September 7-10, 2019 – Long Beach, CA
Ralph W. Dawson began his journey with EOP while working on his masters at UCLA in 1968. He was asked to develop recruitment and outreach for the college, and this would later be known as EOP. Mr. Dawson worked with EOP for five years and...
Randall (Randy) K. Senzaki, was born in a Japanese-American internment camp, a painful reminder of inherent racism that served as an impetus to his lifelong dedication to activism and as a steadfast leader in the pursuit of human and civil rights. Prior to his role...
Ricardo Torres’ journey in education began in 1972 when he graduated from Sac State. At the time, he was employed by the Sacramento City Unified School District as a Compensatory Education Analyst. He left the school district in 1975 and was a part of Sac...
Dedicated to social and educational justice and equality, Mr. Chavez was the founding director of San Diego State University’s Office of Educational Opportunity Programs and Ethnic Affairs. He also helped create what is now the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at San Diego State...
At CSUN, a community service class in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies was reimagined for EOP student leadership and authentic community engagement, leading to dramatic increase in EOP applications. Presentation will discuss class design, methods and community engagement outcomes...
Examining the Evidence: History of the conception and implementation of the first Educational Opportunity Program which began on the campus of Long Beach State with Dr. Joseph White in collaboration with colleagues, community activists, and Assemblyman Willie Brown who helped create the Harmer Bill in...
EOP Transfer Bridge Programs: Evidence Programming Based on Outcomes and Experiences Attendees will gain a perspective of how to formalize evaluation procedures for summer bridge programs and how to easily incorporate these tools into students’ activities. The presentation will cover topics such as creating mission...
Nadine Chavez was born and raised in San Bernardino, California. She attended San Bernardino Valley College, earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish literature and a teaching credential from the University of California, Riverside and has a master’s degree in Counseling from CSU, San Bernardino (CSUSB). Ms....
Dr. Walter Hawkins served as an administrator at CSU, San Bernardino for thirty-three years. During his tenure at CSUSB, he was the Upward Bound Director, the EOP Director, and the Director of Research & Policy Analysis Office (RPAO). He was introduced to TRIO programs and EOP...
