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  Date / Time: 5/23/2009 2:03 AM UTC

  FREE SUMMER PROGRAMS LISTED BELOW FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
  

  PRESS RELEASE May 21, 2009 For Immediate Release Contact: Maleta Wilson 909.466.HBCU (4228) HBCU Campus Tours, Inc www.HBCUcampustours.com Pomona Valley Alumnae Chapter DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC.   Hosts   May Week 2009  Scholarship/Honors Recognition Reception "Celebrating our Rising Stars in Education and the Arts"   Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009  Time:   6:00-8:30 p.m. Location: South Coast Air Quality Management District Auditorium (AQMD)  21865 E. Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765   About our program: In line with the five-point programmatic thrust of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,   Pomona Valley Alumnae Chapter (PVAC) will host a Scholarship honors reception to recognize African American Students, male and female for their academic accomplishments.  Students being honored are high school juniors and seniors with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better.   The high school with the highest number of recipients will receive a traveling plaque to display at their school for one year.  The recipient with the highest GPA of all the honorees will receive the chapter's Torch Award.   Students have been invited from the San Gabriel Valley, and Inland Empire area high schools.  PVAC will also recognize its 2009 scholarship recipients and showcase students in the Arts.    Guest Speaker:  Kwame Alexander  a poet, publisher, and an award-winning producer of literary programs. Alexander has written for television, the stage, and authored ten books including the best-selling Do The Write Thing: 7 Steps to Publishing Success, Dancing Naked on the Floor: poems and essays, Tough Love: The Life and Death of Tupac Shakur, and most recently a young adult title, Crush: Love Poems . He speaks, and conducts writing/publishing workshops at schools and conferences throughout the country. Alexander resides in the Washington, DC area, where he produced the annual Capital BookFest presented byThe Washington Post, and currently  serves as the President of Book-in-a-Day, a literacy program that teaches and inspires youth in the writing and publishing process.          For more information about May Week 2009   emailinfo@HBCUcampustours.com or call 909.466.4228 "Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."                                                                                            -----Franklin D. Roosevelt   Do you know of any students who can benefit from any of these FREE summer programs?     Please forward to family, friends, church members, clubs or organization that you are involved with.  Our youth need every opportunity they can get. 2009 SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FREE!   MIT announces its MITES Program, (Minority Introduction to Engineering And Science), a challenging 6 week summer program that prepares Promising rising seniors for careers in engineering and science.  If You are selected, all educational, housing, meals, and activity costs Are covered.  You must, however, pay for your own transportation to and From MIT.  To apply, go to http://mit.edu/mites/www GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Science & Engineering Apprenticeship Program (summer) -  This program places academically talented H.S. Students (at least 16 yrs old, sophomores/ juniors) with interest in Science & math in Dept. Of Defense laboratories for an 8-wk period over The summer.  This is an invaluable experience in the world of Scientific research, with hands-on exposure to scientific & engineering Practices not available in the HS environment.  It is a paid Apprenticeship ($2,000) and the students are assigned a scientist or Engineer as their mentor.  To apply online or get more information About the program: http://www.usaeop.com/.  Stude Nts must submit their transcript (minimum GPA 3.0) and teacher recommendation to the program director for Consideration and daily transportation is the student's responsibility. Program runs from June 22 - August 14, 2009. FREE!   Princeton University announces its Summer Journalism Program for Low-income sophomores or juniors with at least a 3.5 GPA (on a 4.0 Scale) who have an interest in journalism.  The cost is free including Travel costs to and from Princeton !  Apply now!  Go to www.princeton.edu/sjp FREE!!  The National Center for Health Marketing's Global Health Odyssey Museum is pleased to offer the 2009 CDC Disease Detective Camp (DDC).  DDC is an academic day camp for students who will be high School juniors and seniors during the 2009-2010 school year.  Campers Will take on the roles of disease detectives and learn how CDC Safeguards the nation's health.  The camp will be offered twice from June 22-26 and July 13-17.  For more info and to apply to go www.cdc.gov/gcc/exhibit/camp.htm. FREE!!  The American Legion sponsors a weeklong summer leadership Program called Boys State .  This year's program will be held at McDaniel College in Westminster , Maryland from June 21-27.  If you are A junior interested in a leadership opportunity, see your guidance Counselor right away for more information. The Leadership Center at Morehouse College presents the 2009 Coca-Cola Pre-College Leadership Program.  There are 2 programs, one for male Students completing their sophomore or junior year, and the other for Male students completing their senior year.  Applicants must have a Minimum 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale).  The curriculum focuses on personal And interpersonal leadership skills.  The program runs from June 20 to June 26.  The cost is $400.00.  To apply, go to www.morehouse.edu.   Application access is listed under "Events at the Leadership Center ." NASA sponsors the National Space Club Scholars Program, a 6-week summer Internship at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center .  It is open to Students who will be 16 years old and have completed the 10th grade by June 2009, have demonstrated high academic success, and have an Interest in space science or engineering as a career.  Applicants must Be U.S. Citizens. Applications are available in the Career Center or online at www.education.gsfc.nasa.gov/pages/placement.html Apply now! University of Maryland, College Park: Women in Engineering, E2@UMD, July 12-18, or July 19-25; rising juniors and seniors.  Go to www.wie.umd.edu/precollege or call 301-405-3283. University of Maryland Young Scholars Program targets rising juniors And seniors who have a strong academic record and a desire to excel to Experience college life while earning three academic credits.  14 Courses are offered for three weeks from July=2 012 - 31, 2009.  Visit www.ysp.umd.edu/pr CITY YEAR, WASHINGTON DC (AmeriCorps)  - Graduating seniors who are not sure what they want to do after high school should consider applying for a paid community service position with City Year, Washington, DC., a group of 17-24 year olds committed to full-time service for ten months in the Washington, DC community.  Benefits include living stipend ($200 per week), health care coverage, free metro pass, and $4,725 educational scholarship.  For more info:  www.cityyear.org or email: http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cmurphy@cityyear.org/dc or call: 202-776-7780, Amanda Seligman.  Recruitment open houses will be held once a month at their headquarters:   918 U Street, NW , 2nd floor, Washington , DC 2000. If this does not apply to you...please be a blessing and  PASS IT ON! "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, It's about learning to dance, In the rain."

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