2015 alabama possible college access and success impact report
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Our college access and success programs include the Blueprints College Access Initiative and Cash for College. Both programs are designed to promote and build educational equity for low income, minority, and first generation college-going students across the state of Alabama.TRANSCRIPT
We are going to collegeWe are Alabama Possible
Impact Report
College Access and Success
2014–2015
“College” is the attainment of valuable postsecondary
credentials beyond high school, including professional/
technical certificates and academic degrees.
Alabama Possible works to build educational equity by increasing the number of Alabama students who pursue and complete a college education, particularly among low-income students, first-generation college-going students, and students of color. We do this by:
Teaming individual students with near -peer mentors to complete milestones focused on the social, emotional, and financial aspects of college access and success through the Blueprints College Access Initiative;
Building a college-going culture by supporting all students with resources and relationships necessary to pursue and complete valuable postsecondary credentials;
Nurturing cross- sector partnerships with school systems, higher education institutions, and other like- minded community organizations to fill gaps rather than duplicate services.
About Alabama Possible’s College Access and Success Work
From left to right: A cohort of Phil Campbell High School students after they discussed their college choices with Alabama Possible Program Coordinator Landon Taylor. \\ A University of Alabama Honors College student shared a meal in the cafeteria with a Hillcrest High School freshman during a campus visit. \\ A Ramsay High School freshman described what college means to him as part of our college knowledge curriculum.
Blueprints students are teamed with college student “near-peer” mentors who equip them to make structured decisions and navigate the college admissions process, including academic planning, college and career exploration, and financial aid planning.
High Schools Central High School Tuscaloosa City
Francis Marion High School Perry County
Hillcrest High School Tuscaloosa County
Holy Family Cristo Rey High School Loachapoka High School Lee County
Montevallo High School Shelby County
Phil Campbell High School Franklin County
Ramsay High School Birmingham City
Wenonah High School Birmingham City
Woodlawn High School Birmingham City
31% White
44% Male4% Hispanic, Asian, or Multiracial
What is the Blueprints College Access Initiative?
Who participates in Blueprints?
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520+40+70+3709th grade
58810th grade
4511th grade
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BY GRADE LEVEL
2014-15
Blueprints Partnership Schools
65+31+4 56+4465% Black
56% Female
Colleges & Universities Auburn UniversityBirmingham-Southern College Lawson State Community College Northwest-Shoals Community College Samford University Shelton State Community College Troy University The University of Alabama University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Montevallo
Alabama A&M UniversityAlabama State UniversityAlcorn State UniversityArizona State UniversityAuburn UniversityAuburn University at MontgomeryBarry UniversityBaylor UniversityBelhaven UniversityBelmont UniversityBenedict CollegeBerea CollegeBevill State Community College
Birmingham-Southern CollegeCalhoun Community CollegeChristian Brothers UniversityClark Atlanta UniversityConcordia CollegeDillard UniversityEdward Waters CollegeFaulkner UniversityFisk UniversityFort Valley State UniversityGeorgia State UniversityHarris-Stowe State UniversityHoward University
Huntingdon CollegeImmaculata UniversityIowa State UniversityJacksonville State UniversityJefferson State Community CollegeJudson CollegeKent State UniversityLane CollegeLawson State Community CollegeLee UniversityLincoln College of TechnologyLoyola UniversityMaryville College
Congratulations to the Blueprints Class of 2015! They have been accepted to the following colleges and universities:
SPOTLIGHT ON THE
Blueprints Class of 2015
416 90% 62% $8.7Seniors accepted to college completed their
financial aid form*million
supplementary scholarships*
*as of May 22, 2015
“Blueprints isn’t just
redefining Alabama’s
college-going culture,
it’s also cultivating a
batch of young leaders.”al.com, February 11, 2015
Trey Hawkins and Jarrell Jordan, both Blueprints students at Woodlawn High School, received prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarships, which
are administered by the United Negro College Fund with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The scholarship provides high-
achieving, low-income, minority students with the opportunity to complete an undergraduate degree in any major at any university. It also helps pay for
the students to attend graduate school in STEM or education fields.
Two Woodlawn High School Seniors Named Gates Millennium Scholars
Miles CollegeMillsaps CollegeMorehouse CollegeMorgan State UniversityMorris CollegeNorthwest-Shoals Community CollegeOglethorpe UniversityPhilander Smith CollegePierpont Community and
Technical CollegeRust CollegeSamford UniversitySouthern Union Community College
Spring Hill CollegeSt. Thomas UniversityStillman CollegeTalladega CollegeTennessee State UniversityTroy UniversityTuskegee UniversityThe University of AlabamaUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of Alabama at HuntsvilleUniversity of Arkansas at Pine BluffUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of Miami
University of MissouriUniversity of MontevalloUniversity of North AlabamaUniversity of South AlabamaUniversity of Southern MississippiUniversity of West AlabamaVirginia State UniversityWallace State Community College -
HancevilleWallace Community College - SelmaWheeling Jesuit UniversityXavier University of Louisiana Yale University
Photo courtesy Birmingham City Schools
“Blueprints changed my life. It’s because of my
time in Blueprints that I’m going to college.”Madison Sutherland, Phil Campbell High School Senior
“A lot of people don’t apply to their dream school.
They don’t know what opportunities are out there.
You have a choice to experience what’s out there.”Trey Hawkins, Woodlawn High School Valedictorian
Cash for College boosts the number of students completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Students and their families must complete the FAFSA to apply for the Pell Grant, federal loans, and other work-study programs at Alabama’s two- and four-year, academic and technical schools.
Why is the FAFSA important?
9 out of 10 students who complete their FAFSA attend college the following fall, according to the U.S. Department of Education
With more than 100 questions, the FAFSA is longer and more complicated than a typical tax return.
Many parents and students lack adequate knowledge to accurately estimate the costs of college.
Most Birmingham City Schools students who file their FAFSA qualify for up to $5,755 in Pell Grant funding to attend the college of their choice.
SPOTLIGHT ON
Cash for College
“Joining the Alabama Possible family and mentoring
low-income students across Birmingham enabled me to
embark on a journey full of new and wonderful opportunities.”
Amanda Wilson, Cash for College Volunteer
39+45+49+50+55+60+65+7039 45 49 50 55 60 65 70
13-140%
100%
14-15 GOAL
14-15 ACTUAL
15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20
Birmingham City Schools FAFSA Completion Goals
This year, we beat our goal, with a
49% completion
rate!*
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Alabama Possible leads a partnership to boost college completion which includes the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham City Schools, the Birmingham Education Foundation, Jefferson State Community College, Lawson State Community College, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Lumina Foundation chose Birmingham as one of 20 cities for that partnership and pledged $120,000 over the next two and a half years in funding.
The team’s goals include boosting college enrollment for Birmingham City Schools from 36 percent in 2014 to 75 percent by 2025. It will work to equip students with a network of resources and relationships that will enable them to overcome the economic and social barriers that
prevent many students from starting and finishing college.
Birmingham and the other 19 communities will work closely with Lumina and other national thought leaders to develop a customized action plan focused on reaching attainment goals to increase the percentage of high-quality credentials held by community residents.
The overall effort connects to Goal 2025, Lumina’s national goal to increase the percentage of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates, and other credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025.
Birmingham Joins National Network to Increase College Completion
In 2014-2015:
36 116 49%FAFSA Workshops Volunteers
FAFSA completion*
*as of June 12, 2015
A.H. Parker High School A.J. FordA+ College ReadyAaron Getman-PickeringAaron SalisburyAaron WattsAbbie PappasAbigail JarrattAda Katherine Van WyheAdrian CapoteAG Gaston Boys and Girls Club
Aisha HenleyAlabama Commission on Higher Education
Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education
Alabama Media Group/AL.com
Alabama PowerAlabama Power FoundationAlabama State Dept. of Education
AlagascoAlan & Lisa EngelAlan RegisterAlana OwensAlanna WhiteAlex PerkinsAlex SteinmillerAlexandria BaileyAlexis TangAlice BowsherAlice BrowsherAlicia ScottAlisha PettwayAllison MiddletonAllison StephensAmanda BarberAmanda StoreyAmanda WilliamsAmbria HardyAndrew BattistaAngela DennisonAngelyse TreadwellAnita SmithAnn FlorieAnn ForneyAnn WadeAnna DaileyAnna PattersonAnna PritchettAnna SimsAnne TremblayAnthony Ford
Anthony TrimbleaAntwonnette ReynoldsApril BarberApril MurphyArnold RogersAshleigh JohnsonAshley FloydAshley ShepherdAshley TippitAshley WhitakerAshton WrightAshunti KirkAsia SullivanAssociation of Financial Aid Administrators
AT&TAthens State UniversityAuburn UniversityAuburn University Foundation
Austin LittlejohnAuttum-Marie RichardsAynsley PruittBailee HammockBaptist Church of the Covenant
Barbara BlairBarbara BonfieldBarbara EptingBarbara LuckettBarry MazerBBVA CompassBBVA Compass FoundationBeatriz FelixBelk Foundation Benjamin HardimanBenjamin Wieseman & Jennifer Cloe
Bethany RushingBezawit EyobBill & Becky Smith Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Birmingham Business Alliance
Birmingham Education Foundation
Birmingham-Southern College
Blount County Education Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
Bob & Teresa ShufflebargerBob Greenberg
Brad LandryBrad PeelerBrandon OverstreetBrannon BuckBreana DurrahBrenda HackneyBrenda SmithBrent Gage Brett ReachBrian QuisenberryBrian RushingBridget LavenderBridgette TeagueBrittany FilesBrooke ColemanBrooke McKinleyBrooks & Libba VaughanBruce AkinBruce LarsonBryan BlumBurr & Forman, LLP Caitlynn StricklandCameron BarnesCameron VowellCamille SpratlingCandice ChandlerCandis MimsCanterbury United Methodist Church
Carl & Mary HogeCarlissa Strong Cunningham
Carol ButlerCaroline HarrisCasey EgglestonCassandra FellsCassandra Renee HollinsCassie ElliottCatherine ButlerCatherine GregoryCatherine NafeCatherine Sloss JonesCathy FriedmanCedric Rodgers Central High School Chandler TerryChandra HolleyCharles & Patsy CollatCharles DanielCharlotte WardCheryl AllenCheryl MorganCheyenne ReedChirag Chiranji Sharma
Chloe BallardChloe TilleyChris JoinerChris McCauleyChristian McNealChristiana WilliamsChristopher DodsworthChristopher ScallaChristopher ShawChristopher WestCivitan InternationalCJ HastingsClaire ParkerClarence SuttonClarissa ReeseCNCS AmeriCorps*VISTAColin Thad MyersCollege Access Made Possible
College Goal Sunday/FAFSA February
Collin McKayCommunity Foundation of Greater Birmingham
Conner HayesConnie ColemanConnie OdenConstance O’BrienCorporate RealtyCoty LoveladyCourtney BennettCraig BaabCraig HoskinsCTS, Inc.Curtis & Jean LilesCynthia FlowersCyrondys Jackson SpringerDale & Libby Potts-Peterson
Dan BeatyDan StephensDaniel Foundation Danyell CookDarby JonesDarit RiddleDarius GambleDave GoodeDavid AbromsDavid AllgoodDavid DonaldsonDavid PerryDavid SilversteinDavid TremblayDeb Watts & John Ward
Deborah BrownellDeborah SmithDebra RuffinDee WardDeeDee Barnes BrunsDeMisha SmithDenise HesterDenise MooreDennis & Beverly SansomDesert Island Supply Company
Devon CantwellDianne MartinDianne MooneyDixon-White InstituteDon & Sandy LoganDonald & Ronne HessDonald WardDouglas ColeDreshun BufordDrew BlackDyllan BaileyEdgar AlridgeEdward & Amanda WilsonEdward BowserEdward FriendEleanor DelbeneElise HayesElizabeth ClarkElizabeth TerryElliot Lauderdale Elna R. BrendelEmily BatesEmily JensenEmily ThorntonEmma FeelyEric RigdonEric WahlErica ValdezEva RobertsonEvan LewisEvelyn PuckettFelicity CuretonFerris LaurenFightress AaronFlora GilesFord & Karla WilesFoster WareFrances VerstandigFrancine BooneFrancis Marion High SchoolFrank & Jothany JamesFrank & Louise McPhillipsFrank Matthews
You make a tremendous difference in the lives of Alabama students when you invest your time, talent, and treasure in Alabama Possible.
Thank you.
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Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC
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Independent Presbyterian Church Foundation
Inge Bristow Irene BlalockIshmael DukesJ. Mason & June DavisJ. Norfleete Day
Jack OdleJack SchaefferJackson-Olin High SchoolJacqueline Bishop Jacqueline MorganJacqueline UpshawJade GibbsJake ShackelfordJalen Champlign Jamaree CollinsJames CullinanJames McClintockJames McCraryJames RobinsonJames VandyneJamie CarneyJamie EppersonJane LongshoreJanice Wallace Janna PenningtonJaquise CaldwellJarrett LeeJasmin IvyJasmine Avery-McGuireJasmine PeoplesJason BuhaJason NewellJason SmithJawanza FosterJay TremblayJean McCaaJean ShanksJeanne JacksonJeannie Duke Jeff & Chookie RichardsonJefferson County Department of Health
Jeffrey StoneJena MomeneeJenelle Evans McGrawJennifer Cole ConnJennifer HatchetJennifer KilburnJennifer SandsonJennifer ThomasJennifer Washington Jera StriblingJesse DanielJesse McKneelyJesse ZoraJessica BynumJessica CampbellJessica KnezhaJessica PatelJessica PhamJhammall Wright
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Joshua & Samantha McCool
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Kimberly UseyKiwanis Club of Birmingham
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Lawson State Community College
Leadership BirminghamLeadership SouthtownLeah TollisonLeigh Haver
Wenonah High School seniors after they applied to college and started scholarship applications at a College Application Week event.
Leigh Laser CollinsLeon FrazierLesley McClureLevite JCCLillis TaylorLinda ImhoffLindsay CurryLindsay TurnerLiora ChessinLisa BordenLisa Hall Lisa HitchcockLisa McCormickLisa SmithLo’Eisha JacksonLoachapoka High School Locust Fork High School Lori Lancaster
Lotoya BeardLottie SmithLouise ThibodauxLucie Lee LanouxLucy DiChiaraLudmila GlobaLuis RosalesLyn FrazerM. James GorrieM. Miller GorrieMacy CoxMacy HoggleMadison PodyMadison TaylorMaegan GatesMallika MahalingamMandy OlsonMargaret BentleyMargaret Smith Margaret WardMaria DickensMaria GutierrezMaria KennedyMaria ParkerMarianna Pratt
Marion SteinfelsMarjorie PerlmanMark BerteMark SullivanMarkisha SpearmanMarla H. CortsMarsha Kelly-SuttonMarshall Burrell Martha HarrisMartha VandervootMary A. JolleyMary Afton DayMary Ann MaloneMary Anne MartinMary BiancaMary BurchartMary JanewayMary Patrick
Mary SloanMary Sue BaldwinMary Virginia MandellMashonda TaylorMathew WidemanMatt BarnesMatthew LeavellMatthew St. JohnMatthew WoodallMattie ArringtonMaurice ShevinMegan AngeMegan ClarkMegan RichardsMegan SmithMeghan MillsMelinda LedfordMelinda McLemoreMelissa BurgettMelissa GrishamMelissa KirbyMelissa Mitchell Melodie BillupsMelody Hope-WilsonMelody Wilson
Meredith CalhounMeredith HicksMeredith TetloffMeredith WileyMerrill StewartMersedes An EngleMicah KempMichael LanphierMichael MaetzMichael MartinMichael MeeksMichael PattersonMichael QuillenMichele FormanMichelle AdamsMichelle Bearman-WolnekMichelle FarleyMichelle HolmesMike & Anne WarrenMike & Gillian GoodrichMike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation
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Neal & Anne BerteNicole BohannonNicole BurmsNikki BradburyNora Lee Northwest-Shoals Community College
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Woodlawn High School seniors at their graduation with Alabama Possible Program Coordinator Mary Afton Day.
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U.S. Small Business Administration
United Way of Central Alabama
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About Alabama Possible
2015 Board of DirectorsRalph Foster, Chair Fightress Aaron Irene S. Blalock Sidney Brown, PhD Scott Cole Wayne Flynt, PhD emeritus
Leon Frazier, EdD emeritus
Laurel Hitchcock, PhD Elliot Lauderdale, PhD Humphrey Lee, EdD Virginia Patterson Joey Pierson Richard Rice Isabel Rubio Joyce Spielberger Libba Vaughan Cameron Vowell, PhD Foster Ware Edward Wilson, MD, PhD
2014–2015 StaffKristina Scott, Executive DirectorT.C. McLemore, Communications and Development ManagerLiora Chessin, Program ManagerMary Afton Day, Program CoordinatorLandon Taylor, Program Coordinator
2014–2015 Interns and Student LeadersReeve Jacobus, Birmingham-Southern CollegeChloe Tilley, Shelton State Community CollegeCheyenne Redus, Auburn UniversityRobert Elrod, Auburn UniversityMarshall Burrell, Auburn UniversityMegan Smith, The University of AlabamaRobert Pendley, The University of AlabamaTrevor Jones, University of Montevallo Daniel Yarbrough, Samford University
Alabama Possible was founded in 1993 and is a statewide 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. AP works to reduce systemic poverty and its root causes by inspiring Alabamians to pursue a state in which no individual’s quality of life is diminished by poverty.
Montevallo High School seniors celebrated their academic successes at our first College Signing Day event.
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“College” is the attainment of valuable postsecondary
credentials beyond high school, including professional/
technical certificates and academic degrees.