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United Church of Christ group -
Placing inner-city students in United States colleges
Placing inner-city students in United States colleges
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The United Church of Christ group, based in Columbus, Ohio, has been working through the Grace and Staff Community Development homework programme, to help students from mostly inner-city communities to earn a tertiary education.
All eight have earned at least a postgraduate degree, head of the group, Heather Biggers, told The Gleaner, and this summer they are working to help 24 other students get into colleges in the U.S.
Some of those eight students are working on doctoral degrees in areas such as physics, while others are doing postgraduate degrees in dentistry, accounting and another law.
For Heather, the whole experience with these youths started one summer while vacationing on the north coast . . .
All eight have earned at least a postgraduate degree, head of the group, Heather Biggers, told The Gleaner, and this summer they are working to help 24 other students get into colleges in the U.S.
Some of those eight students are working on doctoral degrees in areas such as physics, while others are doing postgraduate degrees in dentistry, accounting and another law.
For Heather, the whole experience with these youths started one summer while vacationing on the north coast . . .
Source: The Gleaner
Gareth Manning
May 18, 2006
Gareth Manning
May 18, 2006
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Ronesha Rhoden
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2007
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Sanjay Buchanan
Sanjay is a new student to the Progam, who has his manifesto to success planed to the 'T'. He is supportive of teamwork, positive thinking and the satisfaction of knowing when one have put their best effort forward. . .
The CATALYST Mission Relationship has been going for eleven years now, and a lot of students have passed through the "system". Some of them have gone on to further their studies, for example; Kerry-Ann Stewart, who is currently completing her PhD in Neuroscience, and Samuel Pyne, who is almost finished with his Masters in Computer Engineering at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU). Others, however, who have been in the "system" for a long time have completed their academic studies and have gone on to start a family and give back to their communities, for example; Taneisha Thompson, who is may now be referred to as Mrs. Taneisha Ng. She was married in May 2007 in Westmoreland, Jamaica.
Since the initiation of the Program, our students have done - and continue to do well. The secondary students in Kingston, Jamaica are our main focus at the moment. We need to get them into college.
You can get a glimpse of some of the top performing students by having a look at their profiles, which are provided on the following pages.
Since the initiation of the Program, our students have done - and continue to do well. The secondary students in Kingston, Jamaica are our main focus at the moment. We need to get them into college.
You can get a glimpse of some of the top performing students by having a look at their profiles, which are provided on the following pages.
| Chantelle Grant |
| Chantol Dormer |
| Christine Granston |
| Christopher Rose |
| Chatoto Adams |
| Davia Shuttleworth |
| Delmar Francis |
| Denise Francis |