Tag: Alumni news
Alumni Careers in Sports Media
Welcome to the first ever edition of Crusade Career Tracks. We are interviewing Crusade alums about their career choices and goals! Click on the link to read what Renee Lavoie ’04 and Andersen Deossa ’09 have to say about working in sports media. Stay tuned for more alumni career stories soon!
Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Alumni news.
Tags: Alumni news
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Alumni Advice for Seniors: Get Ready!
“Get your applications done early. Don’t procrastinate. Take advantage of all your opportunities to meet people and build your personal networks. Embrace the freedom and responsibility that will come with the college experience. Make an investment in your own future.” Crusaders at our Getting to College Workshop on Saturday, October 22, heard all this great [...]
Posted: October 25th, 2011 under Alumni news, High school.
Tags: Alumni news, college applications, financial aid
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It’s About Choices
High school Crusaders participating in our weeklong Choices program at Brown University had a treat on Friday – a visiting panel of six Crusade alumni dropped in to talk about important choices they have made. Recent alums Chris Calderon ’10, Yvonne Snead ’10, and Edgar Meza-Lopez ’11 offered their perspectives on what worked for them [...]
Posted: July 18th, 2011 under Alumni news, High school.
Tags: Alumni news, Brown University, careers
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Celebrating Crusade Alumni
Sixteen alumni of The College Crusade joined us for our annual dinner in June and gathered for this impressive group portrait. Several of the professionals in this photo are currently working on our staff as Crusade Advisors. The others are employed in fields as diverse as education, law, human services, research science, and business. They [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2011 under Advisors, Alumni news, Events.
Tags: advisors, Alumni news
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Meet Our Saturday CAAP Staff
Our Saturday Crusade Adventure & Academic Program, a.k.a. Saturday CAAP, is a fun and challenging 10-week adventure education course that is a rite of passage for every middle school Crusader. CAAP is off to a flying start at Roger Williams Middle School, in Providence, and Veteran’s Memorial Elementary School, in Central Falls. We are excited [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2010 under Middle school.
Tags: Alumni news, CAAP
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Summer News Digest 2010
We just sent out our 2010 Summer News Digest. If you aren’t a subscriber, you can find links to all the articles here! Alumni Success Stories Melissa Amaral graduated from Brown University with a double major in Anthropology and Archaeology in 2008. She currently is employed as a College Advisor for the Phipps Community Education [...]
Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Alumni news, Funders and supporters.
Tags: Alumni news, news digest, supporters
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Crusade Alum Helps Teach Media Literacy
This summer, a group of high school Crusaders are working together to analyze media imagery with the help of Victor Omoayo, a Crusade alum who is teaching in our Media Literacy program. Victor is a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School in Providence. He went on to earn a B.A. in Journalism from the University [...]
Posted: July 22nd, 2010 under Alumni news, High school.
Tags: Alumni news, writing
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Lisette Gomes Wins the Cole Scholarship
Congratulations to College Crusade alum Lisette Gomes, who recently received the Eddie M. Cole Scholarship for minority students at the University of Toledo College of Law. Lisette graduated from Central Falls High School in 2004 and then earned a B.A. in Psychology from Salve Regina University in 2008. She is in her second year of [...]
Posted: April 22nd, 2010 under Alumni news.
Tags: Alumni news, central falls, Salve Regina University
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A TV Debut for Sarah Ogundare
Ninth-grade Crusader Sarah Ogundare was a guest on the Jim Vincent Show this month! Sarah, who is a student at William M. Davies Jr. Career Tech High School, talked with Jim about her experience as a Crusader and her plans for college. Joining her for the interview was College Crusade CEO Todd Flaherty. The video [...]
Posted: March 23rd, 2010 under High school.
Tags: Alumni news, crusader highlights
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Thanks to Senator Jack Reed
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 [...]
Posted: November 23rd, 2009 under Cru Club, Events, High school, Middle school.
Tags: Alumni news, careers, Cru Club, crusader highlights, J&W
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