Portland Scholars (formerly Summer Scholars)

Project Status: Monitor/Assess

The Summer Scholars is a three-week summer program followed by a year-long academic workshop that supports early access to campus resources, community, and academic coursework to ease the transition from high school/community college to college.

Accomplished

Reviewed all 2024-2025 scholars holistically at the end of each term to look at key student success metrics and determine appropriate outreach
Held multiple registration and support events tailored to the scholars
Prepared all summer 2025 orientation materials
82% in progress retention for the 2024-2025 cohort of scholars

In Progress

Continuing to outreach to current scholars who have yet to register for fall 2025
Developing new curriculum for the Academic Skills course for summer 2025
Working closely with EM to ensure timely and correct student data
Pre-registering all scholars for their Student Success FRINQ and when appropriate, their College Success course
Planning all engagement events for summer 2025

Project Team

Sponsor: TBD
Project Leads: Shoshana Zeisman-Pereyo and Sonja Taylor
Project Coordinator: Kara Hayes
Team: Andrea Garrity
Collaborators: University Studies, Global Diversity and Inclusion, Admissions, Undergraduate Academic Advising, Transfer and Returning Students Resource Center