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May 9, 2024

CAASD Baccalaureate Ceremony for Class of 2024

On Friday, May 10th, the Center for Academic Achievement and Student Development (CAASD) will honor our graduates in the Class of 2024 at our annual CAASD Baccalaureate Ceremony. The programs housed in CAASD include: The Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP), the Arthur O Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), the Louis Stokes Alliance...

May 7, 2024

Senior Reflections from the Class of 2024

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” ~Maya Angelou The class of 2024 had anything but the typical college experience! They completed high school virtually during a global pandemic and began their college journey in similar fashion. For our HEOP and...

September 20, 2023

HEOP Student, Rayan Mohamed ’26, Wins Fellowship

HEOP and VPA student, Rayan Mohamed ’26, was selected as a 2023-2024 Imagining America/Joy of Giving Something Fellow. An article featured in the Health & Society section of Syracuse University News can be found below. On behalf of the Office of Supportive Services, we would like to congratulate Rayan on this incredible achievement. VPA...

May 12, 2023

CAASD Baccalaureate Ceremony Live Stream

The Center for Academic Achievement and Student Development (CAASD) will host a Baccalaureate Ceremony today at 12:30pm in Hendricks Chapel honoring their seniors graduating with the Class of 2023. Students in the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP), the Arthur O Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation...

May 9, 2023

HEOP and SSS Congratulates Class of 2023

Dear Class of 2023: It seems like only yesterday you arrived at Syracuse University ready to begin your journey with HEOP and SSS during Summer Start. You quickly set yourselves apart from other cohorts before you and bonded together in a way that is still evident today. You were purposeful in building lasting relationships with...

May 2, 2023

Senior Reflections from the Class of 2023

“The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.” ~Benjamin Disraeli As the end of another academic year quickly approaches, we are getting ready to say goodbye to another amazing class of seniors. The Class of 2023 had an interesting college experience, beginning their journey about six months prior to a...

February 23, 2023

HEOP Student, Jordan Pierre ’23, Featured on SU News

Jordan Pierre ’23 and Dylan Blaine France ’24 Determined to Help Next Generation of Students Tuesday, February 21, 2023, By John Boccacino Share 119 EUCLIDBLACK HISTORY MONTHBLACK STUDENT UNIONDIVERSITY AND INCLUSIONMAXWELL SCHOOL OF CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC AFFAIRSNEWHOUSE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONSOFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL ADVANCEMENTOUR TIME HAS COMESTUDENTSSYRACUSE ABROADWHITMAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Most students who come to...

August 29, 2022

SSS Student, Kaylee Ramirez, Featured in The Daily Orange

Rising sophomores launch The Mexican Student Association at SU and SUNY-ESF Meghan Hendricks | Photo Editor The Mexican Student Association hopes to bring awareness and connection to Mexican culture on SU’s campus in its first year as a registered student organization. By Luisana OrtizASST. COPY EDITOR August 21, 2022 at 10:52 pm FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL Get the...

May 10, 2022

HEOP Congratulates Class of 2022

The Arthur O Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program would like to take a moment to acknowledge the accomplishments of our students in the Class of 2022. At your Summer Start banquet in 2018, Mohamed Kane said, “The words that I will share with you all tonight are to try not to think of leaving your...

May 3, 2022

HEOP Alum, Rodney Morocho ’21, Featured on iSchool Website

April 27, 2022 Hard Work Leads to “Smooth Sailing” iSchool grad achieves a long-time goal when he lands a job with IBM Rodney Morocho ’21 Rodney Morocho arrived at Syracuse University as an undeclared biology major on the pre-med track in the College of Arts and Sciences. He changed his major several times while...

May 3, 2022

HEOP Student, Ivana Xie ’22, Published on Syracuse.com

Refugee debate team formed during Covid needs boost in funding to keep going Published: Apr. 27, 2022, 12:13 p.m. Students from the Northside Learning Center Speech and Debate Team. Photo courtesy of Rayan Mohamed. By Ivana Xie | Contributing Writer Rayan Mohamed, a refugee from Ethiopia, and Ladan Farah, a refugee from Kenya, both...

May 3, 2022

SSS Student, Ashanti Hunter ’22, Featured on SU Homepage

Sowing Seeds of Hope An aspiring educator wants to make urban schools more inclusive for students, teachers and administrators. Senior Ashanti Hunter ’22, an inclusive early childhood special education major, is graduating with more than 900 hours of field experience in eight different settings. In Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park, there’s a small garden where Syracuse...