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Students EXCEL in college
Charity Allman
Issue date: 10/8/07 Section: News
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Students who have a General Education Diploma, make low incomes or are first-generation college students can receive assistance at Brookhaven College.
Bobby Nieman, program services coordinator of Instructional Support and Outreach Services, said project EXCEL is a grant from the U.S. Department of Education designed to help at-risk students who plan to transfer to a university.
EXCEL has been around since the 1970s at Brookhaven, Nieman said.
The program is designed to help students who might not otherwise finish college.
Nieman said the program offers free one-on-one tutoring. It also gives students the opportunity to have a single contact person whom they can talk to about their problems.
"I don't offer anything that you can't get elsewhere on campus," Nieman said. "I just work with about 300 students instead of 1,500."
The tutoring center located in S254 provides EXCEL eligible students with one-on-one help in their classes. Students also receive help from tutors with study skills and goal setting.
Anand Upadhyaya, assistant director of tutorial services, said: "We encourage students to set their own goals, then we work with them to achieve those goals. Tutors meet with the students twice a week for about an hour each time."
Upadhyaya said he feels tutoring is essential to the learning process.
Aside from tutoring, students can also receive career counseling, scholarship and financial aid assistance through EXCEL.
"Students have a really good advocate and adviser in Nieman," Upadhyaya said.
Nieman has been with the EXCEL program since 1996.
"It's a gratifying opportunity to work with so many wonderful students," Nieman said.
Students who want to see if they qualify for project EXCEL can see Nieman in S126 to fill out an application.
Bobby Nieman, program services coordinator of Instructional Support and Outreach Services, said project EXCEL is a grant from the U.S. Department of Education designed to help at-risk students who plan to transfer to a university.
EXCEL has been around since the 1970s at Brookhaven, Nieman said.
The program is designed to help students who might not otherwise finish college.
Nieman said the program offers free one-on-one tutoring. It also gives students the opportunity to have a single contact person whom they can talk to about their problems.
"I don't offer anything that you can't get elsewhere on campus," Nieman said. "I just work with about 300 students instead of 1,500."
The tutoring center located in S254 provides EXCEL eligible students with one-on-one help in their classes. Students also receive help from tutors with study skills and goal setting.
Anand Upadhyaya, assistant director of tutorial services, said: "We encourage students to set their own goals, then we work with them to achieve those goals. Tutors meet with the students twice a week for about an hour each time."
Upadhyaya said he feels tutoring is essential to the learning process.
Aside from tutoring, students can also receive career counseling, scholarship and financial aid assistance through EXCEL.
"Students have a really good advocate and adviser in Nieman," Upadhyaya said.
Nieman has been with the EXCEL program since 1996.
"It's a gratifying opportunity to work with so many wonderful students," Nieman said.
Students who want to see if they qualify for project EXCEL can see Nieman in S126 to fill out an application.
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