Umoja Community Partners with Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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FIRST UMOJA COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT GRADUATES FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Trina Peterson a former student of the Umoja Community Program at El Camino College (Project Success) obtained her BA degree in Communications from Howard University in May 2011.  Trina was the first recipient of the Umoja Community scholarship that was awarded in 2008.  [...]

THE UMOJA COMMUNITY SELECTS TWO SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
FOR 2011

Two scholarships have been awarded for the 2011-2012 academic year. The first was an academic scholarship for a student who will transfer to a four year university for fall 2011.  The second award is a partial scholarship to be applied toward the cost of attending [...]

Umoja_Newsletter 2011 (pdf)

Gerard Robinson, newly appointed Education Secretary for the State of Virginia, has a strong connection to the Umoja Community. Gerard started his post secondary education at El Camino College in Torrance, California. His connection came about when the founders of Project Success (an Umoja Community affiliate) were developing the program over 23 years.  It was just [...]

Sharlett Rose Photo

2010 Umoja Community Scholarship Winner

Sharlett Rose, Psychology major and student of the Umoja Community at Napa Valley College, is the 2010 winner of the Umoja Community scholarship to attend a Black College tour this spring.  The tour will travel to nine colleges and universities in [...]

The Umoja Community received a 2009 Chancellor’s Student Success Award – Honorable Mention – at the January 2010 Board of Governors meeting.  The Chancellor’s Student Success Award was established  in 2004 as the Student Equity Award.  The awards have been presented annually to honor community college programs that demonstrate a commitment to success for all [...]