This past weekend, as Project Inspire leadership and supporters came together in Washington, D.C. to celebrate 15 years of us doing great service to youth and communities around the country, we also celebrated us reaching and surpassing our $2,000 fundraising goal for this year’s campaign! Thank you for sending positive thoughts our way or contributing financially to our campaign!!! Below, … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Education
Combating Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome is an inability to internalize one’s accomplishments, making it difficult for people to feel responsible for their successes and afraid of being exposed as a fraud. That nagging voice telling you that you only got an A on that test because the professor is an easy grader and you had an extra shot … Continue reading
Project Inspire Recipient Spotlight: George Bullard, Jr.
Project Inspire Scholarship Recipient Spotlight George Bullard, Jr. – Second-Year Student at Clark Atlanta University Check out our seventh and last Project Inspire Scholarship feature, George Bullard, Jr. This scholarship recipient graduated from North Miami Beach Senior High School in South Florida and decided to take the leap and become an out-of-state student at Clark Atlanta … Continue reading
Project Inspire Recipient Spotlight: Catisha Joseph
Project Inspire Scholarship Recipient Spotlight Catisha Joseph – Third-Year Student at Florida A&M University Below, learn more about, Catisha Joseph, a third-year student at Florida A&M University (FAMU) and Project Inspire Scholarship Recipient looking to blaze a path to success through her college journey. You’ll find out more about what she’s up to at FAMU … Continue reading
Project Inspire Scholarship Recipient Spotlight Ashley Morissette – First-Year Student at Miami Dade College
Check out our fourth Project Inspire Scholarship feature, Ashley Morissette, currently a first-year student at Miami Dade College. We hope you enjoy learning more about what Project Inspire has helped her to accomplish as a first-generation college student. What community service have you participated in this semester? I am very excited that I will be … Continue reading
Project Inspire Recipient Spotlight: Gabriella Pierre
Project Inspire Scholarship Recipient Spotlight Gabriella Pierre – Third-Year Student at University of Central Florida Check out our third Project Inspire Scholarship feature, Gabriella Pierre, currently a third-year student at University of Central Florida (UCF). Born and raised in South Florida, she is the first to go to college in her immediate family. When she … Continue reading
Project Inspire Recipient Spotlight: KeAsiah McLaughlin
Project Inspire Scholarship Recipient Spotlight KeAsiah McLaughlin – Third-Year Student at North Carolina A&T University Check out our second Project Inspire Scholarship feature, KeAsiah McLaughlin, currently a third-year student at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University. She is the oldest of her siblings and the first to go to college in her immediate family. We hope … Continue reading
The Significance of Mentoring for College Success
Students who are the first in their family to go to college are less likely to graduate within six years than their continuing-generation peers, but there are ways to combat this stunning statistic, and Project Inspire’s programming is an effort to do just that. The decreased likelihood of first-generation college students graduating within six years … Continue reading
Meet Project Inspire’s 2017 Scholarship Recipient, Rodnise Cinmelus
Meet Rodnise Cinmelus, one of our 2017 scholarship recipients! She won this scholarship while a junior in high school at Martin Luther King Junior High School in Lithonia, GA and is in the process of starting her senior year there! We are providing Rodnise with a $2,000 scholarship that she will receive through disbursements … Continue reading
Meet 2017 Project Inspire Scholarship Recipient, Ashley Morrissette
Meet Ashley Morrissette, one of our 2017 scholarship recipients! She recently graduated from North Miami Beach Senior High School, and is going to attend Miami Dade College in the hopes of transferring to an out-of-state 4-year-university and then dental school to pursue her dental career! We are providing Ashley with a $2,000 scholarship that … Continue reading