ADRIAN COLLEGE RECEIVES GRANTS TO RETAIN MINORITIES posted 2/9/06

Adrian College was recently awarded two grants from the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund through the Michigan Colleges Foundation (MCF) totaling $12,700. The awards are for two multicultural programs, “Intelligent Mentors/Mentees Promoting and Cultivating Success,” (IMPACS) and “Rising Over Obstacles and Tribulations” (ROOT).

Both programs aim to ensure the transition, development, academic success, and retention of minority students at Adrian College.

The IMPACS program provides peer mentors as well as alumni and professional mentors to minority students. This program will be open to any alumni or professionals who wish to participate.

The ROOT program is designed to ensure the retention, academic success, graduation and sense of community amongst African-American males at Adrian College.

According to The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, the national graduation rate of Black men was 24 percent in 2004. Adrian College responded to this by designing the ROOT program to assist African-American males in making the transition to an institution of higher learning.

The awards were granted as a result of dedicated work on the part of the college’s director of multicultural affairs, Antoinette Gray.

Adrian College is an independent liberal arts institution in southeast Michigan. For more information, visit www.adrian.edu. For more information about the awards or programs, please contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at 517-264-3278.