• June 4, 2017

OCBF Higher Education Mentoring Program Class of 2017 Graduation

June 4, 2017 | Higher Education Mentoring Program

On May 11, 2017, OCBF celebrated the graduation of the 16th class of students successfully completing the Higher Education Mentoring Program and taking the road to college. The program provided college preparation services to twenty-one high school graduates from high schools throughout Santa Ana over a period of 18 months. OCBF is proud to send each and every student off to college with a $1000+ scholarship and college starter kits – a large laundry basket stuffed with dorm bedding and supplies and backpacks complete with educational supplies – generously donated by Suavecito, Eddie Quillares of State Farm, and Jim and Linda Skorheim.

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  • June 20, 2016

2016 Higher Education Mentoring Program Graduation

June 20, 2016 | Blog, Higher Education Mentoring Program

On Wednesday, May 18, the Orange County Bar Foundation held a very special evening honoring the 2016 graduates of its Higher Education Mentoring Program at the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity in Costa Mesa. Higher Education Mentoring Program Chair and OCBF board member Carolyn McKitterick served as the mistress of ceremonies, and OCBF President Kyle […]

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  • November 9, 2015

Stanford Admissions Counselor Motivates Higher Education Mentoring Program Participants

November 9, 2015 | Higher Education Mentoring Program

On September 23, 2015, Yancie M. Davis, an admissions counselor at Stanford University, visited the Orange County Bar Foundation to present an overview of Stanford to the high school student participants of the Higher Education Mentoring Program. This informational workshop was very beneficial to the attendees, as they not only received information about the university, […]

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  • November 9, 2015

CBO Counselor Connection at the University of Pennsylvania Celebrates Diversity

November 9, 2015 | Higher Education Mentoring Program

This past August, I represented OCBF’s Higher Education Mentoring Program at CBO Counselor Connection at the University of Pennsylvania. Many nonprofit organizations, dedicated to helping historically underrepresented, socioeconomically disadvantaged, or first-generation college students participated. Penn faculty and staff held several student/faculty panels and interactive workshops for participants. They shared with us the student profile characteristics […]

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  • July 1, 2015

23 Santa Ana High School Students Graduate and Receive Scholarships

July 1, 2015 | Academic and Career Development, Higher Education Mentoring Program

The Higher Education Mentoring Program graduated 23 of its participants, all Santa Ana high school seniors, on May 20; sending them all off to colleges across the state with scholarships in hand! It was a wonderful send-off with family, OCBF board members, and Presiding Judge Margines and his wife, and assistant Presiding Judge Saunders and her husband […]

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  • June 3, 2015

UCI Pre-Med Graduate Talks About the Higher Education Mentoring Program

June 3, 2015 | Academic and Career Development, Higher Education Mentoring Program

Higher Education Mentoring Program Graduate, Class of 2015, shares her UCI Premed experience – Fall of 2015 she attends UCLA to begin her journey to be a doctor I was awarded a scholarship to participate in the 2014 University of California, Irvine Summer Premed Program. This program was a life changing experience. Before starting the program, I was interested in medicine […]

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