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PUENTE PROJECT HISTORY
Puente was founded in 1981 by Felix Galaviz, Patricia McGrath, at Chabot College in Hayward. The program mission was to increase the number of Mexican American/Latino students transferring to four-year colleges and universities. Since then, Puente has expanded to 38 community colleges throughout the state. As an outgrowth of its success as a community college program, Puente piloted a high school version of its program in 1993 that is now operational in 18 high school throughout the state. Puente is open to all students.
PUENTE STUDENTS:
Succeed academically
Are recognized as leaders and scholars
Graduate from four-year colleges and universities
Belong to a statewide network of leaders and professionals
THE PUENTE PROGRAM
Many components work together to prepare Puente students to transfer to
colleges and universities...
ENGLISH INSTRUCTION
Puente students take two consecutive writing classes, English 118 and English 122. These classes provide a supportive and stimulating environment for Puente students to build confidence in their writing skills through an exploration of the Mexican American/Latino experience.
COUNSELING
Puente students work closely with their Puente counselor , exploring career options, developing an academic educational plan and identifying lifetime goal. Students visit University of California and California State University campuses and attend an annual Puente student transfer conference.
MENTORS
Each Puente student is matched with a mentor from the business or professional community. Mentors share with students their personal, academic and career experiences, and provide a window into "real-life" work environments. The network of trained Puente mentors provides many resources for the Puente students, their families, their colleges and the community.
OUTSTANDING RESULTS
The Puente Project has won a national $100,000 Innovations in American Government award.
More than 5,500 students have enrolled in the Puente community college program.
An estimated 200,000 non-Puente students have benefited from Puente's staff development programs.
Community colleges with Puente programs transfer 44 percent more Latino students to the University of California than colleges without Puente.
for more information contact:
Rita
Delgado, Puente Counselor
(510) 685-1230, ext. 2284
Room: Counseling 129
Karen
Toloui, Puente Instructor
(510) 685-1230, ext. 2718
Room: FO 130
Click
here for an
information/application form, which you can print, fill out, and send to
Ms. Delgado or Ms. Toloui at Diablo Valley College, 321 Golf Club Road,
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523.
