the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence (MCAE), all talked about the opportunities and benefits of a college education, as well as the responsibilities entailed in taking advantage of these responsibilities, such as studying hard, taking challenging classes in High School, and getting involved in the community. Student questions and interests helped us learn that the University is a safe campus, with its own police force, and that although there aren’t classes for becoming a mechanic at the University of Minnesota, students interested in machines and how they work would have many choices in learning the science of machines, and how to develop and design machines. We also learned that the University of Minnesota is the only research institution in the country that allows undergraduates to work with cadavers (dead bodies, that were donated to science), for those interested in anatomy and medicine. Another point stressed at the visit was that most of the students who fail out of college were students who didn’t take advantage of the University’s academic and other support services. They said that too many students dropped out, who didn’t need to, just because they didn’t ask for a little help. Special Note: Any college students currently at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus should check out the opportunity through the MCAE to earn $300 a semester for volunteering in the community.

Kristina Kvarnlov-Leverty