Learn about members of the Rosemont College who are reaching out and making a difference in our extended community!
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RISE Website Coming Soon 
Established in 1997, Rosemont's RISE program is a three-year academic enrichment program designed to increase liberal arts college readiness and success for minority girls from Bartram, Overbrook and University City High Schools. The program gives the young women an experience of college life, academically and culturally. Students are nominated to the RISE program by their guidance counselors.
Once in the program, the young women attend during their sophomore, junior and senior years of high school, completing a yearlong program in mathematics and English and a three-week residential program in mathematics, English, visual art and citizenship, with heavy computer applications in each area. Classes are taught by Rosemont professors and Philadelphia School District teachers. The RISE Program has successfully prepared and enrolled over 100 students in college at Rosemont and elsewhere. Rosemont College and the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, who founded the College, annually award four-year, full room, board and tuition scholarships to four RISE students. |
Parlor http://www.parlorjournal.com  Parlor, an online literary journal, was founded in 2006 to showcase creative work of poets, dramatists, and prose writers without adhering to a predetermined aesthetic. An entirely student-run publication, Parlor's mission is to celebrate a community of artists and provide greater exposure of their work to the public. Rosemont College, the magazine's sponsor, hosts a burgeoning Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program.In American homes, the parlor was traditionally where visitors were received and entertained. And it is our hope that these works, carefully selected by current graduate Creative Writing students and alumni, will capture the breadth of the poems, plays, and stories being crafted in the program's workshops. |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute Cinematheque: Italian Neorealism: A Film Forum http://www.brynmawrfilm.org  Beginning in the mid-1940s and ending in the early 1950s, Italian neorealism was a film movement that featured stories about the working class, the use of nonprofessional actors, and a cinema verite aesthetic. Join Maurizio Giammarco, Professor of Film Studies and English Literature at Rosemont College, for a lively evening of discussion and clips from essential films, including those of Visconti, Rossellini, and De Sica.Program length is approximately two hours. Cinematheque tickets are $8.75 general admission, $6 for seniors, $4.50 for members, and Ffree for students. If you miss the presentation at Bryn Mawr Film Institute, you can still attend at the Ambler Theater on Thursday, May 10, at 7 pm. |
STAND http://www.standnow.org 
STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition is an umbrella organization of over 600 high school and college chapters dedicated to putting an end to genocide, specifically the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
STAND formed out of the rapidly growing student movement to protect Darfur and works to unify this anti-genocide movement under one message by providing students with informational, educational and organizing resources, empowering them through an extensive network of impassioned student activists and advocating for a change in the world's mentality towards genocide. Jessica Morales, 20, is a junior at Rosemont College majoring in Political Science with a concentration in Peace and Justice Studies at Villanova University. As the Mid-Atlantic Outreach Coordinator, Jessica helps chapters in the region to start up, connect with each other, and organizies intiatives and events. As the founder of her school's STAND chapter, she has organized many events and activities to raise awareness on her campus. A native of Southern California, Jessica is also very involved on her campus as a member of the student government and dance team. |
Red Hook Initiative http://www.rhhi.org 
Enasia Wellington first came to Red Hook Initiative after she saw a flyer in her building distributed by one of RHI's Community Health Educators. She decided to drop into the adolescent "rap group" with one of her friends. Three years later, Enasia is still actively engaged in the RHI programs and services.
Last year, Enasia assisted RHI's social worker with "Mirrors of Strength," a leadership and empowerment group for 12- and 13- year-old girls. Topics included body image, self-esteem, relationships, and other issues that the group chose. During the ten-week cycle in the fall, Enasia's insight and contribution were so invaluable that the social worker made her a co-leader of the group in the spring. When asked about her experience, Enasia said, "I am proud to be an influence on these young girls. I believe, as a female of color, one must have a sense of self. It is important that they be content with their physical appearance and have the ability to voice their opinions." Enasia has had a powerful impact on the youth participants at RHI and is now a pre-med student at Rosemont College in Pennsylvania. |
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