Congratulations on your acceptance to Clark Atlanta University Early College. The School of Education and Transfer Student Services would like to thank you for selecting Clark Atlanta University to begin your journey to exploring higher education. As you transition into your role as a dual enrollment student here at CAU, the team is excited about working with you throughout your academic experience. We are also committed to supporting you and assisting you to take advantage of resources available to you on campus.
The team is devoted exclusively to helping the early college students make a smooth transition to the University. The program is designed with your needs in mind for success. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Carlethia Townsend, liaison Early College Program for School of Education at 404-880-8505; visit Clement Hall or email ctownsend@cau.edu. We will be happy to assist you.
Again, welcome to Clark Atlanta University!
The CAU Early College Team
Early College Outline
What will Early College Provide?
Early College Students are expected to:
Program Benefits:
Early College Joint Meetings
Mid-Semester Roundtable (Nov/March)
End of Year Celebration (May)
The mission of HBCU C.A.R.E.S. is to raise awareness of and offer access to behavioral health fields for diverse students.
A. ADVISORY COUNCIL
B. WEBSITE
C. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AMBASSADORS
Visit our official website: HBCU Cares – HBCU Cares (myhbcucares.org)
Jumpstart is a national early education organization working toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed. We provide language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities and promote quality early learning for all children. Since 1993, we’ve trained more than 50,000 college students and community volunteers to transform the lives of over 123,000 preschool children nationwide.
VISION
Every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed.
MISSION
Jumpstart provides language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities and promotes quality early learning for all
Come support the language, literacy and social development of preschoolers from underserved communities in Atlanta. Help implement proven research developed curriculum with data to support it.
Why should you join?
Schedule
Interviews are taking place now and spots are filling up quickly. Complete the online application now to begin the interview process!
Apply Now : www.jstart.org/apply
Contact La’Kesha Cortes, Volunteer Manager, lakesha.cortes@jstart.org or call (470)480-5078 for more details.
The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are Federal outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.Clark Atlanta University administers 2 TRiO programs — Upward Bound and Talent Search. Clark Atlanta University has successfully conducted an Upward Bound program since 1965. The students that Upward Bound serves must come from low-income families (incomes at or below 150 percent of the poverty level) and/or are first-generation potential college students (neither parent nor guardian has earned a bachelor’s degree). The purpose of Upward Bound is to provide its high school students with the skills and motivation to succeed in and graduate from a college or university of their choice. To this end, Upward Bound has both summer and academic year components. The Upward Bound Program provides services to 100 participants who meet the program’s guidelines and attend either Carver, Jackson, or South Atlanta High Schools in the metro-Atlanta area.
The Talent Search Program is designed to encourage youth with academic potential to stay in school, graduate from high school, and ultimately attend a college or university. Talent Search (TS) counselors work with each of the students at their respective school on a weekly basis throughout the academic school year. TS offers additional enrichment activities such as field trips to college or cultural events. Seventy five percent of ETS participants enroll in college!
Upward Bound
Trevor Arnett Hall 2nd Floor
(404) 880-8200
(404) 880-6278 (Fax)
Talent Search – Atlanta
Trevor Arnett Hall 2nd Floor
(404) 880-6093
(404) 880-8267 (Fax)
Talent Search – LaGrange
(706) 837-9995
(706) 884-8376 (FaX)
Zandra Genous-Tate
Director of TRiO Programs
zgenous@cau.edu
404-880-8263
Daisha Lark
TRiO Programs Office Manager (Interim)
dlark@cau.edu
404-880-8200
Farris Jones
TRiO Programs Budget Manager
fjones1@cau.edu
404-880-6093
The Clark Atlanta University TRIO Programs has built a reputation for being comprehensive, innovative, and a dynamic educational program. Participants involved in the TRiO Programs at Clark Atlanta engage in highly motivational and experiential curricula designed to uphold the highest standards and utilize up-to-date resources and technology in education.
Visit Trio Program Official Page
The mission of Upward Bound is to provide an intensive, year-round academic program to assist program participants in grades 9 thru 12 in the successful completion of high school and to prepare them for post-secondary education by providing them with rigorous and nurturing academic courses as well as culturally enriching activities.
The mission of the Educational Talent Search program is to provide a pre-college service to students in middle school and high school, as well as adults, with potential for education at the postsecondary level and to facilitate academic success, retention, enrollment and graduation from college for first generation and low-income students.
The CAU-TRIO Programs are committed to providing equal educational opportunities for all applicants. It
enrolls participants without regard to race, color, sex, age national origin or disability. This commitment to equal opportunity includes recruitment, admissions, access to and usage of facilities, counseling and testing, financial assistance, placement, co-curriculum programs and all-purpose services and activities.
Only target school attendees are serviced by the CAU-TRIO Programs.
For a list of participating schools please visit each program’s page.
Select application type below
ATLANTA TALENT SEARCH APPLICATION
LAGRANGE TALENT SEARCH APPLICATION
It was the vision and the heart of the 2013 Clark Atlanta University Board of Trustees, Board of Trustees Member Emiratis – Dr. Lisa Borders, and former University Presidents to bring forth the Horizons Atlanta Clark Atlanta University Program! For the seventh summer, the Horizons Atlanta Clark Atlanta University Program, anchored in the School of Education, is the only Historically Black College and University in the Horizons National Network of Affiliates of over sixty other sites.
The Horizons Atlanta Clark Atlanta University Program has a strong and focused presence in Atlanta, Georgia, and in our Nation to reduce and prevent children’s summer learning loss. As a Clark Atlanta University community outreach Program, we seek to positively impact the learning and living of underserved children and families!
There are nine other HORIZONS ATLANTA Programs: Horizons Georgia TECH, Horizons Woodward Academy, Horizons Atlanta Technical College, Horizons Holy Innocence, Horizons Kennesaw State University, Horizons Georgia State University, Horizons International School, Horizons at Purpose Built Schools, Horizons at The Galloway School.
Source: http://www.horizonsatlanta.org
In 2018 the HBCU Council of Past Presidents approached Clark Atlanta University about the possibility of establishing a program to prepare future HBCU Presidents. The CAU School of Education in collaboration with the Online Learning and Continuing Education office wrote a planning grant to develop the HBCU Executive Leadership Institute. With the support of our distinguished Advisory Board and the HBCU ELI Team, the program is ready to welcome our Community of Fellows in January 2022.
The HBCU Executive Leadership Institute aims to establish a sustainable model for increasing the quality and supply of qualified candidates to serve as HBCU presidents and other executive level leaders. The Institute will support the design of a leadership development program that will focus on the preparation and development of HBCU presidents and executive leaders. The vision is to develop a performance-based leadership preparation program that will engage aspiring and new HBCU Presidents in an extended learning network that provides opportunities to practice and demonstrate proficiency in real time, in the real HBCU working environment.
The HBCU Executive Leadership Institute will address the following four components:
Executive Director
Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, Past President Bennett College and
Acting President Cheyney University
ELI Team
Dr. J. Fidel Turner, Jr., Dean, CAU School of Education
Dr. Cheryl Dozier Davenport, Program Coordinator & President Emerita, Savannah State University
Dr. Mary A. Hooper, Curriculum Designer, Associate Provost, CAU Online Learning & Continuing Education & Professor of Educational Leadership
Mr. Cameron Randle, Program Manager & Educational Leadership Doctoral Student
Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy, President Emerita, Shaw University & Johnson C. Smith University, Member,
HBCU AB/C-HBCU-PP Curriculum Committee
HBCU AB/C-HBCU-Past Presidents Selection Committee (Lyons, Lomotey, Hatton, Dolinger)
TalentQuest, External Program Evaluator Consultants
The ELI Competency Model includes core leadership competencies of relationship building and networking, communication for influence, emotional intelligence skills, decision making, strategic planning, finance, and operations.
Executive-specific competencies for HBCUs include branding, funding, recruiting, academic management, team building, board relations; recruiting and developing the management team; leading through crisis and uncertainty; and advocating for racial and social justice.
These competencies provide the foundation needed for executives to ensure the success of students by equipping them with career enhancing tools (credentials, certificates, internships, etc.) to complement their subject matter training.
