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Summer Success Academy was initiated in 2012 as an alternate to deferring weaker freshmen admits to the Spring semester. Students earn 7 hours of credit toward their Bachelor’s degree while receiving intensive academic and personal support including supplemental instruction, advisement, learning communities, team building, financial literacy training.
- Since summer 2014, the design of the summer Success Academy program was revised to include several additional features:
- A Friday Workshop Series
- A Service Learning Component
- Targeted Academic Coaching
- Program Incentives
- Increased emphasis on developing rapport with students prior ro rthe summer through regular communication and follow-up
- A Professional Mentorship Program
- A STEM Freshman Learning Community
