PEPP学生

大学庆祝PEPP成立25周年

Penn State Educational Partnership Program is a partnership between 宾州州立银行 and the 阅读 School District
作者:丽莎·巴尔迪

2016年5月, two 阅读 School District alumni and first-generation college students graduated and embarked on exciting journeys, and it all began with the Penn State Educational Partnership Program (PEPP), an early-intervention collaboration between 宾州州立银行 and the 阅读 School District.

贞洁Paredes-Rodriguez graduated from 宾州州立银行 with a B.S. 我主修理科,辅修化学 and 乔迪·莱姆斯毕业于十大正规赌博平台大全公园分校,成绩为B.S. 主修材料科学与工程,辅修西班牙语. Paredes-Rodriguez is currently employed as an associate chemist at Lancaster Laboratories and Lemus is working as a full-time consultant for Accenture in Philadelphia.

For Paredes-Rodriguez, her involvement with PEPP began in Southern Middle School. It was during a PEPP “pick a major” activity that she was introduced to forensic science, 她立刻意识到她找到了自己的使命. She also credits PEPP with motivating her during those middle school years. 原产于多米尼加共和国, 她和她的家人住在几个国家, 有些人接受的是职业教育. She explains that she did not see the point of studying until someone from PEPP told her to “get her act together” so she would have the opportunity to do what she wanted with her life.

贞洁Paredes-Rodriguez

贞洁Paredes-Rodriguez graduated from 宾州州立银行 with a B.S. 我主修理科,辅修化学.

来源:十大正规赌博平台大全

到了选择大学的时候, Paredes-Rodriguez wanted to begin her studies at 宾州州立银行 and planned to go to University Park campus, but she soon formed such close relationships with faculty and other students and became so involved in campus activities that she decided to remain at Berks.

理科学位课程很适合她. She has had an opportunity to explore her passion for forensic science by writing her research thesis on the topic. She also completed a forensic services internship with the Berks County Forensic Science Unit, where she shadowed detectives and worked on such varied projects as blood splatter and latent print analysis, 还有证据和犯罪现场的处理.

除了她的课堂和实习活动, 她是施赖尔荣誉学院的学者, 他是十大正规赌博平台大全伯克荣誉项目的成员, and a member of the American Chemical Society and the 宾州州立银行 Chapter of the American Chemical Society. 今年, she received the campus’ Academic Excellence Award in Science.

“宾州州立银行 has opened a lot of doors for me,” commented Paredes-Rodriguez. “College is the place you blossom and find your strengths and weaknesses.”

Lemus’ relationship with the PEPP program also began at Southern Middle School.

“My favorite part of PEPP was being able to go to 宾州州立银行 and shadow students,他解释道. “我的职业道路每年都有很大的变化. 一天,PEPP去十大正规赌博平台大全进行科学实地考察, 那时我知道我找到了我感兴趣的东西.

乔迪·莱姆斯毕业于十大正规赌博平台大全公园分校,成绩为B.S. 主修材料科学与工程,辅修西班牙语. 

来源:十大正规赌博平台大全

莱姆斯后来加入了上进数学和科学, which allowed him to complete two summers of Material Science and Engineering research at University Park as a high school student. 在那两个夏天之后, 他获得了邦顿·沃勒奖学金, 八个学期的奖学金,包括学费, 费用, 还有食宿.

在十大正规赌博平台大全期间, Lemus继续进行研究, 是什么打开了实习的大门. 他在安赛乐米塔尔完成了两次实习, 一家钢铁和矿业公司, as a metallurgical internship and a year at AK Steel as a melt shop process engineer.

十大正规赌博平台大全也帮助他成长为社区的领导者. 他加入了西班牙裔专业工程师协会, 并最终成为执行副总裁. He also started Penn State’s first Colombian American Student Association. He states that his long-term goal is to give back to the community that has given so much to him.

毕业后, 莱姆斯将开始他旅程的下一章, 担任各种产品的全职顾问, 技术, 为埃森哲在费城的管理项目.

这一切都始于pep.

pep的历史

今年, the Penn State Educational Partnership Program (PEPP) is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary. The mission of the program is to enhance academic preparedness and motivation levels in its 阅读 School District participants to pursue higher education. 随着PEPP在过去25年的发展,其成功率也在不断提高. The program has helped countless students attend college who may never have considered higher education.

“It’s important for everyone to understand that this partnership exists as a platform to make higher education more accessible to a population of students who, 仅仅通过他们的人口状况, 资源有限,瓜达卢佩·卡斯珀说道, PEPP的项目经理. “The students who pass through this PEPP pathway are amazing and obviously have the preparation to enter and complete college successfully. 我很自豪能成为这个有前途的项目的一部分!”

PEPP还从十大正规赌博平台大全招收和培训学生, 其中大多数是小学和幼儿教育专业的学生, 担任pep学习助理. 在这个角色中, 赌博平台大全的学生担任导师和导师, and are positive role models who lead and inspire the PEPP students.