resources, transfer coaching, financial aid renewal assistance, and access to our emergency grant fund.
Both of our programs are free to our students and are supplemented with providing social-emotional support for our students. At College Visions, we understand that the journey to and through college can be met with many different challenges, as well as the great successes, especially for first-generation low-income students. We are proud to be a resource for our students, help them navigate through different challenges, and celebrate their accomplishments.
Tina Meetran
College Access Program Director
College Visions
CLICK HERE to download the guide: Advising Undocumented Students in Rhode Island for College Access, 2019-2020
