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May 2003: SEA Hosts "I'm Going to College" Visit for 90 GEAR UP Students from
Pauma School
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More than 90 GEAR UP college prep students from Pauma School got a chance to experience college life for a day this month when they visited the UCSD campus to hear “kid friendly” college-style lectures, and to meet and lunch with faculty and UCSD undergraduates. The visit, sponsored by Student Educational Advancement (SEA) with the California Student Opportunity and Access Program (Cal-SOAP), featured lectures conducted by Andrea Chiba, Ph.D., of UCSD’s Cognitive Science Department; Richard Lieber, Ph.D., of Bioengineering; Alan Lechusza, graduate student in the Music Department, and Varda Levram-Ellisman, Ph.D., of Pharmacology. Welcoming remarks were conducted by Joseph Watson, Vice Chancellor of UCSD Student Affairs. The visiting elementary students also got a chance to meet and talk with UCSD undergraduates Sara Corder, Ilham Bashir, Litza Ferrer and Monica Lozano who spoke to the youngsters on college life and academic preparation. |
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