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Puente
Tours Los Angeles Colleges: Several Puente
students, along with Puente Counselor Jacquie,
rented a van and drove to Los Angeles during Spring
Break for a tour of the University of Southern
California (USC) and the University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA). USC, a prestigious
private-university located in Los Angeles, boasts
schools of Architecture, Dentistry, Engineering,
Medicine, Pharmacy, and the famous School of
Cinema-Theatre (with alumni including George Lucas
and Steven Spielberg). UCLA, one of nine campuses
in the University of California system, is known
for its high caliber of faculty and future leaders
it produces as well as its programs in Engineering
and Theatre. During the college visit, students got
the opportunity to tour these campuses as well as
visit various offices of interest. But before
visiting the colleges, students took some "fun
time" to visit the Disneyland Theme Park in
Anaheim, California. Although the park was crowded
with Spring Break visitors from all over the
country, students got the opportunity to ride the
many attractions. Overall, the LA trip was a great
success! An Update
on the Puente English class: Students have begun a
collaborative paper, two students working together
to write one paper that incorporates research, on
the book we are currently reading Harvest of
Empire : A History of Latinos in America by
Juan Gonzalez. The book covers 500 years-from the
first New World colonies to the turn of the
millennium-and examines how Latinos (Puerto Ricans,
Mexicans, Cubans, Dominicans, Central Americans,
Colombians, and Panamanians) have shaped and
transformed our nation's cultural landscape.
Mark your
calendars, as our April event has been
chosen… On Friday, March 15th,
Puente students attended UC Berkeley to tour its
beautiful campus. As part of the agenda, Puente
students met with UC Berkeley representatives who
discussed admissions requirements, selective
majors, and financial aid information. Afterwards,
students were led on a tour of the scenic UC
campus, learning interesting facts along the way.
Did you know that 8 current UCB faculty members
hold a Nobel Prize and there are 18 in total who
have received one? And did you know that UCB has
over 30 libraries with over nine million volumes?
After lunching on pizza and coke on Shattuck Avenue
which was bustling with UCB students, Puente
students were treated to a motivating and
information packed scholarship seminar conducted by
Mariana Sierra, a current Puente mentor and an
Industrial Engineering major at UC Berkeley.
Mariana, and several of her fellow classmates from
an education class at UCB, provided students with
information on scholarships, internships, and
housing. In addition, the UCB students touched upon
their experiences of transferring from a community
college to UCB, class demands, and the social life
at UCB. Overall, we all had a really great day and
a fun trip!!! |
