Learning Communities
ACADEMIC PROGRAM FOR EXCELLENCE
More DetailsThe Academic Program for EXcellence (APEX) is an eight-week academic summer program for incoming first-year students of color at Iowa State University. In addition to taking general education courses, APEX students are involved in an array of activities including meeting and networking with faculty and staff committed to students' transition and adjustment to university life and the Iowa State University campus.
CARVER ACADEMY
The Carver Academy is designed to promote the holistic development of the ISU George Washington Carver (GWC) scholars in their acclimation to Iowa State University, academic success, individual identification, community service, leadership skills, and career goals. The Carver Academy offers guidance and enrichment to its participants in an environment that fosters continuous learning, achievement, diversity and integrity.
MULTICULTURAL LEARNING COMMUNITY
The Multicultural Learning Community (MLC) is designed and intended to bring together students from a variety of backgrounds to explore issues relative to race and ethnicity in the state of Iowa and the U. S. through course work and out of class experiential learning activities. Like other learning communities, this program provides for its student members the opportunity to live, study, and learn together, share knowledge, succeed academically, and make connections with experienced students, faculty, and professional staff members.
MULTICULTURAL VISION PROGRAM
The Multicultural Vision Program (MVP) is a scholarship program created to assist African American, Latino American, Asian American, American Indian, and Bi/Multiracial students who are from the state of Iowa and are entering directly from high school. Course instruction, mentoring, intrusive advising, family receptions and leadership opportunities are just a few ways in which the program provides support to its scholars.
NCORE/ISCORE PROJECT
The NCORE/ISCORE Project brings students together for a series of events that facilitate personal growth in understanding of issues regarding race and ethnicity in higher education. The project involves attending and participating in the two conferences: the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity and the Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity as well as a series of seminars, workshops, and campus community dialogues. For additional information, visit the NCORE site and the ISCORE site.
