VIDEO NEWS: Young Investigators Program introduces urban youth to college experience

By David Gonnerman '90
June 15, 2009

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The weeklong summer Young Investigators Program at St. Olaf introduces urban 9th- and 10th-graders to biology courses taught by St. Olaf faculty. The TRiO Educational Talent Search-sponsored program also gives participants a taste of college life. Mejenta Littsey '11 is a past participant in the program who is assisting with this year's group. "[The program] inspired me to become an environmental studies major," she says.

The program is funded by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.



Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.