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MPowering Kids’ Students Visit Hofstra University

May 27, 2005

MPowering Kids students learned first-hand about attending college during a recent tour of Hofstra University.  For many of the students, this was their first visit to a university campus.

A total of 29 MPowering Kids’ students attended the trip, and were chaperoned by twelve volunteers and MPowering Kids’ staff.  Two MPowering Kids’ volunteers and current Hofstra University students – Liza Shortman and Kristy Pulsch – led the campus tour, which included stops at several classrooms, an art gallery, a dormitory, a dining hall and an auditorium.  The students also enjoyed a stop at the baseball stadium, where they watched Hofstra battle Towson State University.

One of the primary goals of the MPowering Kids program is to equip promising, yet under-privileged children with the skills, habits, and attitudes necessary to succeed in college and in life.  The visit to Hofstra is one of several educational and cultural events MPowering Kids organizes for students each year, and this particular event was designed to let students experience a college campus first-hand so that they can begin to visualize themselves attending college.

Teachers and guidance counselors have noticed a big difference in the students' behavior after they have visited college campuses.  The students now talk about where they are going to college, and are more focused than their peers on school and the goal of a college education.

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