College Success Foundation - DC Scholars

Will you be there? Achievers Cohorts 1-5, don't forget to RSVP to Ms. Cindy at [email protected]

Join us for the Cohort 1-4 Reunion will be held at Shaw's Tavern, 520 Florida Avenue, N.W., on July 23, 2014 from 6-8 p.m. Be sure to RSVP to Dominique at [email protected] by Tuesday, July 22. We look forward to seeing you there.

If you are a College Success Foundation-DC Scholar who graduated college this academic year (2013-2014), we are celebrating you next Thursday, June 12th at Policy lounge from 6-9 pm. Please rsvp to [email protected]

So proud of the DC College Success Foundation HERO Scholars participating in President Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative launch at the White House yesterday!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/02/27/president-obama-launches-my-brothers-keeper-his-new-initiative-help-young-men-color

President Obama Launches My Brother's Keeper, His New Initiative to Help Young Men of Color |... President Obama delivers remarks at the launch event for My Brother's Keeper, his new initiative aimed at helping young men of color succeed and reach their full potential.

Scholars, please read this article! It pertains to any job not just Google!
"Beware. Your degree is not a proxy for your ability to do any job. The world only cares about — and pays off on — what you can do with what you know (and it doesn’t care how you learned it). And in an age when innovation is increasingly a group endeavor, it also cares about a lot of soft skills — leadership, humility, collaboration, adaptability and loving to learn and re-learn. This will be true no matter where you go to work."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-to-get-a-job-at-google.html?_r=0

How to Get a Job at Google Hint: Getting hired is not about your G.P.A. It’s about what you can do and what you know.

Achievers and L1000 College Graduates/Alumni It's not to late to include mentoring as one of you New Years Resolution! If you are interested in mentoring or know anybody who may be interested, please visit our "become a mentor" page. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at [email protected]
Very grateful to of our Alums who are mentoring an Achievers Cohort 7 Scholar-Rashai Lee and Anita Foster! Happy Mentor Appreciation Month!
http://bit.ly/KD7h50

DC - Get Involved - Become a Mentor It’s simple – by sharing a minimum of just one hour a month with a scholar, you will make a difference and you will be inspired. Mentors are critical to ensuring that our students earn college degrees. Research indicates that effective mentoring is one of the most powerful relationships for influenc...

Attention College Students. Have you rsvp'd yet? MsCindy Achievers Kya DC Achievers Dixon

The College Success Foundaton Presents: 1st Annual Graduate Forum This event is open to all cohorts and leadership 1000 students.

Check out this video featuring William Walker Achievers Alumni from Cohort 1 and HERO Advisor at CSF-DC.

If Not Us Then Who

Attention Scholars: Do you know a rising 11th grader who attends Anacostia HS, Ballou HS, HD Woodson HS, Friendship Collegiate Academy, or Thurgood Marshall Academy? Encourage them to apply for the DC Achievers Scholarship! It opened today!!!! It's a scholarship that's worth up to $11,400 for the next 4-5 years of college.

http://www.dccollegesuccessfoundation.org/dc/students/dcachievers/eligibility

DC- Students - DC Achievers Eligibility The Achievers Scholarship Program was generously funded in 2007 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To date it has provided college readiness, mentoring and support, as well as scholarship financial aid to hundreds of low-income youth in the District of Columbia.

CSF-DC Scholars! Here's your opportunity to Network and receive valuable resume and career advice as well as learn how to market yourself in the greater world! Hurry RSVP today! Limited to the first 20 scholars! June 7 10 am-3pm

CSF-DC & Deloitte Impact Day CSF-DC & DeloitteIMPACT DAYFriday, June 7 | 10 amProgression PlaceCollege Success Foundation-DC Office1805 7th St. NW Suite 500Washington, DC 20001Networking with Deloitte Experts & RecieveValuable Resume and Career AdviceRSVP

Scholars, help us congratulate Cohort 6 Achiever, DeLante Fludd on being the recent recipient of the GWU Trachtenberg Scholarship! You may also recognize fellow Achiever, Moo (C4) in the picture too :-)

http://gwtoday.gwu.edu/university-surprises-dc-high-school-students-full-scholarships

University Surprises D.C. High School Students with Full Scholarships | GW Today | The George Washin An explosion of camera flashes and applause overwhelmed the Thurgood Marshall Academy gymnasium in Southeast D.C. Students broke out into gleeful shouts, administrators whipped out their iPhones for pictures and a gaggle of cheerleaders bounced across the floor for a cheer. In the center of it all,…

Paid Summer Internship with HACU. Read details by clicking on the link below. Deadline is March 1st!

http://www.hacu.net/hacu/Become_an_Intern.asp

http://www.www.hacu.net/hacu/Become_an_Intern.asp