Academy Sends Off Graduates, Welcomes New Director
The Scene · Fall 2007
Tidbits & Briefs
Reprinted with permission of The Scene.
Willamette Academy, an academic support and college preparatory program for economically disadvantaged and ethnically diverse middle and high school students, graduated its first class in June.
The 21 high school graduates, who started the program five years ago, were honored with a special ceremony in Hudson Hall. This fall many of them headed to college campuses, including Willamette, Oregon State University, Linfield College and Western Oregon University.
Joining the academy this fall is a new executive director, Bob Casarez, who worked with underprivileged youths for about seven years at Chemeketa Community College’s TRiO Upward Bound program. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management and an MBA from George Fox University. He also served in the Oregon Air National Guard for 12 years.
Willamette Academy News Archive
Fall 2007— Academy Sends Off Graduates, Welcomes New Director (from The Scene)
Summer 2007— Paving the Way (from The Scene)
July 18, 2006 - June 18, 2007 — A Year in the Life: Willamette Academy (an continuing story by Sarah J. Evans)
Oct. 10, 2005 — Salem family’s dream lost in son’s death (from the Statesman Journal)
Jul. 22, 2005 — Streams
get some TLC (from
the Statesman Journal)
Nov. 16, 2004 — Willamette Academy Awarded $75,000
Sep. 1, 2004 — College
preparatory program wins grant (from
the Statesman Journal)
Feb. 20, 2004 — Classified
Staff Supports Willamette Academy (from Inside Willamette)
Oct. 15, 2003 — Mini
dose of college (from The Collegian)
Sep. 26, 2003 — WU Program Receives
$1 Million (from the Statesman
Journal)
Fall 2003— Donation
Brings a Million Opportunities (from The
Scene)
Mar. 23, 2003 — Blueprints for diversity (from the Statesman Journal)
Feb. 17, 2003 — The Monday Profile: Champion of Diversity (from The Oregonian)
Fall 2002 — Willamette
Academy Offiers Bridge to Students of Color (from
The Scene)
Aug. 10, 2002 — Two-week
camp exposes life in higher education (from the Statesman Journal)
Aug. 9, 2002 — University helps kids make grade for future (from The Oregonian)
Jun. 1, 2001 — Willamette Receives Grants to Establish Programs for Ethnically Diverse Students
