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OSU CAMP beats 11 universities, receives funding
Despite lack of history, CAMP program has grant request approved, students waitlisted in anticipation for services
Ryan Gunderson
Issue date: 7/1/09 Section: News
By Ryan Gunderson
The Summer Barometer
The OSU CAMP - College Assistance Migrant Program - has recently had their grant request approved by the Department of Education for nearly $420,000 annually, which will keep the program running until at least 2013, when they will once again have to apply for funding.
According to information provided by CAMP, it is a federally funded program designed to help eligible students from migrant and seasonal farm-worker backgrounds during their freshman year.
OSU CAMP received all the funding they requested after they finished second out of 43 programs that applied for 13 available slots, according to OSU CAMP Program Director Amas Aduviri, who joined OSU CAMP in 2005.
Aduviri previously worked with CAMP at Eastern Washington University, and jumped at the opportunity to run the OSU program.
"We've tried to connect CAMP with the rest of the University, and provide new students with the best opportunity and support we can," Aduviri said.
Aduviri explained that the program has been so successful in the past four years that there is now a waitlist to join CAMP.
The program, which had existed at OSU in the 1990's, was dormant until 2004 when they were once again approved for funding. However, the program is receiving nearly $70,000 more per year now than they have been the previous five years. They plan to serve 30 students in each of the first two years and 35 in each of the years thereafter.
"I heard about it from my older brothers, who are involved with CAMP at PCC," Freshman-to-be Roberto Luis-Ramirez said. He went on to say that being in CAMP will help make his freshmen year easy, due to all the services available through the program to eligible first-year OSU students.
"If anyone purposely passed on this, I'd have to ask them if they are stupid. This is such a great opportunity," Angelica Perez added. She was one of many students meeting on the third floor of Waldo Hall in the CAMP offices this week.
The Summer Barometer
The OSU CAMP - College Assistance Migrant Program - has recently had their grant request approved by the Department of Education for nearly $420,000 annually, which will keep the program running until at least 2013, when they will once again have to apply for funding.
According to information provided by CAMP, it is a federally funded program designed to help eligible students from migrant and seasonal farm-worker backgrounds during their freshman year.
OSU CAMP received all the funding they requested after they finished second out of 43 programs that applied for 13 available slots, according to OSU CAMP Program Director Amas Aduviri, who joined OSU CAMP in 2005.
Aduviri previously worked with CAMP at Eastern Washington University, and jumped at the opportunity to run the OSU program.
"We've tried to connect CAMP with the rest of the University, and provide new students with the best opportunity and support we can," Aduviri said.
Aduviri explained that the program has been so successful in the past four years that there is now a waitlist to join CAMP.
The program, which had existed at OSU in the 1990's, was dormant until 2004 when they were once again approved for funding. However, the program is receiving nearly $70,000 more per year now than they have been the previous five years. They plan to serve 30 students in each of the first two years and 35 in each of the years thereafter.
"I heard about it from my older brothers, who are involved with CAMP at PCC," Freshman-to-be Roberto Luis-Ramirez said. He went on to say that being in CAMP will help make his freshmen year easy, due to all the services available through the program to eligible first-year OSU students.
"If anyone purposely passed on this, I'd have to ask them if they are stupid. This is such a great opportunity," Angelica Perez added. She was one of many students meeting on the third floor of Waldo Hall in the CAMP offices this week.
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