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Posse Scholars From Puerto Rico to Join L&C

In an expansion of its three-year relationship with the Posse Foundation, Lewis & Clark will welcome to campus this fall its inaugural cohort of scholars from Posse’s newest recruitment location: Puerto Rico. 

In an expansion of its three-year relationship with the Posse Foundation, Lewis & Clark will welcome to campus this fall its inaugural cohort of scholars from Posse’s newest recruitment location: Puerto Rico. These students will join L&C’s third group of Posse scholars from Washington, D.C., making L&C Posse’s only dual-program institution in the Pacific Northwest.

All Posse scholars receive full-tuition scholarships to attend Lewis & Clark. Scholars also receive mentorship and resources before, during, and after the program to set them up for success during their time at the college and beyond.

With more than 30 years of experience recruiting and mentoring students—the majority of whom are first-generation college students from traditionally underrepresented communities—Posse’s comprehensive model of support has a proven track record of success. Posse scholars’ college graduation rate is 90 percent, and nearly half of them go on to pursue advanced degrees.

The Posse students from Puerto Rico will have the opportunity to start building their Lewis & Clark community during the week of March 25, 2023. A group of 15 L&C students will spend a week in San Juan doing volunteer work as part of the college’s Alternative Spring Break program. Among their activities will be a meet-up for the program participants and the incoming Posse students. Andrea Salyer, the director of L&C’s alternative spring break program, planned a similar event for Posse scholars and L&C students on last year’s spring break trip to Washington, D.C. Her hope is that this will become an annual piece of the college’s alternative spring break programming.

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