High school students from city schools and around the world will converge on campus this summer as part of two programs designed to give them first-hand experience of life at a world renowned university.
Six students from the New Haven Public Schools will live on campus as part of a Yale summer program designed to foster academic and personal growth among the city's minority students.
The Shafer Family of New Haven has provided resources since 1980 to fund a number of Shafer Summer Scholarships for Yale summer programs. In 1991 Mark Shafer '37 B.A., a New Haven native, established an endowment that makes it possible for five or six New Haven minority high school students to attend Yale programs each summer.
These students apply to the program through the guidance counselors of their schools. Yale bases its admission decisions on the students' academic achievement and leadership potential. The scholarships include full tuition for two 5-week regular Yale College courses during the summer, room and board to live on-campus in one of Yale's residential colleges, and $450 for books and a general spending allowance.
This year's students are: Chevaunne Breland of Hillhouse High School; L'Nyr Herbert of Hill Regional Career Magnet High School; Carla Jackson of the High School in the Community; Diane Lazo of Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School; Chang Liu of Wilbur Cross High School; and Brandon Timmone of Hillhouse High School.
High school students from around the world will come to Yale this summer as part of the Exploration Summer Program -- more commonly known as "Explo."
Explo is a tuition-based program for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors who hail from 30 different countries as well as the United States. The program includes studies in acting and directing, existential philosophy, chemistry and performance poetry. The first session runs June 29-July 19, and the second session is July 20-Aug. 9.
For each of the past 18 years, gifted high school students from across the nation and around the world have taken part in the program originally held at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. This year's two 3-week programs held at Yale are designed to prepare students for college life and offer them the opportunity to take classes in areas that they might not otherwise be exposed to in school. Much of the program's success is credited to the enthusiasm of its teachers, who are recruited from top colleges and universities, including Yale, Brown, New York University and Princeton.
Included among the Explo students will be 60 commuters from Greater New Haven and Fairfield County, and several scholarships were offered this year to New Haven area students. While attending Explo, students reside in the Old Campus freshman dormitories and dine at Yale Commons.
The program is hosted by Yale College Conference Services. For more information, call (203) 432-1777.
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