Nazareth College welcomes 300 students from across the country for PeerForward program, Media Op: July 14-15

Successful national peer-to-peer model trains high school students to be college-ready and help their fellow students do the same

Rochester, NY (07/13/2022) — Nazareth College will be home to more than 300 high school students for the last three weeks in July. The first group of 100 students just arrived on campus from more than 70 schools across the country, including Rochester, for a life-changing experience intended to guide more young people to and through college. Nazareth is teaming up with PeerForward, a national nonprofit organization that uses an engaging peer-to-peer model to guide students in under-resourced schools to pursue four-year college degrees. The PeerForward workshops provide transformative training so that young leaders can inspire and assist their friends, as well as themselves, to pursue higher education. PeerForward will connect 122,000 low-income students to post-secondary success over the next four years. Here is the full news release.

MEDIA: Nazareth and PeerForward invite media to part of the four-day workshop to experience the life-changing program that helps make higher education the expectation, not the exception for many students in low-income high schools.

• With the motto "4 days, 4 years, 4 life," the rigorous workshop is the introductory peer leader training for rising high school seniors from eight states - New York, Michigan, Maryland, Florida, Texas, Virginia, Kentucky, and California - and Washington, D.C.
• Each student lives on Nazareth's campus to learn the ins and outs of the admissions process, to create a college list, draft a personal essay, and learn about financial aid.
• Students, along with an adult advisor from each school, also learn how to teach and inspire their classmates by applying the fundamentals of community organizing.

WHEN: Thursday, July 14 & Friday, July 15

WHERE: Nazareth College

Thursday, July 14 | College Admissions 101

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. in the Shults Center Forum (Park in F lot - Julie Long can give you directions)

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Friday, July 15 | Tower of Power : High energy session to teach peer leaders the basic components of financial aid

1:30 - 3:00 p.m. in the Shults Center Forum (park in F Lot - Julie Long can give you directions)

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Media interviews: are available with PeerForward participants, staff and alumni, along with a Nazareth College representative.

**Please contact Naz PR officer Julie Long at (585) 781-8186**