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\ WEDNESDAY July 21st 1971 BELLINGHAM RECYCLE ALL PAPER / Project Overcome Helps Disadvantaged Students In 'Fairly Successful' Program Photo By LOREN BLISS An Interview With Director Lucy Thomas By JOHN STOLPE Editor Encouraging young culturally, socially and economically deprived high school students that it is to their advantage to get a college education is not any easy task—especially when some people believe that such disadvantaged youth have no business in college in the first place. For Lucy Thomas, director of Western's pioneering Project Overcome, it is all part of a hard day's work. Miss Thomas heads a three-person staff here--which assists deprived students in their difficult transition from high school into college. Project Overcome began on this campus eight years ago when only six programs of its type existed in the United States. Today, there are 294 similar programs across the nation, most called Upward Bound. The project here involves 100 students-50 of them high school seniors, and the other half entering college freshmen. The racial mixture is maintained close to one third each black, white and indian/chicano. There are no intelligence tests for students chosen to enter Project Overcome, Miss Thomas explains, the project admits students on the basis of recommendations by high school counselors and other students participating in the project. "We purposely do not choose students with high grades," Miss Thomas explained. "We are interested in students who normally would not complete high school or college, although they show the potential for achievement." Although admission regulations are academically slack, the students are required to read at a seventh grade level, at least. The project has had some difficulty in recruiting chicano students, because many spend the summers in the fields with their parents. But now the project is planning to go out into the fields and bring the program to the students, instead of the students travelling to the program. During the time the students are "under the wing" of Project Overcome personnel and programming, they are given a great deal of help to stay in school and later to enter a college of their choice—not necessarily Western, although the greatest percentage does. "We purchase books and clothing for the students, if they heed them to stay in school," Miss Thomas said. "We have even provided medical assistance." During the summer, all the students are brought to campus under a special residential program for six weeks beginning June 30. Here they attend special classes and receive counseling help from college personnel in areas of finance, curriculum and so forth. During the normal part of the year, the high school senior half of the project is visited at least once a month by Overcome staffers. They give additional counseling assistance to the students and tend to their needs, if any. The entering freshmen, veterans of a previous summer's experience on campus and through-the-year counseling, attend the final summer session and then are pretty much on their own. "They are technically out of our hands after Sept. 1," Miss Thomas explained. Project Overcome does not come cheap. It is estimated that it costs the taxpayers about $1,000 annually to keep one student in the p ogram. The project here at Western is kept afloat with an annual $126,000 in federal and non-federal funds. The college contribution is comparatively very little—the project, though, uses all of the college facilities. How successful is Project Overcome? The project here does not escape evaluation, although most of the evaluation is done by the project director and her staff and students involved in the program. One tangible evaluation item is the statistical fact that 39 of the project's 50 students who enter the program each year will actually enter college. Getting the students into college is the project's primary goal. Miss Thomas said that at. least 20 of those 50 students will attain the equivalent of an associate of arts degree. She said that in a couple of years the project will have accurate data revealing the number of students who actually attain a full college degree. "We have been fairly successful," Miss Thomas said. "However, the college has not met us all the way." She added: "Many of these students are placed in the same classes with students who have much higher grade point averages, and those same disadvantaged students are expected to keep up with the rest of them . . . for many it has been difficult and frustrating." Miss Thomas said the project needs special classes for its students—classes which the college has not yet provided. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) X. WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE, VOLUME 63, NUMBER^
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Title | Western Front - 1971 July 21 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 63, no. 64 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | July 21, 1971 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1971-07-21 |
Year Published | 1971 |
Decades | 1970-1979 |
Original Publisher | Western Washington State College, Bellingham, WA |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor | John Stolpe, editor; Larry Lemon, managing editor; Pat Brennen, associate editor; Carolyn Hill, copy editor; Lyn Watts, outdoors editor; Loren Bliss, photo editor |
Staff | Brad Leff, business manager; Ed Hodder, ad manager; Jim McConnell, photographer; Staff reporters: Kem Akers; Mike Caven; Arlene Jones; Brian Morris; Fred Radebaugh; Dan Tolva |
Photographer | Loren Bliss; Jim McConnell |
Faculty Advisor | Stannard, R.E. Jr. |
Article Titles | Project overcome helps disadvantaged students in fairly successful program / by John Stolpe (p.1) -- $100,000 to be spent on innovative education / by Pat Brennen (p.2) -- Sucia offers naturalists and gourmets delight (p.2) -- Migrant leaders-we'll strike (p.2) -- Enter a world of make-believe (p.3) -- Front editorials (p.4) -- Campus briefs (p.4) -- Female Eunuch-checklist for women's lib (p.5) -- Campus forum / by Henry Schwarz (p.5) -- Bust service established to fight high bail fees / by Brian Morris (p.6) -- Burns eyes future of Bellingham government / by Roy Hanson (p.6) -- Overcome (p.6) -- Superegg survives plunge (p.7) -- Campus briefs (p.6) -- Superegg survives plunge (p.7) -- Campus briefs (p.7) -- Boyfriend sets summer tempo / by Mike Caven (p.8) -- Happenings (p.8) |
Photographs | [Three photos of Lucy Thomas] (p.1) -- Sam Kelly (p.2) -- [Professor Douglas Vander Yacht and children] (p.3) -- Henry Schwarz (p.5) -- [Two students tossing eggs out the window] (p.7) -- [One surviving egg] (p.7) -- [Spectators watching the egg toss] (p.7) -- [Two unidentified actors from 'Boyfriend'] (p.8) |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261544388 |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 41 x 28 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2011. |
Identifier | WF_19710721.pdf |
Contributor | The digitized WWU student newspapers are made possible by the generous support of Don Hacherl and Cindy Hacherl (Class of 1984) and Bert Halprin (Class of 1971). |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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Title | Western Front - 1971 July 21 - Page 1 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 63, no. 64 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | July 21, 1971 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1971-07-21 |
Year Published | 1971 |
Decades | 1970-1979 |
Original Publisher | Western Washington State College, Bellingham, WA |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor | John Stolpe, editor; Larry Lemon, managing editor; Pat Brennen, associate editor; Carolyn Hill, copy editor; Lyn Watts, outdoors editor; Loren Bliss, photo editor |
Staff | Brad Leff, business manager; Ed Hodder, ad manager; Jim McConnell, photographer; Staff reporters: Kem Akers; Mike Caven; Arlene Jones; Brian Morris; Fred Radebaugh; Dan Tolva |
Faculty Advisor | Stannard, R.E. Jr. |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261544388 |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 41 x 28 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2011. |
Identifier | WF_19710721.pdf |
Contributor | The digitized WWU student newspapers are made possible by the generous support of Don Hacherl and Cindy Hacherl (Class of 1984) and Bert Halprin (Class of 1971). |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
Full Text | \ WEDNESDAY July 21st 1971 BELLINGHAM RECYCLE ALL PAPER / Project Overcome Helps Disadvantaged Students In 'Fairly Successful' Program Photo By LOREN BLISS An Interview With Director Lucy Thomas By JOHN STOLPE Editor Encouraging young culturally, socially and economically deprived high school students that it is to their advantage to get a college education is not any easy task—especially when some people believe that such disadvantaged youth have no business in college in the first place. For Lucy Thomas, director of Western's pioneering Project Overcome, it is all part of a hard day's work. Miss Thomas heads a three-person staff here--which assists deprived students in their difficult transition from high school into college. Project Overcome began on this campus eight years ago when only six programs of its type existed in the United States. Today, there are 294 similar programs across the nation, most called Upward Bound. The project here involves 100 students-50 of them high school seniors, and the other half entering college freshmen. The racial mixture is maintained close to one third each black, white and indian/chicano. There are no intelligence tests for students chosen to enter Project Overcome, Miss Thomas explains, the project admits students on the basis of recommendations by high school counselors and other students participating in the project. "We purposely do not choose students with high grades," Miss Thomas explained. "We are interested in students who normally would not complete high school or college, although they show the potential for achievement." Although admission regulations are academically slack, the students are required to read at a seventh grade level, at least. The project has had some difficulty in recruiting chicano students, because many spend the summers in the fields with their parents. But now the project is planning to go out into the fields and bring the program to the students, instead of the students travelling to the program. During the time the students are "under the wing" of Project Overcome personnel and programming, they are given a great deal of help to stay in school and later to enter a college of their choice—not necessarily Western, although the greatest percentage does. "We purchase books and clothing for the students, if they heed them to stay in school," Miss Thomas said. "We have even provided medical assistance." During the summer, all the students are brought to campus under a special residential program for six weeks beginning June 30. Here they attend special classes and receive counseling help from college personnel in areas of finance, curriculum and so forth. During the normal part of the year, the high school senior half of the project is visited at least once a month by Overcome staffers. They give additional counseling assistance to the students and tend to their needs, if any. The entering freshmen, veterans of a previous summer's experience on campus and through-the-year counseling, attend the final summer session and then are pretty much on their own. "They are technically out of our hands after Sept. 1," Miss Thomas explained. Project Overcome does not come cheap. It is estimated that it costs the taxpayers about $1,000 annually to keep one student in the p ogram. The project here at Western is kept afloat with an annual $126,000 in federal and non-federal funds. The college contribution is comparatively very little—the project, though, uses all of the college facilities. How successful is Project Overcome? The project here does not escape evaluation, although most of the evaluation is done by the project director and her staff and students involved in the program. One tangible evaluation item is the statistical fact that 39 of the project's 50 students who enter the program each year will actually enter college. Getting the students into college is the project's primary goal. Miss Thomas said that at. least 20 of those 50 students will attain the equivalent of an associate of arts degree. She said that in a couple of years the project will have accurate data revealing the number of students who actually attain a full college degree. "We have been fairly successful," Miss Thomas said. "However, the college has not met us all the way." She added: "Many of these students are placed in the same classes with students who have much higher grade point averages, and those same disadvantaged students are expected to keep up with the rest of them . . . for many it has been difficult and frustrating." Miss Thomas said the project needs special classes for its students—classes which the college has not yet provided. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) X. WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE, VOLUME 63, NUMBER^ |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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