Sunday, August 19: Students arrive on campus and set up their resi-dence hall, and attend a welcome barbeque with other BRIDGE participants and guests. Monday, August 20-Wednesday August 22: Welcome Luncheon Tour of downtown Spokane Team-building exercises Department tours of Gonzaga Informational sessions Meet esteemed faculty members Service project Thursday, August 23: Breakfast and closing ceremony; students can rest before the New Student Orientation on Friday.

BRIDGE Program Tentative Schedule

UMEC Unity Multicultural Education Center

502 E. Boone Ave MSC #2466 unityhouse@gonzaga.edu

(509) 313-5836 www.gonzaga.edu/umec

Summer Bridge 2012

Building Relationships in Diverse Gonzaga

Environments August 19-August 23

Unity Mult icultural

Education Center

We also offer a PARENT PROGRAM that allows parents to ease into the

transition of sending their young adults off to a new experience.

B-Core Leaders

Michaela Brown Summer 2012

Bridge Coordinator History

Ruben Yamada Summer 2012

Bridge Logistics Coordinator Business Accounting

Naseeb Bhangal Summer 2012 Public

Relations Coordinator Political Science & Psychology

The Summer BRIDGE Coor-dinators are responsible for organizing the whole BRIDGE program. These Gonzaga Stu-dents have worked at UMEC (Unity Multicultural Education Center) all summer to ensure that the BRIDGE experience is the best it can possibly be. The B-Core members look forward to welcoming all the new students!

The Summer BRIDGE program is designed to assist students from multicultural back-grounds in making a smooth transition to Gonzaga University and the greater Spokane community. Summer BRIDGE is run through the Unity Multicultural Education Center which facilitates many of the diversity cen-tered events and programs on campus. Build a BRIDGE from home to school. Students of the Summer BRIDGE program establish last-ing relationships with faculty, current stu-dents, and BRIDGE alumni. A solid founda-tion is laid for a network within the Gonzaga community that the students can rely on.

The learning process continues even after the program’s conclusion, through mentoring and multiple opportunities throughout the year.

Let me count the ways... Establish a solid network of friends, faculty

and staff.

Informational sessions with Gonzaga Profes-sors which will give you a head start with college academics.

Learn about campus resources and familiar-ize yourself with important GU offices and sites.

Explore Spokane and learn what the city has to offer.

Move into your residence hall and buy books before the rush.

What is BRIDGE?

How can BRIDGE help you? Counselors

Aleksey Psychology

Arlene Psychology & Sociology

Elizabeth Latin American

Studies, Art, & Spanish

Francis Religious Studies &

Sociology

Jason Psychology & Sociology

Jesus Mechanical Engineering

Jordan L. Psychology

Jordan A. Psychology

Rene English, Education,&

History

Lauren Sociology

Madu Accounting & Spanish

Maria Human Physiology &

Psychology

Nina Biochemistry

Oscar Engineering Management

Summer BRIDGE 2012 Counselors are going to lead the participants during the program. We have students from all walks of life: age, hometown, major, and inter-ests, to make sure every BRIDGE first-year student can make a connection. They can’t wait to serve and help you navigate through the college transition!

BRIDGE Counselors are GU students who lead, help, and encourage students throughout the program

BRIDGE students dancing together after a lunch break