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On January 31, hundreds of high school and college students from all over Rhode Island got their FAFSA financial aid form filled out and submitted online as part of College Goal Sunday RI 2010. The Rhode Island Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators sponsored the event at six sites across the state. College Crusade staff [...]

Crusaders from three Providence middle schools are reaching for the stars – literally! Since September, 50 seventh graders have been attending our afterschool science workshops in astronomy, held in partnership with URI’s Pathways for Success in Science and Technology program. They researched the solar system, modeled clay planets, worked with astrophotography from Harvard University’s Chandra [...]

College Goal Sunday is January 31, 2010! Make a plan now to come and get free help applying for financial aid! Don’t know about College Goal Sunday? Get some answers on this page.

Advisors and program staff from The College Crusade are working in partnership with the RI Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and other [...]

Three students from Providence College organized a fundraising event for The College Crusade as a project for their Organizational Theory class this term! Project team members (left to right) were junior Ben Farrer of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; junior Ben Cerroni of Dublin, N.H.; and senior Andrew Kelley of Wakefield, R.I. They chose a fun venue [...]

On November 14, a hundred middle school and high school Crusaders at Saturday Cru Club welcomed a special visitor – Senator Jack Reed! Senator Reed visited classes in the morning and then joined us for a big celebration and awards ceremony. One of the speakers for the event was Chanravy Proeung, a Cru Club instructor [...]

“Lead with your strengths. Be yourself. Don’t close any doors. Ask yourself, what am I really interested in finding out about this college? Ask the college, can you take me where I want to go?”
Dozens of high school Crusaders, and their families, got loads of great advice recently at the 2009 Regional College Fair, held [...]

Brian Estrada was awarded the Laura Rendón Community Service Scholarship during the 2009 Youth Leadership Summit for GEAR UP participants hosted in San Francisco last month! The $1,000 scholarship is given on the basis of a written essay and the recipient’s contributions during the national summit. Only two scholarships were awarded. Congratulations, Brian!

Five members of our program staff are attending the 2009 NCCEP/GEAR UP Conference in San Francisco, July 19-22. The theme for this year’s nationwide gathering is “GEAR UP at the Forefront: Leading the Way in College Access.” During the four-day event, our staff will participate in meetings and workshops and share best practices with other [...]

On June 27, Crusaders and their families celebrated the end of the school year at a RISD Museum Free-for-All Saturday. Their Crusade E-Mentors joined in the fun! They all enjoyed workshops, performances, and the famous museum “gallery quest,” which sends visitors dashing around in search of art objects marked on a map. Crusaders who located [...]

On June 24, students from the High School Crusade Advisory Board delivered a check for $2,500 to The Tomorrow Fund, which provides daily financial and emotional support to children with cancer and their families receiving treatment at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence. The High School CAB raised the funds as a community service project by [...]