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Michigan State University Winter 2014-2015
Inside this Issue
x� ALSAME x� CoBANK Scholarship Opportunity x� Migrant Student Services Highlights x� MSU CAMP Highlights x� MSU HEP Scholarship Recipients
Migrant Student Services
Newsletter
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Migrant Student Services (MSS) wishes well to all HEP/ CAMP scholars for their successful com-pletion of their time here at MSU. Best wishes to all continuing scholars and graduates for living their dreams. MSS continues to meet the needs of students and to serve the community with our fabulous
partners who have contributed towards our phenomenal success throughout the year. We celebrated our success with the Appreciation Breakfast with all of our campus and commu-
nity partners who make us look our best. Over the course of the semester our HEP/CAMP scholars were involved in various activities and events fostering personal and professional growth such as student
leadership retreats, United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI) Conference in Chicago, meet-ing President Obama during signing of the historic farm bill on MSU campus, and a life changing study
abroad experience. We believe scholars benefit immensely from leadership activities to remain focused as we assist in their transitions to college and beyond.
MSU HEP continues to assist students in accomplishing their educational goals and providing students the opportunity for lifelong success. We just celebrated our 14th participant who obtained
their GED since the revised exams were launched nationally on January 2, 2014. MSS strives to provide the best services that can be offered to our students and participants. Our programs will continue to focus on becoming stronger through all our combined efforts. We look
forward to another outstanding academic year ahead and wish everyone a great semester!
On Behalf of Migrant Student Services
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Michigan State University hosted the annual 13th ALSAME conference. ALSAME, Advocates for Latino Advancement in Michigan Education. ALSAME is a non-profit organization that is committed to making college education a reality for Latino students in Michigan. ALSAME values higher education and seeks to increase access, awareness and opportunity for Latino students in Michigan. The goal is to serve as a resource to students, parents, and profes-sional staff through the dissemination of information about various colleges and universi-ties to students and community. The CAMP staff and scholars have partnered to serving and disseminate information about various colleges, and universities. ALSAME is committed to building a better future for Michigan youth through higher education. Watch video | Website
A.L.S.A.M.E
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CoBANK Dinner
CoBANK Internships Fellowship Program
CoBANK and Migrant Student Services have part-nered to create an Internship Fellows Program. This opportunity is available to CAMP Scholars; priority will be given to those students pursuing degrees with Agriculture &/or Agriculture-Business majors. This program will be able to sup-port a minimum of 14 students. The timeframe of the internship will vary depending on placement. Students who plan on applying must complete a minimum of 3 professional readiness workshops to better prepare them. This program is a collabo-ration with companies which included an agree-ment to fund the cost of the interns salaries and stipends. The funding will cover travel, profes-sional clothing and lodging. Students interested in this may apply at: mss.msu.edu/internships
Migrant Student Services Partnerships
The MSU College Assistance Migrant Program (MSU CAMP) and MSU Federal Credit Un-ion (MSUFCU) in partnership with the Telamon Farmworker Individual Development Ac-count (IDA) Program and The purpose is to assist migrant students with financial hard-ships as they complete a post-secondary education. Students are required to deposit a maximum of $500 in their bank accounts and Telamon will provide an 8:1 match, up to $4,000 in funds for tuition, books, etc. MSUFCU will provide students with financial liter-acy training on topics such as financial record keeping, budgets, taxes, credit and credit repair. MSU CAMP will provide students with progress towards their goal.
Michigan State Federal Credit Union Partnering With Telamon
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Migrant Student Services Highlights
Migrant Student Services, the MSU School of Social Work and the MSU Department of Community and Sustainability hosted representatives from Mexico’s National System for Integral Family Development (DIF) and from four different states in (Puebla, Oaxaca, Yucatan and Campeche) an effort to introduce them to the American social welfare system and to initiate international dialogue about community needs. This is in conjunction with the Julian Samora Research Institute 25th anniversary celebration, “Latinos in 2050: Restoring the Public Good.” For many years, DIF has hosted MSU students through vari-‐ous study abroad programs. Through this meeting, MSU Migrant Student Services, the MSU School of So-cial Work and the MSU Department of Community Sustainability seek to develop programming, educa-tion, and resources that empower underprivileged communities in the U.S. and Mexico, as well as sup-port self-sustainable living, reduces the need for aide.
The Instituto De Los Mexicanos en el Exterior, IME a decentralized agency of the Mexican gov-ernment’s Foreign Ministry, granted Migrant Student Services $15,000. Juan Manuel Solana Morales, the Consul of Mexico in Detroit presented this to Migrant Student Services on No-vember 20, 2014. The award will be used for scholarships for HEP/CAMP Students.
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MSU CAMP, Recruitment Coordinator, Elias Lopez, re-ceives the “Hispanic Educator of the Year” Award from the Hispanic/Latino Commission of Michigan and Michigan Hispanic Caucus at the Cesar Chavez Com-memorative Dinner. Elias has displayed a true commit-ment to Latino students in furthering their education through both MSU CAMP and ALSAME.
Veronica Morales joins the Migrant Student Services (MSS) team as an Accounts Manager. Her main responsibilities includes man-aging and maintaining of unit’s bookkeeping and accounting sys-‐tems; working closely with unit’s fiscal officer, Director and Associ-ate Directors in processing transactions, reconciling accounts, de-veloping budgets and maintaining compliance with MSU’s grant sponsored fiscal guidelines. Prior to joining the MSS team, Veronica served as a Program Man-ager at the local Cristo Rey Community Center for past 11 years. Veronica is fluent in both English and Spanish.
Migrant Student Services Highlights
Congratulations to Miguel Tor-res, the Recruitment and Place-ment Coordinator for HEP and a National Kellogg Fellow. He at-tended a Leadership Academy at Ferris State University. This four-day training is designed to dis-cuss unique leadership traits. This was an educational and growing experience for Miguel.
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Congratulations to our CAMP Volley-ball Team, for continuing to build a community and stay healthy.
Students in costume at the annual CAMP Halloween party
Most Creative-Maurcio Cervantes, Best in Show-David Nava,
Most Daring-Raul Lucio
Welcome Reception
Impacts Holiday Celebration
Some CAMP Scholars hosting a Noche de Ciencia. For more
information check out the MSU SHPE website
Michigan State University CAMP
Chicago Trip CAMP students headed to Navy Pier, Downtown Chi-cago,The National Museum of Mexican Art and the Chi-cago "bean". They also stopped for a bite to eat at the restaurant, Nuevo Leon.
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CAMP SCHOLARS
Sonia Viridiana Viera, is a recent CAMP scholar, who gradu-ated with a degree in Food Industry Management this past December. Last summer she had the opportunity to study abroad and live in France for 2 months. While abroad she studied viticulture, French, food science and food agriculture production at a host university, Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Pur-pan.
Eliseo Gutierrez Jr. received a Chrysler Scholarship from the Soci-ety of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and will be interning with Eaton in an Informational Technology position in the Summer 2015.
After completing all the necessary steps and going through an in-terview, on October 14, 2014 Fabiola Yanez was accepted into MSU’S Washington, D.C Study and Internship Program, Spring 2015. The program offers students the opportunities to intern in any area of interest in Washington D.C and further their develop-ment on a personal and professional level.
Migrant Student Services
Daniel Villagran attended a career fair at Michigan State University in hopes of obtaining an internship. Daniel began to network and shortly after he was offered a paid internship at LEAR Corp for the summer of 2015. As a freshman, Daniel is setting the bar high the rest of his time at Michigan State University.
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On January 29, 2015, freshman, Daniel Villagran and sophomore, Beatriz Ibarra were invited to attend the Dean's Showcase of Stars Breakfast at the Kellogg’s Center to receive their engineering scholarships. Daniel received $2,500 from BP Oil. Beatriz received $2,500 from BP Oil and $1,000 from Eaton Corporation. Both students are members of the Society of His-panic Professional Engineers and will be spending their upcoming summer intern-ing in their fields of study. We thank the National HEP/CAMP Association for awarding these scholarships.
CAMP Scholarship Recipients
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The MSU High School Equivalency Program (HEP) at Michigan State University celebrated yet an-other year of successful students receiving their GED, under the new national computerized GED system that started on January 2nd, 2014. MSU HEP is a federally funded program through USDE Office of Migrant Education (OME), that provides GED instruction to migrant and seasonal farm workers and their children. The program offers a great opportunity for academic preparation to-ward completion of the Graduate Educational Development (GED) diploma as well as the develop-ment of academic, vocational, and personal skills necessary for placement in higher education, ca-reers, or military. HEP also has two satellite programs in Hart and Sturgis, MI. For more information check out MSU HEP Website.
Michigan State University High School Equivalency Program
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HEP Highlights
Congratulations to Eric Serrano, who was the 13th student to earn their GED through the MSU HEP since the national change of GED curriculum.
Students from MSU HEP Sturgis satellite vis-iting Sparty statue on campus.
MSU HEP students and staff Students and staff at MSU HEP Hart, Michigan satellite
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Scholarship Recipients: CAMP/HEP
Cristian Garcia-Mendoza, is a third year CAMP student. Cristian was on the Dean’s List for the 2014 Fall semester. He is currently studying Food Science and is a member of the College of Agriculture and Natu-ral Resources . Congratulations Cristian!
Sandy Martinez, is not only HEP student but also a mother who was able to obtain her GED. Sandy graduated from the program during the Fall semester of 2013.
Each year The National HEP/CAMP Association selects one student from the HEP and CAMP programs to recognize nationally. This is a tremendous recognition for Migrant Student Services to honor two incredible students with scholarships and recognition.
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MSU HEP welcomes Mike Rodriguez, Leydi Egan, Marcos Gonzalez y Floridalma Castillo to the HEP instructor team. Mike enjoys the outdoors and riding mountain bikes. Mike has a background in education and graduated from MSU in 2011. He is energetic and eager to make a positive impact in Education. Leydi has a Bachelor of Arts, Psychology from Mexico, a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources and Society, and a Graduate Certification in Teaching and Learning from MSU. She has teaching experience from working as an online instructor with MSU-HEP. Leydi enjoys jogging. Marcos is the online instructor who likes to teach. He has a Masters in Education from University of Puerto Rico with ten years of experience in teaching. He is planning to continue his graduate stud-ies. Floridalma Castillo is the Lead instructor with graduate studies from MSU, and with more than twenty years of teaching experience. Floridalma’s passion is her family, teaching and traveling. The team hopes to develop new strategies to make the MSU-HEP a great program.
New
HEP Team
Student Interns
Student Assistants
Adriana Carreon
Tami Marsh
Denise Cruz
Michael Suarez
Edgar Reynosa
Student Mentors
Alejandra Bonilla
Adriana Carranza
Daniel Villagran
Mauricio Cervantes
Irma Hinojosa
Nancy Barajas
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MSU Identification and Recruitment (ID&R) Center
What exactly is a migrant child? Where the definition of a migrant child may vary from program to program, the MSU ID&R center must follow the federal definition from the national Migrant Education Program (MEP). In short, we seek to identify any child under the age of 22 who has moved in the last 3 years due to seasonal or temporary agricul-tural work. Once identified, our job is to pro-vide them supportive services aimed at reduc-ing any disruptions to their education they may have experienced due to the migrant life-style. When deciding if a child is eligible, we look at five factors: x� The age of the child x� Possession of a GED or high school diploma x� The particulars of any moves over the last
3 years x� The purpose of the move x� What type of work was performed by the
child or family member In terms of their education, migratory children are considered “at risk” due to a number of factors. Many migrant children experience poverty, language barriers, educational dis-ruptions, health issues, and social isolation. Some research suggests migratory moves can have negative effects on a student’s perform-‐ance for as long as 6 months.
For more information, please contact Bruce Lack, Associate Director of the MSU ID&R Center at Migrant Student Ser-vices with information or questions related to Michigan’s Migrant Educational Program. Call 517-432-9900 or email [email protected].
Unfortunately, many migratory children will make multiple moves in that time frame. Ad-ditionally, Michigan’s migrant children often come from Texas and Florida, which have dif-ferent requirements for completing grade lev-els or graduation. Even the brightest and hardest working children often find them-selves unable to achieve academic success. For this reason, the MSU ID&R Center, on be-half of the Michigan Migrant Education Pro-gram (MiMEP), seeks to identify and assist all migrant children found in Michigan.
Data Entry Assistants
Recruiters
Sam Velez Magally Briseno
Teresa Devalez
Maria Vetere
Rosabelle Hernandez
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My undergraduate studies were completed at Michigan State Uni-versity with a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics. At MSU, I in-terned with an outpatient-registered dietitian for 6 months as a vol-unteer. I was also a scholar in a research program supported by the NIH-NHLBI. In this role, I was project coordinator for a study assess-ing obesity risk, food access, dietary intake and nutrition-related knowledge in migrant and seasonal farm workers. Currently, I am pursuing my Master of Science in Nutrition and Metabolism at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. In five years I see myself as a registered dietitian working in a community nutrition setting helping underprivileged populations. Outside of my short and long-term goals, I continue to embrace my passion, which is community volunteer work. I want to take leadership and mentoring roles in Latinos and Hispanics in Dietetics and Nutrition Interest Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. I will continue to pay it forward and be a role model to future students such as myself.
Alumni Spotlight
Raquel Arevalo x� College of Social Science—
Family Community Services x� Financial Aid Administrator
of University of Michigan
Fernando Solis x� College of Education—
Kinesology x� Currently studying at Palmer
College of Chiropractic
Violeta Nieves
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On behalf of the Migrant Student Services, we would like to thank Titun Maiti for her dedication and willingness to help CAMP students over the last three and a half years. We wish her the best in her new po-sition as an academic advisor in the Engi-neering department here at MSU.
David Trevino
x� James Madison Col-lege—Social Relations and Policy
x� Currently works for Brownsville ISD
Micaela Soto
x� College of Social Science Interdisciplinary Studies Social Science Commu-nity Relations
x� Currently working for Illinois college of Advis-ing Corps.
Virgilio De Leon
x� Construction Manage-ment
x� College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
x� Working for Construc-tion Superintendent at Cannon Construction and Project Manager at O.S Interior Systems, Inc.
Alumni Spotlight
Farewell Titun Maiti
Welcome Gabriella Garza! Communications Intern
for Migrant Student Services.