Hbcudigest.com August 22, 2011 Clark Atlanta Announces Early College Partnership with Local High School<http://www.hbcudigest.com/clark-atlanta-announces-early-college-partnership-with-local-high-school/> When the more than 1,000 Clark Atlanta University (CAU) freshmen take the induction oath Tuesday, Aug. 23, five Booker T. Washington High School juniors will join them. These students are the first participants in CAU's Early College Partnership, a new program designed by the university's Community Educational Network and Outreach Initiative to support college-bound students. CAU President Carlton E. Brown said, "We are elated to help develop and execute an initiative that reaches out to a neighboring high school in such an impactful way, to help prepare deserving young men and women in their pursuit of higher education. Our Honors Program office will help guide these students toward success, with tutoring and mentoring as necessary." Ernita Hemmitt, interim dean of students at CAU, explained that the high school students will be able to take two core courses per semester, so by the time they graduate, they will have accumulated 24 credit hours to apply to a college program. Tuition and books are paid for by the Accel Program, designed for high school students who attend an accredited public or private high school in the state of Georgia, who take college-level coursework. Hemmitt added, "Of course, we want the Washington High students to consider CAU as their first choice." Vanessa Nason, Ph.D, principal at the Booker T. Washington Early College Academy, said, "This partnership between Clark Atlanta University and the Booker T. Washington High School Early College is an exceptional endeavor. Affording students the opportunity to attend a prestigious, nationally known university while still in high school will have a profound impact on the lives of these first-generation college-goers for years to come. Not only will this first cohort of high school students learn the necessary academic and leadership skills that will enable them to compete on a global scale, they will also be introduced to the rich traditions of CAU that instill a sense of pride and self-efficacy." The high school honor students are Kaia Bailey, Angelina Barden, Antonio Rayton, Jamesia Tucker and Alexis White. The CAU freshmen induction ceremony will take place on Aug. 23, at 7 p.m. on the Trevor Arnett Quad on campus. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.