97-07-02 Young Scholars Attend Summer Institute

YOUNG SCHOLARS ATTEND SUMMER INSTITUTE AT OHIO STATE

     COLUMBUS -- For the tenth consecutive summer, The Ohio State
University’s Young Scholars Program is operating a Summer
Institute on the Columbus campus to provide its pre-college
Scholars with an intensive program of academic enrichment, study
and social skills enhancement, and exposure to career
opportunities.

     Last Sunday (6/29), 334 students in grades 9 through 12
arrived to begin their institute.  These Scholars will attend
classes and live in residence halls for three weeks and take part
in career exploration within the various Ohio State colleges.

     The academic curriculum includes classes in math, science,
computers, art, English, music and foreign language.

     “The curriculum is tailored to meet the Scholars’ needs,
emphasize the career exploration component and to integrate the
summer content with the Scholars’ regular year-long instructional
program,” said Todd Williams, Akron coordination for YSP.

     Unlike past summers, all pre-collegiate Scholars, excluding
the 7th and 8th graders, will reside at Ohio State for three
weeks and take classes together.  The 7th and 8th graders will
participate in Summer Institutes in their hometowns: Akron,
Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Lorain, Toledo
and Youngstown.  The institutes offer similar academic and social
programming and run concurrently with the Summer Institute.

     The Summer Institute is also hosting an orientation week
through July 6 for some 150 incoming college freshmen.  These
Scholars will attend sessions on learning expectations and
preparation, time management, critical thinking, career
development and social interaction.

     The Young Scholars Program gives first generation college-
bound Ohio minority students a college education at little or no
cost to the students.  The goal of the program is to increase the
number of underrepresented minority students at the college level
with particular emphasis on African American, Latino American,
Native American, and Appalachian students.

     In 1993, 93 Scholars enrolled in Ohio State, 180 in 1995 and
181 Scholars entered in 1996.  Students are chosen in the sixth
grade based on a written essay, grades and a standardized test by
a committee of educators in their hometowns.  Currently, there
are some 1,700 Scholars in the program.

     Young Scholars are guaranteed admission to Ohio State, along
with financial aid, if they successfully complete the program
through high school graduation with a 3.0 grade point average or
better in a college preparatory curriculum. Students attend two-
hour tutoring sessions twice weekly after school and participate
in career and cultural programs throughout the school year.

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CONTACT: Tracy Turner, university communications, (614) 688-3682.


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Wed, 2 Jul 1997 18:47:13 -0400 (EDT)]
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