College Host Sites & Projects

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At Lasell College, the Center for Community-Based Learning is hosting one College Positive Corps member. The Corps member serves at the Lincoln-Eliot Elementary School in Newton, MA with 1st through 4th graders who are participating in the Newton summer program for underperforming students--Summer Success. The Corps member supports students’ work in math, reading, and writing by assisting the classroom teacher, facilitating small groups, creating class materials, and tutoring and mentoring students. She also develops and implements strategies to improve student success and persistence. Many of the students being served are first-generation students and/or English language learners.

College Positive Corps member: Jasmine Villanueva

At Mount Holyoke College, the Community-Based Learning Program is hosting two College Positive Corps members. The members serve at Holyoke High School through the CONNECTIONS Out of School Program. The CONNECTIONS summer program focuses on MCAS remediation and credit recovery. The Corps members are designing and implementing a leadership development course for the students in the CONNECTIONS summer program. The curriculum is designed to help students learn problem solving techniques, positive behaviors, and communication skills. The underlying goal of the leadership course is to improve student success and retention by helping students think about their future college and career options. In addition to the leadership course, the Corps members support the students’ academic achievement through one-on-one and small group work.

College Positive Corps members: Taylor Chustz, Jenny Scott

At Stonehill College, the Office of Community-Based Learning is hosting four College Positive Corps members. The members spend half their time serving at Community Connections of Brockton where they are working to create a youth leadership development program as part of the new Parents Resource and Community Center. This involves meeting with key community organizations, parents, and students to assess their needs, dreams, and interests, and promote their involvement with the leadership program. The members also are creating a Community Service Club for Brockton Public School youth so youth may improve existing community resources while taking on leadership roles. The final component of the Corps members’ service is developing a training program to better prepare Stonehill students to mentor Brockton youth through community-based learning courses and extracurricular service programs.

College Positive Corps members: Kelley Correia, Janine DiLorenzo, Christophanie Julien, Ashley O’Donnell

At University of Massachusetts-Amherst, the Community Service Learning Office and Electrical and Computer Engineering Department are hosting three College Positive Corps members. The members serve with Circuits and Beats, a summer STEM focused “camp.” Through Circuits and Beats, middle school students in Holyoke and Springfield are taught basic electrical engineering concepts by building and programming an electronic music device. The program shows that math and science are fun and that engineering is a potential career path. In addition to STEM learning, students are taken on college tours and parent/visitor demonstration days are organized for the community.

College Positive Corps members: Danielle Dowling, Melissa Lau, Dan Tyulmankov

At University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, the Center for Civic Engagement is hosting two College Positive Corps members. The members serve as a summer extension of the Chancellor’s College Access Corps. They present college knowledge and college positive workshops to 12 to 17 year olds throughout the Fall River and New Bedford region. Community partners that host these workshops include the Community Development Recreation of Fall River, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Fall River, YMCA Southcoast, YWCA, and the Fall River Title 1/Century 21 Program. The Corps members also are expanding college positive programming for the university for the 2011-2012 academic year by developing training and programming materials and a recruitment plan.

College Positive Corps members: Sherline Dorcelus, Lauren Laster