Announcements

In Another Opinion with CV ED, Nick Figueroa

Big thanks to the host, Peter Wells!

Click here to watch: https://youtu.be/QczpKLWVFcc

GivingTuesday: #MyGivingStory Contest

College Visions alumni, Emmanuel “Manny” Ventura has a story to share!

For this upcoming Giving Tuesday, he decided to support CV first-generation students by sharing his story in hopes that you’ll join him!

How you ask? Vote for his #MyGivingStory ONCE PER DAY!
The 20 stories to garner the most votes by December 10th will be sent to a panel of judges and have a chance to win up to $10,000!

To hear Manny’s story and vote, please visit: https://binkd.co/zVhR1

AND on the actual day of GivingTuesday, December 3rd, we will be raising money to support the Emergency Grant Fund!

Your support is powerful. Your support provides access. Your support builds a community. #MyGivingStory #GivingTuesday19 #MarkYourCalendars

Volunteer at College Visions’ Interview Prep Day!

Join us for our annual Interview Prep Day!
It’s a time to help high school seniors prepare for their college interviews by serving as a mock interviewer and providing them with constructive feedback. It’s a great way to work directly with students and support them on their path to college.

Date: Saturday, October 19, 2019
Time: 11am-1pm
Location: CIC Providence- District Hall
225 Dyer Street
Providence, RI 02903

Questions? Please contact Monephia at monephia@collegevisions.org

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