Hello.At this point we are so grateful for all of those that have made 3-6 month advanced arrangements. We are excited for a new year of new activities and programming in 2013.Remember we are a year around service and we also take reservations a year in advance. We also have our Campus 2 Kids program in the event you are not able to visit campus we will come and visit you at your school. To learn more please email ostvigwt@umn.edu.At this time, there is still no cost for the services that we provide which may include classroom presentations, visits to laboratories, motivational speakers, or other on campus activities.Please send all requests to uconnects@umn.edu - Because of such a large amount of requests per year Visit Requests must be made 30 days in advance. If requests are made less than 30 days they may be rescheduled because of space, staffing and logistics.Because of nearly 50 requests or more per year, ALL Visit Requests must be made 30 days in advance. If requests are made less than 30 days they may be rescheduled because of space, staffing and logistics.| Past Schools Served Anderson Elementary- |
| Anderson Open |
| Anoka Middle Schools |
| Banyan Community |
| Battle Creek Middle School |
| Blake Learning Works Bruce Vento |
| Buffalo Middle School |
| Cherokee Heights |
| College in Schools |
| Community for Excellence Academy |
| Coon Rapids Middle School |
| CURA Youth Tutoring Hmong Group |
| Dugsi Academy |
| Eastern Heights |
| Educational Challenge Search Program |
| EXCEL Program - St. Paul Public Schools |
| Farnsworth/Clevland Middle School |
| Girls in Science Club |
| Golden Eagles Program |
| Harvest Prepatory School |
| Hiawatha Leadership Academy |
| Highland Jr. High |
| Highwood Hills Elementary |
| Hmong Families Outreach Program |
| Homecroft Elementary |
| Hopkins Middle School |
| Humbolt Jr. High School |
| Latino Science Club - Sanford |
| Maxfield Magnet School |
| Milwalkee Wisc. Public Schools - Gear Up |
| Murray Jr. High School |
| Nellie Stone Johnson |
| Noble Youth Academy |
| Normandale Excel Program |
| Northend Middle School |
| Northview Middle School |
| Palmer Middle School |
| Park Avenue Foundation Partnership Academy |
| Phyillis Wheatly Community Center |
| Plymouth Middle School |
| Project Cornerstone - NHCC |
| Prosperity Heights Elementary |
| Rassmuson Middle School Reach for the Sky Program - White Earth |
| Richard Green Middle School |
| Richfield Middle School |
| Roosevelt Jr. High School |
| Roseville Middle Schools |
| Sanford Middle School |
| SEED Academy |
| Squash Scholars |
| St. Joseph Middle School |
| Stoneridge School |
| Sunrise Park Middle School |
| Urban Ventures |
| Washington Middle School |
Webster ElementaryWestwood Middle School |
| YMCA Beacons Program |
Hello all,
I just wanted to share with everyone how exciting it is to have a new start with a new president. President Eric Kaler, was ingaugerated yesterday as our 16th President at the University of Minnesota. As an educator, as a father and a member of the Latino community, I was over joyed with his remarks as they pertain to diversity and K-12. I just wanted to share them with you and have you know how exciting our work can be when we all use our talents, abitliies and engergy.
Before ending his inagural speech he stated:
"Before I conclude, there are two additional points that I feel especially strongly about.
One is diversity. Any great team, organization, or University, must actively pursue diversity. In our faculty . . . among our staff . . . and within our student body.
I can think of no community, no challenge, no classroom that is not enhanced by diversity . . . of thought, of background, of language, of values, of religion, of gender, of ways of knowing.
Diversity pushes us to challenge our assumptions. It sparks our creativity, and it enables a richer and, frankly, more interesting life. A student who, by accident or by plan, has a narrow and homogenous education will be spectacularly ill-equipped to succeed in a modern life.
Diversity is also an economic and civic imperative. By 2035 almost half of the citizens in the Twin Cities metro area will be people of color. Yet, today, our state has one of the nation's largest achievement gaps between students of color and white students from kindergarten to twelfth grade, and that extends to a gap in higher education.
We all bear responsibility.
If we are to prosper in the future as a state, it is incumbent upon all of us to close this achievement gap. I will partner with our K-12 leaders and others and bring University expertise and resources to reach this goal. Education is the path to a better life . It always has been."
So, I am so excited to work with you and to also expand our Campus to Kids program where University staff will come to your school and provide in-class presentations on the value of higher educaiton as well as other topics such as leadership development, time management, teambuilding, goal setting and other relative topics.
To be sent more information on our Campus to Kids - In School Program please email
uconnects@umn.edu and include in the subject line: CAMPUS 2 KIDS
Kids on Campus is nearly full for the 2011-2012 academic year, but be sure to submit your summer requests or 2012-2013 requests.
]]>Thanks so much for the wonderful tour..... They were "buzzing" all the way home about how cool the U is and how much they learned about college. Thanks for all you fo to help inner-city kids. It gives them hope and something to work towards.