Napa Valley College Puente Program: October 2007

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

More pictures from the AIDS Walk--thanks Graciela and Laura!

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Puentistas Attend 2007 Puente Motivational Conference at UC Berkeley October 27th.

Early start from Napa Valley College--the sun wasn't even up yet!

NVC Puentistas and other colleges gather in Wheeler Auditorium. Students, Counselors and Instructors were welcomed by Puente Program leaders and heard the featured morning speaker, Dr. Rosa Perez, Chancellor, San Jose/Evergreen Valley College.

ROLL CALL!!!

Featured afternoon speaker, Dr. Alex Saragoza, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley

Puente Explosion! Puentistas from Northern California perform.

It's Napa Valley College's turn. First up, Nataly and Daisy!

Then the rest of NVC Puentistas join them.

Other performances.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Daniel Chacon Visits NVC and Puentistas

Daniel Chacon, author of Chicano Chicanery, and the shadows took him, and the upcoming The Chicano Book of the Dead, visited the Puente class and spoke before the whole college on October 18th, 2007. All students and vistors had the opportunity to have the author sign their books after Chacon read passages from his upcoming book.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Puentistas Participate in AIDS Walk

Beautiful day and excited participants! Please send additional photos to cgillis@napavalley.edu so that I can upload them to this page.

Who We Are

Napa Valley College is proud to sponsor the Puente Project. The Puente Project is an academic preparation program whose mission is to increase the number of educationally disadvantaged students who: enroll in four-year colleges, earn college degrees, and return to the community as mentors and leaders for future generations. Puente provides three areas of service to students: teaching, counseling, and mentoring. Puente trains school and college staff members to conduct this program at their sites. Puente serves students in 56 community colleges and 36 high schools throughout California. Puente's staff training programs have benefited over 40,000 students directly and over 400,000 indirectly. Puente is open to all students. The one-year program at Napa Valley College begins with English 90 in the fall semester. English 90 is preparation for English 120, College-level English. The Puente approach is unique in that the reading is focused on Latino and Mexican-American literature, essays and cultural writings in both the fall and spring semester classes. Students are strongly encouraged to enroll in the Writing Center along with the fall composition course to further assist them. See http://www.ucop.edu/puente/ for more information and the reports of success for students enrolled in this program. Contact Marina Lira at mlira@napavalley.edu to enroll in the Puente Program. Download Application!

Napa Valley College Puente Program