Cañada Hosts Priority Enrollment Program Orientation
Wed, 27 April, 2016 at 3:28 pm
Cañada Hosts Priority
Enrollment Program Orientation
Throughout the month of
April, Cañada College’s Outreach Department and the Welcome Center successfully
hosted PEP orientations for incoming freshmen from several Peninsula-based high
schools. The Priority Enrollment Program (PEP) is designed to create an
easy transition from high school graduate to college student. This program also
allows students to have the opportunity to register during the early
registration period for Summer and Fall classes. More than 100 students from our “feeder market”
high schools (Woodside, Sequoia, Menlo-Atherton, Redwood and Carlmont) were in
attendance along with over 50 students from Pescadero, Half Moon Bay,
Jefferson, Mills, Newark Memorial and Burlingame High School.
Students and parents
were welcome by Interim President Jennifer Hughes and learned about her community
college experience and how important it is to be involved and ask for help
meanwhile being involved in programs. Parents also discovered the available
services and academic programs on campus and how they can support their
students to achieve academic excellence. Students attended presentations from the Financial Aid
program that detailed the availability of aid at the college, loans, grants,
scholarship and money management. Students also learned about the importance of
joining programs including Math Jam, EOPS, Honors Transfer Program and Colts
Academy. The Office of Student Life & Leadership Development and the Cañada
College Student Ambassadors shared the opportunity to become involved on campus
through joining clubs or student government.
The success of PEP
wouldn't have been possible without the collaboration of Colts Academy, STEM
Center, Honor Transfer Program, ASCC, EOPS, Financial Aid and the Welcome
Center. Thank you to everyone who participated in welcoming our newest students
to Cañada!
