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June 12, 1998
25 students getting head start on Purdue yearWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Twenty-five students are starting their college careers early through the Purdue Summer Start Program that begins today (Friday 6/12).Summer Start, the first new retention initiative funded with the help of Lilly Endowment, allows participants to start working toward their degrees and become familiar with the West Lafayette campus before most of the students arrive for the fall semester, said Marlesa Roney, registrar and senior project officer. All students who were accepted for the freshman class were invited to participate. The students will live in McCutcheon Residence Hall, will attend regular summer classes, and will be able to earn up to 10 credits by the time the program ends Aug. 8. They will pay regular fees for both room and board and their classes. In addition to classwork, participants will attend orientation programs about campus services and facilities. The program also will sponsor several activities that will help students build relationships with each other, the campus and the community. Those segments of the program are financed by the $5 million Lilly Endowment award to Purdue. The grant, to be awarded over five years, was part of $24 million that Lilly Endowment granted to five public and nine private Indiana colleges and universities to finance programs to increase the number of students who earn bachelor's degrees. The goal of Purdue's initiatives is to boost baccalaureate completion rates by 5 percent at each of the university's campuses.
CONTACTS: Roney, (765) 494-6133, e-mail, maroney@reg.purdue.edu;
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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