American Stories: A Humanities Summer Bridge Program
FAIN: AC-264104-19
Vanguard University of Southern California (Costa Mesa, CA 92626-6520)
Kristen Lashua (Project Director: July 2018 to October 2022)
The development and implementation of a summer
bridge program based on American history and culture for at-risk students.
This project will develop and launch American Stories, a 5-week summer
residential Bridge program for first-generation and other at-risk incoming
freshmen at Vanguard University. Students will take HIST 156C: American
Stories, a class to fulfill their freshman history requirement. The curriculum
focuses on movement and ethnicity in American history, with a special emphasis
on introducing students to digital humanities projects and oral history.
Students will also take a one-unit Writing Lab designed to ready them for
composition at the college level. A Humanities Initiatives Grant would allow
Vanguard to run the program for its first two years, establishing several
cohorts of at-risk students who are better prepared for college and for their
study of the humanities. Vanguard has achieved great success with its STEM
Bridge program and seeks to build on that success with this new humanities
initiative.
Associated Products
Diversity In and Outside of the Classroom: A Holistic Approach to Pedagogy at an HSI and MSI (Conference/Institute/Seminar)Title: Diversity In and Outside of the Classroom: A Holistic Approach to Pedagogy at an HSI and MSI
Author: Dr. Tara Sirvent
Author: Dr. Kristen McCabe Lashua
Author: Dean Amanda Lebrecht
Abstract: This presentation will allow attendees to consider successful practices to address diverse students’ learning needs. Students, particularly if they are underrepresented minorities and/or first-generation, often need faculty and staff to work together to create a holistic approach to diversifying curriculum and pedagogy in an increasingly diverse higher education landscape. Our presentation includes a training exercise to help participants assess their own understanding of diversity as relates to successful learning outcomes. We will then discuss the creation of summer STEM and humanities bridge programs that exemplify faculty and academic support staff working together to create a comprehensive program for academic support and success.
Date Range: October 3, 2019-October 6, 2019
Location: George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon
Primary URL:
https://www.cccu.org/cccu_event/2019-diversity-inclusion-conference/Primary URL Description: Conference Program