| University of Illinois Springfield Hosts USHLI SLS |
Over 275 high school students attended our Student Leadership Series events on September 21-22. USHLI partnered with the University of Illinois Springfield in a college recruitment fair for high school students and a leadership conference for college students. The SLS events focused on helping students improve their academic performance, graduate, and prepare to transition successfully into some kind of post-secondary education or training.
Our featured speakers were Jimmy Cabrera from Houston, who is ranked among the top motivational speakers in the nation and Andres Lara, "The Cuban Guy" a highly-touted, interactive presenter from Miami.
USHLI would like to thank Dr. Clarice Ford, Associate Dean of Student Services, Jeannie Capranica, Diversity Programs Manager, Vicente Valtierra, Latino Specialist, Diversity Center, and USHLI's GLDP students from the University of Illinois Springfield for organizing and hosting these events.
This was our 27th event of 2012, bringing the total number of students, parents, and professionals served to 37,568 in 18 states. The next stops for the Student Leadership Series are Lansing, MI (9/27), Omaha, NE (9/28), and Chicago, IL (9/29).
The primary goal of the Student Leadership Series is to ensure that every Latino family has a student that is one of the following: the 1st student to graduate high school; the 1st student to enroll in post-secondary education or training; the 1st student to graduate post-secondary education or training. The USHLI 2012 Student Leadership Series officially launched February 16th and consists of Stay-in-School Rallies for middle school and junior high students, Career & College Recruitment Fairs for high school students, Regional Leadership Summits for college students, and, whenever possible, Parent Leadership Training and Professional Development events. |
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