Center for Educational Opportunit y Graduating Senior Spotlight UW-Madison CeO Program @UWMadisonCeO uwmadisonceo.tumblr.com University of Wisconsin - Madison 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 16 Ingraham Phone: 608.265.5106 Fax: 608.263.1039 Email: [email protected]I started off college participating in a rigorous summer program called The Summer Collegiate Experience in the summer of 2010. As a hometown kid, I used it to my advantage. I saved a lot of money living at home and commuting to school by car and with the resources offered by CeO. During my sophomore year, I majored in Life Sciences Communication and unfollowed my parent’s dream of me becoming an engineer. I began to do a lot of work with communications, production, and social media. After graduation, I have a summer internship with Madison Investment Group. I was the only student from my entire high school to be accepted and admitted into UW-Madison. I got my feet wet by joining organizations I was interested in, taking on leadership roles, and meeting Badgers similar to myself that I finally felt part of the UW-Madison community. The long nights at College Library, ice cream at the Lakefront Terrace, singing U-RAH-RAH WI at football games, studying abroad, and endless relationships built are memories that I will forever cherish. After 5 long years of tears, sweat, and triumphs, I can proudly say I wouldn’t be the woman I am today if it wasn’t for my Wisconsin Experience. I am graduating with degrees in Social Work and Sociology and a certificate in Gender Women Studies. After graduation, I will be continuing my studies at UW Madison in the Masters of Social Work Program with a concentration in health and aging. Reflecting back on my undergraduate years, I would have to say it has come to a bitter sweet ending. I started freshman year with naïve mindset and made plenty of mistakes. These mistakes, however, shaped me for the better and forced me to find myself in the process. Nonetheless, my Badger experience were some of the best 4 years I have encountered and I am eager to see what my future holds. Xai Xiong - Madison, WI Perla Lozoya - Chicago, Il Pa Chee Lee - Sheboygan, WI “I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to work for the Center and contribute to the GPS mentoring program to CeO before I graduated. Even though we are not well known like other programs within the division, CeO’s population is strong. I cannot imagine where I would be if TRIO/CeO had not exist.” Linda Lam Chicago, Illinois CeO Alumna 2012 Graduation is approaching! That means it’s time to congratulate those students who have worked so hard to get to a milestone in their life. Below, you will see three graduating students and a sililoquy of their journey. Everyone comes from a different background and that’s what makes them all unique.
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Center for Educational Opportunity
Graduating Senior Spotlight
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University of Wisconsin - Madison 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 16 Ingraham Phone: 608.265.5106 Fax: 608.263.1039 Email: [email protected]
I started off college participating in a rigorous summer program called The Summer Collegiate Experience in the summer of 2010. As a hometown kid, I used it to my advantage. I saved a lot of money living at home and commuting to school by car and with the resources offered by CeO. During my sophomore year, I majored in Life Sciences Communication and unfollowed my parent’s dream of me becoming an engineer. I began to do a lot of work with communications, production, and social media. After graduation, I have a summer internship with Madison Investment Group.
I was the only student from my entire high school to be accepted and admitted into UW-Madison. I got my feet wet by joining organizations I was interested in, taking on leadership roles, and meeting Badgers similar to myself that I fi nally felt part of the UW-Madison community. The long nights at College Library, ice cream at the Lakefront Terrace, singing U-RAH-RAH WI at football games, studying abroad, and endless relationships built are memories that I will forever cherish. After 5 long years of tears, sweat, and triumphs, I can proudly say I wouldn’t be the woman I am today if it wasn’t for my Wisconsin Experience.
I am graduating with degrees in Social Work and Sociology and a certifi cate in Gender Women Studies. After graduation, I will be continuing my studies at UW Madison in the Masters of Social Work Program with a concentration in health and aging. Refl ecting back on my undergraduate years, I would have to say it has come to a bitter sweet ending. I started freshman year with naïve mindset and made plenty of mistakes. These mistakes, however, shaped me for the better and forced me to fi nd myself in the process. Nonetheless, my Badger experience were some of the best 4 years I have encountered and I am eager to see what my future holds.
Xai Xiong - Madison, WI
Perla Lozoya - Chicago, Il
Pa Chee Lee - Sheboygan, WI
“I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to work for the Center and contribute to the GPS mentoring program to CeO before I graduated. Even though we are not well known like other programs within the division, CeO’s population is strong. I cannot imagine where I would be if TRIO/CeO had not exist.”
Linda Lam Chicago, Illinois CeO Alumna 2012Graduation is approaching! That means
it’s time to congratulate those students who have worked so hard to get to a milestone in their life. Below, you will see three graduating students and a sililoquy of their journey. Everyone comes from a different background and that’s what makes them all unique.
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Study Abroad Chanel LyChanel LyChanel LyChanel LyChanel Lywith
Why did you decide to study abroad in Florence, Italy?
How hard/easy was it to adjust to Florence?
How is the academic and social life compared to America?
All my life I had always dreamt of studying abroad. I really wanted to challenge myself by stepping out of my comfort zone and I felt that being in Europe strayed the furthest away from my Hmong upbringing, therefore, choosing Europe as my destination was easy. What initially drew me to the Florence program was the fact that I have always been fascinated by Renaissance art and food culture in Italy. I also really liked the course work that was offered. It centered more around the social sciences and humanities.
I knew before leaving to Italy that the fi rst couple of weeks were going to be the hardest for me. However, I still don’t think I mentally prepared myself enough for this change. Mainly because I am a small town girl and I am very close to my family, it made it hard to be so far away. As I had said, I really wanted to challenge myself by trying out something completely different than what I was not used to. It sure has helped me gain more independence and self-reliance than ever before. It took about three whole weeks before the homesickness went away. Which is quite ironic because that’s when most students began to feel homesickness.
smaller. It is mainly lecture-based. My professors range in ethnicity as well. I have an Italian, American, and a German-Italian professor! Socially, I spend most of my time with other students in my program. We are a mix of UW-Madison, Vanderbilt, and Williams University students. It is hard to meet other Italian students because our Florence program is set apart from the actual University where the rest of the other college Italian students are. I live (literally) next to the Uffi zi Museum and the Palazza della Signoria. It’s pretty awesome! There is tons to do here. From museums, to shopping, to climbing to the top of Brunelleschi’s duomo!
Academically, the class sizes are a lot smaller and later in the evening than what I am used to at UW-Madison. I felt like a freshman all over again on my fi rst day! I didn’t know the structure of my program and I didn’t know what to expect. Each professor has their own style of teaching and are given a lot more freedom to teach students how they like or see best fi ts. There is not a lot of room for discussion even though the class sizes are
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Student Achievements Accomplishment and Success
Dean’s List
Every semester, we have outstanding students who accomplish and achieve their goals. Whether that’s getting into a competitive school, obtaining an internship, or simply getting on the Dean’s List, we want to congratulate those who have achieve those goals or any other type of goals.
• Anastasiya Apalkova, Dean’s College of Letters & Science
• Cienna Blum, Dean’s College of Letters & Science
• Sin Chan, Dean’s College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
• Jesus Del Toro, Dean’s College of Letters & Science
• Aidan Holmes, Dean’s College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
• Spencer Lagesse, Dean’s College of Letters & Science
• Kim Le, Dean’s College of Letters & Science• Nancy Lee, Dean’s Honor School of
Education • Pa Chee Lee, Dean’s Honor College of
Letters & Science, School of Social Work• Christopher Meinholz, Dean’s College of
Letters & Science
• Pablo Montes, Dean’s School of Human Ecology
• Kanjana Namvech, Dean’s School of Education
• Shayla Otis-Gesell, Dean’s School of Human Ecology
• Lisett Roman, Dean’s School of Education • Florenca Shiko, Dean’s Honor School of
Nursing• Haley Stranger, Dean’s Honor School of
Human Ecology• Ger Thao, Dean’s School of Education • Sheng Vang, Dean’s Honor School of
Education• Pa Vue, Dean’s Honor School of Nursing• Julie Xiong, Dean’s School of Human Ecology• Kabau Xiong, Dean’s School of Human
Ecology • Pam Xiong, Dean’s Honor School of
Education• Gao Lou Yang, Dean’s School of Human
Ecology• Wendy Yang, Dean’s School of Human
Ecology
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Events and OpportunitiesCeO Graduation Reception May 7th, 2015 4PM - 7PMThe CeO Graduation Reception is a Go! Our advisor Carlos Lozano has already sent out an email to seniors about specifi cs. However, if you did not receive it or erased it on accident, here is more information. The reception will take place at Lowell Hall which is located at 610 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53703. During the reception, you will have the option to give out three awards to those who you feel have been extremely infl uential to your academic/personal success. That can be your parents, an advisor, a friend, a mentor, or anyone. If you do happen to give out awards, we will need their name, phone, email address, and home/offi ce address. Be prepared to go up and make a speech about your journey and your awardees. All of this should be accomplished by emailing Carlos Lozano at [email protected]. Also be sure to RSVP at CeO’s Splashthat event http://ceoreception.splashthat.com/
Divisional Graduation Reception May 15th, 2015 5:30PMJust so students know right now, the Divisonal Graduation Reception is totallly different from the CeO Graduation Reception. They are two different events. This event will be held at Varisty Hall in Union South. The reception will consist of the programs that are within the division. Those programs are the Center for Educational Opportunity (CeO), First Wave, POSSE, and the P.E.O.P.L.E. Program. All graduates will sit with their respective programs and each senior will have their name call, walk across the stage, and shake the hands with UW-Madison administration and their program director. Because students will not be able to walk the stage at the grand graduation ceremony of the university’s, this event replicate the traditional graduation experience. Unlike the CeO Graduation Reception, there will not be a speech needed by the students nor will there be any awards given out.
Do you have a sibling or a friend you think might benefi t from joining the CeO family? Now accepting applications for Fall 2015. Freshmen can partake in our Strategies For Success event.See our webpage for info: www.ceo.wisc.edu or stop by 16 Ingraham Hall.
