Greetings!
During the week of June 2 - 7, 2024, the Jump Start College Experience offered by the Willie and Vivian Gaddis Foundation traveled over 1600 miles in 6 days to visit seven colleges and universities with 44 youth scholars consisting of 7 freshmen, 15 sophomores, 20 juniors, and 2 middle schoolers.
The Jump Start College Experience provides Central Ohio youth with tools and resources to navigate through high school to college by researching and visiting colleges and universities and participating in college access programming. In the weeks leading to the actual tour student scholars explore topics designed to enhance and promote personal development and college choices if that is their path. This vein continues while on the road as we explore colleges and universities, visit historical sites, and dine at black-owned businesses to promote entrepreneurship.
2024 College Experience Recap
2024 College Experience Celebration
2023 College Experience Recap
2023 College Experience Celebration
Historical Review of Colleges & Universities Visited
Alabama
Alabama A&M University- Huntsville
District of Columbia
Georgetown University
Florida
Bethune Cookman University- Daytona Beach
Georgia
Clark Atlanta University- Atlanta
Kentucky
Kentucky State University- Frankfort
Louisiana
Dillard University-New Orleans
Maryland
Bowie State University- Bowie
Mississippi
Jackson State University - Jackson
North Carolina
Bennett College- Greensboro
Ohio
Bowling Green State University- Bowling Green
Pennsylvania
The Lincoln University- Lincoln University
South Carolina
Allen University- Columbia
Tennessee
Fisk University- Nashville
Virginia
Hampton University- Hampton
Historical Sites Visited Include
Alabama
Booker T. Washington Home – The Oaks , Tuskegee
District of Columbia
Anacostia Community Museum
Georgia
Dr. MLK Birth Home, Auburn Street and National Historical Park, Atlanta
Maryland
Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Baltimore
North Carolina
International Civil Rights Center & Museum (F.W. Woolworth Lunch Counter), Greensboro
Ohio
National Afro-American Museum, Wilberforce
Tennessee
Jubilee Hall at Fisk University, Nashville
Virginia
The Valentine Museum, Richmond