ASU Cares Project: Utah Alumni Chapter

The inner-city school has a student population with very low parental college experience. Thus, higher education may not even be considered for attendees. In order to think about the possibility, classes are nicknamed after colleges and universities. The Utah chapter works with the fifth-grade class identified as Sun Devils. The three-part program includes an introduction to Journalism class (March), which culminates with the students interviewing each other and writing stories about their college expectations. Those stories are then edited by a recent Cronkite graduate who produces a newsletter including each of the pieces. 

Our second session is a panel discussion with members of the alumni association describing ASU and college life overall (April).

The newsletter is distributed during our third session with the students at an end-of-the-year and graduation pizza party (May).

Note: This program takes place throughout March, April, and May.

Contact Steven Allnatt if you would like to get involved!