Why participate?
African-Americans who participate in study-abroad programs are 13% more likely to graduate from college in 4 years and have higher grade point averages than their peers who do not venture abroad
Cost for the trip is $25 per pair. A pair constitutes a student and one parent or guardian. This cost covers the bus from Buffalo, NY to Cleveland, OH and back, breakfast and an afternoon snack. Pairs are responsible for lunch on their own and any additional food or souvenirs they may wish to purchase.
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Concessions stands will be open at the fair
Pairs are also responsible for:
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completing the Cleveland Council online registration,
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taking part in the parent/student workshop prior to the trip (will be available in person, date, place and time to be announced),
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signing and returning comportment agreement, as well as the media and liability waivers
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and the cost of the trip as outlined above.
Failure to follow through on any of the above will make the pair ineligible to take part in this trip.
Costs and responsibilities
Keep up with ExOpps
Hidden Figures - Showing & Discussion
TBA
Parent Workshop
TBA
Bus Trip
11.18.2017, 04:30 AM
Expanding Opportunities was conceptualized in 2015 by Romunda Harris-Fonville and Willie Price, Jr. That same year Expanding Opps took a total of 33 passengers (9 chaperones, 17 students, 6 parents/guardians and 1 coordinator) from Buffalo, NY to Cleveland, OH for the thirteenth annual HBCU fair. This trip resulted in 2 on-site offers of admissions and 4 subsequent offers of admission to an HBCU college or university (a 35.29% acceptance rate). In 2016 the organization developed a 3 year plan and became a consortium with a growing list of supporters. That same year we went our on our second "Fantastic Voyage" with sold out attendance and tripled the number of on-site offers received by our attendees,
How it began
In 2017 Expanding Opportunities' goal is to once again sell out our 53 seats, extend our demographics to include more schools in Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Ontario, Canada, and to foster a better understanding among guidance personnel of the HBCU experience. To that end we will make our third journey to the the fifteenth annual fair in Cleveland, OH.
We ask that seniors and graduating juniors in high school bring:
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Copies of their most recent transcripts (we recommend at least 10)
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Current class schedule
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College interest essays
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Recommendation letters
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Test Scores (ACT or SAT)
Tentative schedule for the day.
Leave from a site to be announced at 4:30 AM, November 18 going to Warrensville Heights High School, 4270 Northfield Rd,Warrensville Heights, OH 44128
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HBCU College Fair Registration - 8:00 AM
The fair starts at 10:00 AM and goes until 3:00 PM (EST). We should arrive back in Buffalo around 6:30 PM (EST).
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3:00 PM Snack/Bus Check-in
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3:30 PM Leave Cleveland Return to Buffalo