Welcome to Campus Life - CMEA

Welcome to CMEA

The Center for Multicultural Equity & Access is gearing up for a busy summer as 60 new Hoyas will arrive on campus for four weeks of classes and orientation as part of the Community Scholars Program, a unique collaboration of Student Affairs, the English Department, and the academic deans’ offices. The Community Scholars are high-achieving first-generation college students from all over the country invited to participate because of their leadership and service.

In addition to taking a Humanities and Writing class for credit with veteran English teachers, the Scholars take a non-credit enrichment class and engage in a variety of transition-to-college experiences coordinated by CMEA. These include everything from time-management workshops to meetings with faculty and administrators to excursions into D.C. neighborhoods.

In the coming weeks, we welcome middle and high-school students from one of those neighborhoods to the summer edition of our Meyers Institute for College Preparation. Rising eighth ninth, tenth, and eleventh graders will come to Georgetown every day for up to five weeks for a full day of academic instruction in English, math, science and Spanish to help get them ready for college.

And next month we greet yet another group of students, Hoyas from the Class of 2015 who have chosen to participate in our YLEAD (Young Leaders in Education About Diversity) pre-orientation program. But more about that later…