Newsletter March 2017

Students in RIT’s Higher Education Opportunity Program care about their education. Most HEOP students are the first in their families to attend college, let alone attend a competitive private university like RIT. Hailing from low income households, HEOP students depend on New York State’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) to help meet their college costs.

A career fair can open doors to desirable employment opportunities, but “not all students have the ability to just go and buy a new outfit for an interview,” shared Bernadette Lynch, Director of I’m First. “We’ve created a tradition, set an expectation, but we couldn’t do it without the support of our volunteers and donors,” said Lynch in gratitude.

Many high school students would benefit from real-world and timely access to college-career exploration programs, like the College, Accounting and You (CAY) spearheaded by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion,  the Saunders College of Business,  and the long standing investment and partnership of Rochester’s PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) branch.