![Farewell](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/20525838210_92c098e4c1_o-2b5kfqv-470x140.jpg)
Dear Readers, We have reached that time again where we have to move on to different paths. Rosie, Phillip, and Anny will be finishing up…
![Urban Scholars: Six Flags Trip](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/20502348438_39f7378795_o-1iqh1qd-470x140.jpg)
On Tuesday, August11th, Urban Scholars visited Six Flags, which officially concluded their summer activities. The students and staff had a tremendous amount of fun going…
![Project REACH: Award Ceremony](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/Reach_Squad-tf2gm9-e1440171184144-470x140.jpg)
Project REACH, a TRIO Talent Search Program on the campus of UMass Boston, had its end-of-the-summer celebration on Friday, August 7. The director of the…
![Interview with Juliane Dessaline](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/14842349761_93a6167201_o-29gwlpi-e1440168775456-470x140.jpg)
This summer, I got the opportunity to interview Julianne Dessaline, a current member of both the John Hancock MLK Summer Scholars and the Urban Scholars…
![John Hancock MLK Summer Scholars Intern: Alieshka Cruz](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/image-28u43zi-470x140.jpg)
This summer, I was given the opportunity to interview Alieshka (Ali) Cruz, a rising senior at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School and a fellow…
![John Hancock MLK Summer Scholars Intern: Tanaja Cole](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/19535429340_bc19dba1cc_o-yiuxcw-e1440086180803-470x140.jpg)
Tanaja Graham Cole is a rising senior at Excel High school in South Boston. This summer, she received an internship from the John Hancock MLK…
![John Hancock MLK Summer Scholars and George Foreman III](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/IMG_8894-1cn286a-470x140.jpg)
George Foreman III, the son of former two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman, is an American boxer, business executive, and television personality. On August 7, 2014,…
![UMass Boston Chill Spots](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/IMG_7219-1xygsk9-470x140.jpg)
Last Friday, I walked around the UMass Boston campus and found a few of the aesthetically pleasing spots that students and other people would enjoy. My…
![Urban Scholars' Suffolk University Tour](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/19108035534_5897e0ed9c_o-p52oog-470x140.jpg)
The rising seniors and juniors of the Urban Scholars program visited the Suffolk University campus on July, 15. Students learned the many reasons that pre-collegiates…
![Summer Transportation Institute conclusion 2015](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/STI_GOODBYE-20e66h3-470x140.jpg)
On July, 31, the Summer Transportation Institute (STI) had its end of summer closing ceremony. Thomas Materday, the director of the program, shared some final…