The St. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Services Program is very pleased to announce a $500 gift from

St. Olaf and TRiO alumni Angelica Torralba-Olague (’05) and Martin Olague (’05) for a scholarship for the 2010-2011 academic year. Both Angelica and Martin were very active both at St. Olaf College and in TRiO Student Support Services. Providing this scholarship to an SSS student was one way that Martin and Angelica have given back to SSS and St. Olaf College. Kristell Caballero-Saucedo ‘13, was selected as the recipient for the scholarship. Congratulations to Kristell, and a big thank you to Martin and Angelica!

spring 2010 Volume 2, Issue 3

spring 2010 St. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Services Page 1

In This Issue:

TRiO Student Support Services Alumni Award $500 Scholarship

TRiO is Losing Students!

What are you doing this summer?

Seniors, what are your plans?

SSS & MACO Senior Banquet

2010 William Randolph Hearst Scholarship Winners

1st Annual SSS Amazing Race

Senior Advice Night

SSS Senior Reception

Upward Bound families do their part

Save TRiO!

Don Shelby, MC for 2010 MN TRiO Legislative Reception

s p r i n g2010

ScribeSt. Olaf College

The

A TRiO Student Support services Publication

TRiO Student Support Services Alumni Award $500 Scholarship

In the past fi ve years, approximately 40,000 students have lost TRiO services due to relatively fl at funding. In addition, TRiO expects to lose 19,000 students in

90 SSS programs this summer. Without an increase in 2010-2011, TRiO expects to lose 200 Upward Bound programs serving 12,000 students. Furthermore, we expect thousands of students in Educational Talent Search programs to lose service due to unfunded mandates.

We need your help! TRiO is requesting a $150 million increase for fi scal year 2012. Please contact both your Senators and your Representatives, urging them to support an increase for TRiO. You can fi nd

their addresses at the following websites:

www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfmwriterep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Elected offi cials especially need to hear from TRiO alumni and parents of alumni and from faculty and staff not employed by TRiO. Please let your voice be heard!

Page 1

Pages 1&7

Page 2

Page 5 TRiO is Losing Students—We Need Your Voice!

Martin Olague and Angelica

Torralba-Olague, ‘05Page 4

Page 7

Page 3

Page 7

By Kathy Glampe

Continued on page 6

Page 8

Page 6

Page 5

Page 6

tssl

Wmbt

By Kathy Glampe

Spring 2010 St. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Services Page 2

What are you doing this summer?

In Student Support Services summer break is not just about relaxing and soaking up the rays. Many of our students are tackling fascinating tasks this summer, from traveling across the world, to conducting research

here on campus. We asked students to tell us what they are up to this summer, and here are their responses:

I will be participating in the Japan English Teaching Program in Japan. -Lee Thao

I’ll be leaving for India mid-July to start getting connected with NGOs in and around Pune so I can get a jump-start on continuing my work with the Killer Coke Campaign while I spend the semester studying and doing HIV/AIDS research in India! -Meghan Bodie

I will go camping up in Duluth, MN for a week

with my sister and her boyfriend, and my

boyfriend. I will also look for a job and go to my

cousins wedding in Michigan.

-Christina Moua

I am going to be spending three weeks at the Mayo clinic/medical school interning, MCAT prepping and shadowing.... and I’ll also be taking a summer class to fulfi ll my GE (HWC). YAY! -Najaha Musse

Kia Her, Najaha Musse, Alisha Woodson, and Leon Clark will be spending 3 weeks at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota this upcoming summer 2010 for Minnesota Future Doctors, an internship which prepares pre-med students for medical school.

McNair Summer Research with Developmental Psych mentor Dana Gross video taping and analyzing teen parent and child interactions at a Minneapolis school. Also on the side: working as a personal care assistant for an child with autism in Northfi eld. -Molly Ladwig

I will be working for Admissions as a tour guide, here at St. Olaf! -Arielle Johnson

I will be interning at Senator Klobuchar’s Offi ce in Minneapolis for half of the summer and I will be studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina until December. -Kristell Caballero-Saucedo

Staying in Northfi eld, Working with the YMCA as the new Boxing Administrator and a BOXING CO-COACH!!! For the fi rst time I will be able to get paid for what I love doing the most. Teaching students to Box at the armory and working with USA Boxing to get an even bigger crew going between St Olaf and Northfi eld YMCA. -Alondra Lopez

For the fi rst part of my summer, I will be going down to Des Moines, IA to participate in Health PASS, a program for students interested in health pro-fessions. Then in August, I will be working for the SSS Summer Bridge program as a Biology TA. -Kia Lor

I'm going to shadow about 10

physicians this summer (that's

my goal and Future Doctors will

help me out with that.) I'm going

to VOLUNTEER at North Memo-

rial Hospital. -Monzong Cha

After fi nals, I am heading up

to Canada for a week with

my brothers to enjoy some

fi shing. After that I am going

home to work. -Joe Pesta

I will be working as a Barista at Starbucks, I will also be a research assistant for a physician, and doing some nannying on the side. -Christina Hodge

spring 2010 Page 3St. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Services

I will be attending the Police Academy in Kissimmee, FL after graduation, June 1st, as well as hopefully being hired at the Osceola County Sheriff s Offi ce to start my career in Law Enforcement.-Jared Fisher

I plan to fi nd a summer job and make some money to pay bills. In the fall, I will be working with Admission Possible as a college coach. I also plan to attend graduate school in two to three years. -Mai See Yang

Teaching English at Chiang Mai University for one year. -Violet Thor

I'm heading off to St. Thomas/St. Catherine University for grad school in their MSW Clinical Social Work program. I start May 26th, and will be doing that through the summer and into next year. And YAY! I'll graduate with my masters next May! :) Hopefully, too, I'll get my fi eld placement at the Minneapolis Fire Department or Lino Lakes Sex Off ender Treatment Program, but I won't know which one I get placed in until the end of May. -Erica Berger

I will be working for St. Olaf's Upward Bound Program this summer as an offi ce assistant/tutor and then will be working for Admission Possible as a Senior Coach! -Betty Yang

Working with Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board as a Youth Programs Specialist.I also plan to attend Saint Mary's University: Master in Educational Leadership program. -Hashim Yonis

This coming academic school year I will be volunteering with Global Missions in Mexico! -Polina Bugayev

I am going to graduate school at the University of Denver, I will be entering their MA program in Sport and Perfor-mance Psychology. -Christina Hodge

After commencement, I am moving to Down-town Minneapolis where I will be attending the University of St. Thomas's graduate pro-gram in Counseling Psychology. -Daniel Plunckett

We also asked our seniors and soon-to-be graduates what they will be doing after graduation, here are some of their responses:

St. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Servicesspring 2010

SSS & MACO Holds Joint Banquet in Honor of Graduating Seniors

On the evening of Sunday, May 2, the Black and Gold ballroom was decorated into a luxurious dining hall. And in the seats, there sat the SSS and MACO St. Olaf seniors, Class of 2010. Each senior waited anxiously

for the start of a special banquet, a banquet dedicated to their success in education and their accomplishments at St. Olaf. At this banquet, the seniors’ families, friends, professors, and mentors sat around them as Kathy Glampe and Bill Green welcomed everyone to a night of celebration. On this honorary day, SSS and MACO alumni were

also in attendances. With mouth-watering fried chicken as the main course for dinner, everyone listened to the many inspirational and blissful speeches.

A special guest speaker, an SSS alumna, Angelica Torralba-Olague (’05), returned to offer some words of advice to the graduating class. She stressed the three keys to succeeding in the “real world.” First, the importance of networking as a way of life; second, giving back to the community; and fi nally, getting out of your

comfort zone to try new things. After these wise words from the guest speaker, a few seniors were also given time to reminisce on their past four-years at St. Olaf.

Each senior speaker was fi lled with joy which could be easily seen by their never-ending smiles. They spoke with patience, happiness, and gratitude. One senior after another, stood in front of the guests and gave humbling speeches about their St. Olaf experiences. In conclusion to their speeches, they took the fi nal seconds of their time at the podium to say their “Thank you’s” to the St. Olaf faculty, the SSS staff, the McNair and other TRiO staff, and their families for the endless support that fueled their determination to aim for a higher education.

After a delicious dinner, and the joyful words from the seniors, Kathy Glampe and Bill Green concluded the

evening. The guests and seniors exited the Black and Gold ballroom, but not until everyone had their share of photos taken. The banquet ended and the seniors’ time as St. Olaf student will soon end too. With another celebration banquet enjoyed all that’s left for the seniors this year is a last week of fi nal exams, and a weekend of their offi cial graduation ceremony.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ST. OLAF’S SSS & MACO CLASS OF 2010!

t. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Services

fea

AAokac

EshfOfitf

Ah

By Jackie Yang

tBGecfi

Page 4

spring 2010 St. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Services Page 5

First Annual SSS Amazing Race

The Amazing Race took place on the bright and sunny Sunday afternoon of April 18. The fi rst-years of Student Support Services gathered to participate in SSS’s Amazing Race game for a chance to win a mystery prize.

The students were put into color-coded teams of three by Trey Williams, SSS Advisor and Amazing Race planner. The New Student Committee along with Trey Williams came up with the idea of having an Amazing Race to teach the fi rst years the value of teamwork, planning, and hard work, as well as to have a good time.

The game was simple; each team started with a set of fi ve questions. Each team had to answer all questions and then go to an assigned Board of Leaders member to be judged. If all questions were answered correctly, then the team received the next set of questions. But, if one question was answered wrong the team was penalized. The penalty was a fi ve minute time-out and everyone on the team was required to do ten push-ups. The questions corresponded to specifi c areas around campus. For example, how many parking spots are there behind Regents Hall? If the answer was not known off the top of one’s head, then, work, in this case running, was necessary to discover the answer.

The race was harsh for many. One Race participant was seen being carried by a teammate for part of the race, and Shoua Vang suffered terrible blisters due to a footwear malfunction. “IT WAS TORTURE!” described one participant after she had been forced by her teammates to run across the campus multiple times with minimal rest.

The results took everyone by surprise as the red team was thought to be favored. The fi rst place team was Team Teal which consisted of Xue Khang, Marco Silveira and Stephanie Villarreal. Although they were behind throughout most of the race, they came out on top in the end. When Xue Khang was asked why his team was successful in the end, he replied, “There was a lot of luck involved, but if it weren’t for teamwork, effective strategizing and most important, running like crazy, we wouldn’t have succeeded.” Congratulations to Team Teal, and we all look forward to next year’s Amazing Race!

By Pha Lor

2010 St. Olaf Student Support Services William Randolph Hearst Scholarship Winners

Casey SkeideChristina Moua

Kong Mieng VangKyla RileyShoua Vang

Meghan BodieWasif Islam

Congratulations!

From left: Wasif Islam, Meghan Bodie, Kyla

Riley, Christina Moua. Not pictured: Casey

Skeide, Kong Vang, Shoua Vang

St. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Services Page 6spring 2010

The Student Support Services Senior Advice Night began as a suggestion from last year’s Board of Leaders meeting about what kind of events SSS should hold in the coming year. SSS has always had an Alumni

Advice Night that they combine with their Fried Chicken Night to give SSS students a chance to ask questions to SSS alumni regarding post-graduation plans and advice. The concept behind the Senior Night was to give the underclassmen an opportunity to converse with seniors of similar majors or concentrations.

This year’s Senior Advice Night turned out to be a great event, held on March 15, 2010. Nachos were served during the event with as many as 20 underclassmen and 15 seniors. The event was organized by Pa Houa Xiong, who originally came up with the idea for the event and asked seniors to participate in the event as well as made signs informing students to come in SSS. The event was divided into two parts; the fi rst part consisted of a large group discussion revolving around 10 seniors and was opened to all the underclassmen for questions. Most of the questions pertained to internships as well as how seniors decided on their

majors. During the second part the underclassmen divided up into groups led by a senior with their respective majors or interests. The smaller groups allowed the underclassmen to get to know the seniors better and ask questions that pertained only to that specifi c major.

We asked a senior who took part in the event, Lee Thao, what she thought of the event, “I really enjoyed the SSS Senior Advice Night as I felt I was able to help underclassmen that needed help about traveling abroad or interested in my majors and concentrations.” Underclassmen also had great things to say about the event. They thought it was helpful and recommended that we defi nitely do it again.

Senior Advice NightBy Vue Thao

T2acaiatoa

Student Support Services Senior ReceptionBy Alan Richardson-Hohn

On Thursday, April 29th many members of SSS gathered for a celebration of this year’s senior class. The event, called the SSS Senior Reception, was a place for all members of SSS to refl ect on the time they have

spent here at St. Olaf with the graduating class and to wish the graduates good luck in the future. Two ways these memories were shared were through the senior memory sheets and the senior slideshow.

The senior memory sheets have always been a great way for people to express their thoughts and feelings, and share valuable memories with graduating seniors they have gotten to know. Each senior has a white sheet of paper with their name on it. Anyone who wants is able to write a message in colorful pen to that person. Another display of memories, put together by Stephanie Villarreal and Carla Leon, was the senior slideshow. The slideshow was, as always, a culmination of photographs from the lives of the seniors during their time at St. Olaf which made sure it showed more than just the serious side of the graduating students.

After watching the slideshow, writing on memory sheets, and eating their fi ll of chicken, cheese, and fruit, all in attendance sat down to listen to speeches given by Hashim Yonis, Pa Houa Xiong, and Mai T. Vang. The speeches addressed life achievements, goals for the future, and gave advice to students who still have time left at St. Olaf. The night was capped off by a few emotion-fi lled words from Kathy Glampe which told of how much each student had meant to her and wished them all good luck in the future. As the event came to a close everyone was full, happy, and looking forward to graduation and the future, not as the end, but as the start of a new chapter in already successful lives.

St. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Services Page 7spring 2010

On Saturday April 24, Upward Bound held their annual Planning for College seminar. The event was in-tended for freshmen and sophomore high school students and their parents. The students were from Central

and Humboldt High Schools. Desiree Keenan, Associate Dean of Admission kicked off the day with an admis-sions presentation, where she talked to students and parents about St.Olaf and about the admissions process in general.

The event had different workshops that the students and parents participated in. Parents stayed with Upward Bound director Mari Tototzintle where she spoke to them about what TRiO is. While Mari spoke to the parents, the students had their own agenda. The freshman started with an admissions game where they were divided into different teams each representing a different college. Based on fi ctional applications, each team had to decide if they would accept various applicants to their school.

Throughout the day the students rotated to different workshops including a workshop about studying abroad. One of the workshops was postcard writing, where students and their parents had the opportunity to write a postcard letter asking their federal legislators to save TRiO. In their letters, many talked about the life-changing affect that the TRiO programs had on them, and encouraged their legislators to increase funding for the pro-grams. This work is essential because, if funding is not increased, TRiO programs stand to lose millions of dollars in the coming years resulting in the many thousands of students losing access to the vital services these programs provide. (If you are interested in writing a letter in support of TRiO programs, see the article on the front page of this newsletter, “TRiO is Losing Students.”)

After the workshops, with the help of St.Olaf students (including past UB students Arwa, Domonick, Dahir and Awet) the students and parents took a tour of campus. It was a great day for students to learn about the college admissions process as well as do their part in advocating for the TRiO programs.

Upward Bound Students and their Parents do Their Part to Help Save TRiO

By Awet Ghirmai

Save TRiO!These are the words I heard coming desperately from my fellow peers during Minnesota TRiO Day

leadership conference held at Minnesota State University Mankato. Eighteen St. Olaf SSS students traveled to the MN TRiO leadership conference to assist and encourage the middle and high school students to write postcards to their elected offi cials about the importance of TRiO in their lives. As I completed my presentation to the students about transitioning to college, I ran to help them out with writing letters. Many of the students that saw my presentation recognized me and this made it much easier to encourage them to write letters. Even though it was hard to get them all and get them to do what was needed to be done, the other St. Olaf students and I put in a lot of effort to save TRiO not just for us but for the later generations as well. This was a small step in order to accomplish something grand. After hearing from my peers and understanding their feelings regarding TRiO, it made me realize, do people really know our situation with TRiO losing funding?

I agreed with one of my peers after hearing her thoughts on the event. There should be no need for any incentive for the students to write letters to save TRiO. They all should be fully motivated and willing to write the letters. Throughout the day I continued to ask many others to write letters in order to save TRiO. I wrote as many letters as I could. I could feel the passion and commitment of many of my peers to save TRiO. If only they all understood what it meant to save TRiO, then it would be easier. This is why we all must not belittle this situation and take a step towards saving TRiO, for the sake of our future and those to come. Please write!Despite the diffi culties in convincing students to write, I am pleased to report that over 600 postcards were written and sent to our elected offi cials on MN TRiO Day!

By Phong ChangSAVE TRiO! WRITE A LETTER!

On Thursday, April 8, Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota, hosted the 2010 MN TRiO Legislative reception. The biennial event is meant to be a way for TRiO professionals and advocates of

TRiO to educate Minnesota’s federal and state legislators about the mission and the incredible success of the TRiO programs in Minnesota and around the country. This year was particularly important because TRiO has again been level-funded in the President’s budget, and thousands of students stand to lose services.

Don Shelby of WCCO-TV was kind enough to volunteer his time as Master of Ceremonies. In addition to welcoming and introducing speakers, Mr. Shelby challenged the federal legislative assistants and the state legislators present to not hide behind the excuse of level-funding as they allow thousands of students across the country to lose access to the services they need in order to be successful in life. He further pushed them to make necessary funding increases for TRiO programs a priority.

Kathy Glampe, St. Olaf College Student Support Services Director and CO-Chair of the MN TRiO Legislative and Education Committee also spoke to the plight of

TRiO programs. She expounded on the thousands of students that are projected to lose services if immediate funding increases are not granted. Mrs. Glampe went on to tell about the genesis of TRiO Programs in the 1960’s as a support program for the federal Pell grant recipients. The two programs were designed to go hand in hand, however, this year funding for Pell grants has increased dramatically while TRiO programs have been left in the dust. These Pell monies will be wasted if TRiO programs, that directly support Pell recipients, are not also funded at higher levels. Mrs. Glampe urged the legislators that were present to follow through with their commitment to this country’s underprivileged by providing them with direct support through TRiO programs, and not simply

throwing money at them.

In addition to Don Shelby and Kathy Glampe, several TRiO alumni and current students spoke eloquently about what the TRiO programs have done for them. Among the speakers was Patrick Tinsley, Humboldt High School, St. Olaf College and Student Support Services class of 2014. Patrick spoke about the struggles of poverty, abuse, and drug use in his home as he was growing up. He was emphatic that without TRiO Upward Bound he would not have made it past high school, let alone be entering St. Olaf College this fall as a fi rst-year student.

Sadly, Patrick’s story was not atypical among the students and alumni at the event. Several alumni, interviewed afterwards, echoed Patrick... without TRiO, they would probably be in jail, dead, or still living in poverty. As the pins that were given out and worn by all boldly stated, TRiO WORKS!

While to date there has been no confi rmation of a funding increase for TRiO programs, the event was undoubtedly a success.

Don Shelby, MC for 2010 MN TRiO Legislative ReceptionBy James Bauman

Kathy Glampe speaking at the 2010

Legislative Reception

St. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Services Page 8spring 2010

Don Shelby receiving a plaque thanking

him for his strong support of TRiO and for

his participation in the 2010 Legislative

Reception

Don Shelby acted as the Master of

Ceremonies for the 2010 MN TRiO

Legislative Reception

Evert Amaya, Houston, TXNorwegianNordic Studies Erica Berger, Worthington, MNSocial WorkAccomplishments: Choir, TRiO Mentoring, Humane Society, St. Olaf Cancer Connection, Special Olympics Unifi ed Bowling volunteer, Sunday school teacher, in-tramurals, National Association of Social Work student representative for MinnesotaPost-Graduation Plans: Graduate school at University of St. Thomas or University of Washington or ETSU for clinical social work. Otherwise, I would love to work with children or in the mental health fi eld.

Polina Bugayev, Burnsville, MNSociology & AnthropologyAccomplishments: Thursday Night Bible Study, FCO, Swing Club, First Year Dance, Tae Kwon Do Club, Percussion EnsemblePost-Graduation Plans: Volunteer and work abroad in a Spanish-speaking country, developing language, cross-cultural and relevant work skills in the area of social justice and international development.

Lam Cao, Brooklyn Park, MNNursingBiomedical Studies & Women’s StudiesAccomplishments: Feed My Starving Children, People Serving People, Habitat for HumanityPost-Graduation Plans: Work as a Registered NurseThank You’s: My family and the TRiO-SSS staff

Nhia Chang, Minneapolis, MNPolitical Science & Asian StudiesJapan StudiesAccomplishments: Team Tibet, Hmong Culture Club, Kwv Tij Hmoob, and VOICE

Tenzin Choerap, Minneapolis, MNMath, Management StudiesAccomplishments: TRiO-SSS Board of Leaders, Diversity Celebrations Committee Club, Harambee, Karibu, Team Tibet, TRiO-McNair Scholars Program, and TRiO Mentoring

Post-Graduation Plans: Work in a business oriented career to gain experience and build network

Adam Concannon, Orlando, FLExercise Science

Jared Fisher, Kissimmee, FLHistory Joseph Forcelli, Kissimmee, FLEconomicsPost-Graduation Plans: Work

Ian Gacheru Mwangi, St. Paul, MNEconomics & MathAccomplishments: Karibu, St. Olaf College Wres-tling, Harambee, TRiO-McNair Scholars Program, Mayo Clinic Internship, Associated Colleges of the Midwest Business and Entrepreneurship in Chicago, IL Post-Graduation Plans: Attend graduate school in business and applied economics or work

Kyle Glanton, Orlando, FLEconomics & MathAccomplishments: St. Olaf College football, Residen-tial Assistant, The Lion’s Pause Executive

Christina Hodge, Milwaukie, ORPsychology & Exercise Science; Biomedical StudiesAccomplishments: St. Olaf College Women’s La-crosse, Sexual Assault Resource Network, Philharmo-nia, Student Medical AssistantPost-Graduation Plans: Go to graduate school to be-come a sports psychologist.

Antonio Jennings, Atlanta, GAReligionAccomplishments: St. Olaf College Football team, St. Olaf Lion’s Pause Security, Each One Reach One Community Impact Program, Inspired to Impact, Hosea Williams Feed the Hungry, Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs Program and the 21st Century Leaders.Post-Graduation Plans: Graduate school at Georgia State University where I receive my Masters in Public Administration/ Non-profi t management and Urban

Congratulations, Student Support Services & St. Olaf College Class of 2010!

St. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Services Page 9spring 2010

Development. This will assist me in continuing the process of creating a non-profi t program that creates an opportunity for success.

Eric Khuong, Golden Valley, MNPsychology & Asian StudiesBiomedical Studies & Neuroscience Huguette Kihutu, Rochester, MNPolitical ScienceWomen’s StudiesAccomplishments: Karibu, Harambee, Diversity Cel-ebrations CommitteePost-Graduation Plans: Plans to volunteer in a non-profi t organization for two years with human rights, immigration and women’s issues. Then attend gradu-ate school.

Youa Lee, Newport, MNSocial Studies Education & English as a Second Lan-guage License; Asian StudiesAccomplishments: Hmong Culture Outreach, Hmong Women Dialogue, and Asian Culture AssociationPost-Graduation Plans: Student teaching, volunteer, get a job and teach to gain some experience and con-tinue to graduate school for a master’s in education

Tenzin Tsetan Lobsang, Fridley, MNBiologyAccooplishments: Team Tibet, Celebrate South Asia, Independent Study in human anatomyPost-Graduation Plans: Find a job in the medical fi eld-prepare for applying to Physician Assistant schools.

Julio Cesar Hernandez Lopez, Seattle, WAChemistry, Biomolecular ScienceAccomplishments: St. Olaf Swim & Dive teamPost-Graduation Plans: Work for a year and earn a Ph.D in biochemistry

Elizabeth Mitchell, Wooster, OHTheatre & English Nicholas Munoz, Orlando, FLTheatreAccomplishments: St. Olaf Football team, TheatrePost-Graduation Plans: Find a day job so I can act at

night.

Daniel Plunkett, Chicago, ILPsychology, American Racial and Multicultural Stud-ies Harold Troy Staley, Gantt, ALMathAccomplishments: St. Olaf College Football, TRiO-Student Support ServicesPost-Graduation Plans: Get a job or go to graduate school

Lee Thao, Brooklyn Center, MNAsian StudiesMedia Studies & Japan StudiesAccomplishments: Hmong Culture Outreach, Anime Club, Badminton Club, TRiO-SSS, Mentoring Pro-gramPost-Graduation Plans: A. JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) Program or B. Denver Publishing Institution

Vue Thao, St. Paul, MNAsian Studies; Management StudiesAccomplishments: Hmong Culture Outreach, TRiO-Upward Bound Mentoring program, TRiO-SSS Board of LeadersPost-Graduation Plans: Work for TRiO-Upward Bound during the summer

Nicholas Thompson, Spicer, MNTheatre, Russian LanguageRussian Area StudiesAccomplishments: Deepend APO-Treasurer; Russian Choir; Residential Life staffPost-Graduation Plans: Moving to Northern Califor-nia with my boyfriend for a year, then applying for graduate school.

Violet Thor, St. Paul, MNSociology & Anthropology, Asian StudiesAccomplishments: Hmong Language Understanding Basics (HLUB), Hmong Culture Outreach, Hmong Women Dialogue, TRiO-SSS, TRiO-McNair Scholars and Karibu.Post-Graduation Plans: Teaching English in Thailand and prepare for graduate school.

Kelly Van Esch, Medford, MN

St. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Services Page 10spring 2010

Political Science, Social Studies Education & Ameri-can Studies

Choua Vang, St. Paul, MNSocial WorkAccomplishments: Hmong Women Dialogue, TRiO-ETS & GEAR UP Mentoring program, TRiO-McNair Scholars Program, Badminton ClubPost-Graduation Plans: “ It is the journey that matters in the end.” -Ursula K. Leguin; Accepted to New York University Silver School of social work

Mai Tong Vang, St. Paul, MNSocial Work & Asian StudiesAccomplishments: Serving Our Society (SOS), Hmong Women Dialogue, Hmong Culture Outreach, TRiO-McNair Scholars Program, TRiO-Educational Talent Search Mentoring program, Boxes and Walls, TRiO Day, Story Partners, The Big Bang and Asia WeeksPost-Graduation Plans: Work in the non-profi t sec-tor or do state and county work as well as enroll in University of Minnesota’s Masters in Social Work program.

Pa Kou Vang, South St. Paul, MNNursing & Asian Studies

Tou Vang, Brooklyn Center, MNAsian StudiesChinese StudiesAccomplishments: Hmong Culture Outreach, Team Tibet, VOICE, Intramural VolleyballPost-Graduation Plans: Graduate school

Nong Vue, Minneapolis, MNSociology & AnthropologyAccomplishments: Hmong Women Dialogue, Mentor-ing, Tutoring, Hmong Culture OutreachPost-Graduation Plans: Teach English abroad in South Korea for a year, or more!

Pa Houa Xiong, Minneapolis, MNAsian StudiesManagement Studies & Japan StudiesAccomplishments: Hmong Culture Outreach, Diver-sity Celebrations Committee, Ole Ventures, Residence LifePost-Graduation Plans: JET (Japanese Exchange and

Teaching) Program; pay off debt and survive!

Betty Yang, Minneapolis, MNSocial Work & Family StudiesAccomplishments: Hmong Women Dialogue, Hmong Culture Outreach, TRiO-McNair Scholars Program, TRiO-Mentoring ProgramPost-Graduation Plans: Find a job, work, graduate school

Mai See Yang, St. Paul, MNSocial WorkAccomplishments: Hmong Culture Outreach, Hmong Women Dialogue, HLUB, Intramural Volleyball, Di-versity Celebrations Committee, SACPost-Graduation Plans: Move back home to live with my lovely parents and work with Admission Possible.

Xong Yang, St. Paul, MNNursingAmerican Racial and Multicultural StudiesAccomplishments: Hmong Women Dialogue, Hmong Cultural Outreach, Team TibetPost-Graduation Plans: Find a job, graduate school and fi nd a non-profi t organization to follow

Hashim Yonis, Minneapolis, MNSocial Studies EducationAmerican HistoryAccomplishments: Harambee and KaribuPost-Graduation Plans: Working for the Minneapolis Park Board as a Youth Coordinator

St. Olaf College TRiO Student Support Services Page 11spring 2010

TRiO Student Support Services St. Olaf College1520 St. Olaf AvenueNorthfi eld, MN 55057-1098

Buntrock Commons 108(507) 786-8018 FAX: (507) 786-3750Toll Free: (877) 300-6688www.stolaf.edu/services/ssswww.stolaf.edu/services/triowww.mntrio.org

St. Olaf CollegeTRiO Student

Support Services

Program StaffKathy Glampe, Director

Martha Thao, Assistant DirectorJames Bauman, Academic AdvisorTrey Williams, Academic Advisor

Paula Sannes, Administrative Assistant

The Scribe is a publication of the TRiO Student Support Services program at St. Olaf College. It is published quarterly during the St. Olaf College academic year. Editors reserve the right to add, change or delete articles for spacing and clarity. All inquiries should be addressed to Kathy Glampe, Director of St. Olaf Student Support Services Program, St. Olaf College, 1520

St. Olaf Avenue, Northfi eld, MN 55057-1098.

The St. Olaf College Student Support Services (SSS) program is a college retention program funded by the U.S. Department of Education, St. Olaf College, the Hearst Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The SSS program is one of three TRIO programs originally funded under the Higher Education Act of 1965 whose objective is to help students overcome class, social and cultural barriers to complete their college education. The SSS program provides services to 160 eligible St. Olaf students annually.