Whether you are at work this summer or enjoying a well-deserved break from school, greetings from Nevada State GEAR UP! We thank you for encouraging your students to take part in our many college-readiness activities this summer throughout the state to hit the ground running as in the new school year beginning next month. Whether your students are entering college this fall or have one more year of high school, thank you for all you are doing to make our students ready for life after graduation!
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 TMCC Dual Credit |
The Dual Credit program at TMCC wrapped up on June 29th, with some 35 GEAR UP students attending this summer. Students enjoyed it, as you can hear from the reviews:
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My two favorite activities were watching documentaries because they were really interesting, and having Oscar Delgado come to tell us his story."
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My favorite parts were the group projection, tutoring, and having lunch." Thank you Mari Jiminez-Ortiz for yet another successful dual-credit summer!
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| Men's Conference at Nevada State |
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Nevada State College Ambassador Nick Mathews and new College of Southern Nevada Ambassador Sean Tory, along with several other local community leaders, facilitated the annual King of Jewels conference for young men on June 28-30 on both the NSC and UNLV campuses. Guest speakers talked about being responsible members of the community, pursuing excellence in high school and at work, and making college a realistic goal. There was even a poetry reading which everyone enjoyed.
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| WNC GEAR UP Transition Day |
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On Tuesday, July 10
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, Western Nevada College hosted a Summer Transition Event for GEAR UP students from Yerington High School. WNC Ambassador Jason McGill and GBC Ambassador Alex Porter led the students through a number of college-readiness activities, dispelled myths about what being a college student is like, and introduced both WNC and GBC as great places to pursue degrees after high school!
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| July Blog: Jason McGill |
Jason McGill, GEAR UP Ambassador at Western Nevada College, is our featured blogger this month. Check out what he has to say about his work
here!
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| UNLV STEM Summer Camp |
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Nine GEAR UP students are participating in the inaugural UNLV STEM Summer Camp from July 9-27. The camp is directed by Dr. Daniel Asera (UNLV) and sponsored by the Hughes College of Engineering and the Division of Educational Outreach. GEAR UP Ambassador Coordinator Daniel Villanueva gave the opening address before students headed off to various classes including math history and modeling, digital design, engineering design, AI & Robotics, Python programming, and Early Outreach (taught partially by members of the UNLV GEAR UP team). We look forward to sending more students to next year's STEM camp!
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A large contingent from Nevada has just finished attending the NCCEP/GEAR UP national conference in Washington, DC, shouting out LOUD during roll call Monday morning! Daniel Villanueva, Janet Stake, Nick Mathews, Alex Porter, and Emily Crawford presented on the Ambassador program, and Mari Jimenez-Ortiz presented on the TMCC dual credit program. Over 35 GEAR UP Nevada professionals and students took part - pictured below are just a few in our delegation! We are all coming back to Nevada energized to begin the new school year.
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New CSN Ambassador: Sean Tory!
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NSHE welcomes Sean Tory to the GEAR UP team as our new CSN Ambassador.
BIO: "I attended Canyon Springs Leadership & Law Preparatory Academy during high school and was apart of the magnet program there. Received Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Nevada, Reno. After graduating from UNR, I received my Master of Science Degree from UNLV in Marriage and Family Therapy. I am a father of two beautiful girls and I spend my time volunteering in the community in youth auxiliary groups and assisting people as a personal stylist."
Welcome again, Sean!
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Summer Programs
Space is still available
We have a lot of summer programs planned and there is still space in several of them. The Summer Academy is full. For current availability, please contact Daniel Villanueva at
dvillanueva@nshe.nevada.edu.
See the listing below.
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Youth Leadership Summit
July 25-27
UNLV/NSC/CSN
This is an overnight experience.
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Senior Boot Camp
July 26-27
UNR
No overnight stay.
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Senior Boot Camp Rural NV
August 8-10
UNR
This is an overnight experience.
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Rising Freshman Workshops
July 20, 27
August 10, 17, 24
UNR
For those attending UNR in the fall.
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September 23-29
It is never too early to start planning your activities for GEAR UP Week! Let us know what you have planned so we can share it on social media!
This is a great time to show your community that #GEARUPWorks!
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College Application Month
September - October
Shortly after the new school year begins, it will be time to dive into college applications and FAFSAs! We will again be tracking students that participate in college application events. For more information, contact Janet Stake at
jstake@nshe.nevada.edu .
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March 20-22, 2019
Nevada State College
Save-the-Date! We have confirmed the date and location for the next CoNVerge Conference! We hope to see you there!! Like and follow CoNVerge on social media:
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