{"id":1155,"date":"2021-08-11T15:43:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T19:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2022-02-22T10:15:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T15:15:35","slug":"building-a-sense-of-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/2021\/08\/11\/building-a-sense-of-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Sense of Belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a high school junior, William G. Dominguez-Barrios wondered not only if he belonged in college, but if so, how he would get there. That changed after attending the first Hispanic Student College Institute on the 精品成人福利在线 campus, an experience that inspired confidence that a higher education was achievable.<\/p>\n<p>Five summers later, as he begins his senior year as a double major in Medical Humanities and Psychology, Dominguez-Barrios is sharing his experiences as a mentor to Latinx students discovering their own path to college.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have so many goals and so many things to live up to,\u201d Dominguez-Barrios says. \u201cI tell myself, \u2018You have to finish, it\u2019s going to get hard, but nothing\u2019s impossible.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The encouragement is at the heart of the Hispanic Student College Institute, a program that emphasizes the University\u2019s commitment to Latinx students and their families in increasing access to college, and achieving academic and career success.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Video: Hispanic Student College Institute Opens Doors\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_DCYB96DUE8?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; border: 0px solid #000;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hispanic Student College Institute is supported by State Farm Insurance. In addition, the program recently received additional federal dollars for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2021\/07\/09\/university-uses-covid-19-relief-funding-to-bridge-transitions\/\">coronavirus relief <\/a>due to the University\u2019s designation as a Minority Serving and Hispanic-Serving Institution. The magazine, <em>Hispanic Outlook on Education<\/em>, has listed 精品成人福利在线 among the Top 100 Colleges for Hispanics for the past 18 years. The U.S. Education Trust describes 精品成人福利在线 as a \u201cTop Gap Closer\u201d for increasing graduation rates for minority students.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, with the University following strict COVID-19 protocols, including that students be fully vaccinated, about 70 Hispanic high school students attended the three-day program July 26-July 28, many who will be the first in their families to go to college. Students lived on campus, attending sessions on college planning, essay writing, financial aid and choosing a major. A full day of separate workshops were offered for the parents and extended family members.<\/p>\n<p>At networking events, students met professional and academic mentors. The peer mentors aspect of the program (many like Dominguez-Barrios also attended while in high school) is among the most popular of the Institute. The peer mentors note the ongoing support once at 精品成人福利在线 helped them reach their personal, educational and professional goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to provide as much information as possible for these students to be successful and to approach the college application process from a better position,\u201d says Katia Paz Goldfarb, associate provost for Hispanic Initiatives and International Programs. \u201cAt the same time, we want them to see themselves belonging on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2021\/08\/2021-07-29_hsci-2.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2021\/08\/2021-07-29_hsci-2.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Close view of student wearing HSCI face mask\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Discovering a path to college is at the heart of the Hispanic Student College Institute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2021\/08\/2021-07-29_hsci-3.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2021\/08\/2021-07-29_hsci-3.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Foreshortened view of HSCI students taking notes at an information session\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students live on campus, where they attend classes on college planning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2021\/08\/2021-07-29_hsci-4.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2021\/08\/2021-07-29_hsci-4.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Speaker standing in front of a group of HSCI students\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keynote speaker Gian Paul Gonzalez \u201907 urged the students to be \u201call in\u201d and take personal responsibility for their success.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Story by Staff Writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/~lehrenma\">Marilyn Joyce Lehren<\/a>. Photos by Staff Photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/~petersm\">Mike Peters<\/a>. Video by Staff Videographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/~apostolouc\">Christo Apostolou<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2020\/10\/07\/the-latinx-experience-at-montclair-state\/\">The Latinx Experience at 精品成人福利在线<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/cehs\/2020\/10\/28\/researchers-study-impact-of-coronavirus-on-latinx-communities\/\">Researchers Study Impact of Coronavirus on Latinx Communities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hispanic Student College Institute inspires success and persistence on college path<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-montclair-state-university-donors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions\/1248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}