By Nick Neptune | Project Liaison
This fall, SLI welcomed twelve new pairs of Latino/a high school students and their undergraduate mentors. We are pleased to welcome them into the SLI community as they begin their pursuit of a higher education.
1) We’re delighted to announce that college acceptances for SLI seniors are arriving weekly! The University of North Carolina at Greensboro has accepted two SLI seniors, as has East Carolina University. We’re also proud to say that one of our seniors has received a full scholarship to Guilford College.
2) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chancellor James Moeser expressed his support for SLI this November when he visited Jordan Matthews High School to meet with the mentors and their students.
3) Janet Jarman, the award-winning photojournalist and documentary producer, who is based in Mexico, will be visiting Jordan Matthews High School February 6th and 7th. Jarman's work has been published in The New York Times, The Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, Newsweek, Fortune, and on MSNBC.COM.
3) SLI students also started a letter writing campaign to thank North Carolina governor Mike Easley for supporting educational access for all undocumented students at NC community colleges, thus strengthening North Carolina’s future economy and its workforce, and maintaining the fight to keep higher education accessible to all people.
4) Plans to expand SLI to two other rural North Carolina counties have been drafted following invitations from several school officials. Keep an eye out for more information on our exciting growth in the next report.
Happy Holidays!
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