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UO’S SUMMER ACADEMY TO INSPIRE LEARNING (SAIL) is a program led by volunteer UO faculty with the aim of increasing the number of low-income students enrolling and succeeding in college. Begun in 2005 with an initial week-long economics camp for 15 students, we now have five faculty-led summer camps with 90 students, involving hundreds of volunteer hours of faculty and staff. We recruite 8th grade middle school students who start the SAIL camps the summer prior to entering 9th grade. These students progress through a new camp every summer with a variety of academic topics including; economics, psychology, biology, physics, physiology and journalism. SAIL camps are FREE and give students a hands on experience of what college life is like, including talks on getting into college and how to pay for it. The goal is for students to finish 4 years of SAIL with the belief that applying to college is the natural and normal next step in their lives, and with the tools to get admitted and to succeed. We work closely with administrators and teachers at the lowest socio-economic status (SES) middle schools in the local area to identify students who are bright enough to succeed in college, but are at risk of not realizing this potential due to low family income, parents without college educations, or related factors. We start with students transitioning from 8th to 9th grade, because they are old enough to start thinking about their academic future and are about to face critical decisions about college preparatory courses as they start high school. SAIL also follows students throughout the academic year assisting them with college and scholarship prep, academic tutoring and SAT prep.

UO FACULTY VOLUNTEERS BIOLOGY: Peter O’ Day Jamie Nicols ECONOMICS: Bruce Blonigen Trudy Cameron Ron Davies Tim Duy Chris Ellis Jo Anna Gray Bill Harbaugh Van Kolpin Peter Lambert Jason Lindo Jeremy Piger Larry Singell Joe Stone Glen Waddell FINANCE: John Chalmers HISTORY: John Nicols HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY: Paul van Donkelaar Andy Karduna Andy Lovering JOURNALISM: Deb Morrison Kim Sheehan PHYSICS: Dietrich Belitz Greg Bothun Jim Brau Miriam Deutsch Heiner Linke Stan Micklavzina Raghu Parathsarathy Mike Raymer Bob Zimmerman PSYCHOLOGY: Ed Awh Paul Dassonville Scott Frey Sarah Hodges Cliff Kentros Ulrich Mayr Helen Neville Jennifer Pfeifer Jolinda Smith Marjorie Taylor Ed Vogel Mike Wehr SANSKRIT: Richard Lariviere, UO President	UO STAFF OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT: Jan Lariviere Carla Gary Kathrin Walsch ADMISSIONS: Linda Heidenreich Brian Henley Rasheid Light Kelly Talbert Chance White-Eyes ECONOMICS: Brenda Crume Linda Steller Georgette Winther FINANCIAL AID: Ben Fisher Steve Mardane HOLDEN LEARNING CENTER: John Duncan Morgan St.-Jean Johnson Hall Tim Black Karen Hyatt Greg Rikhoff PATHWAYS AND TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER: Carla Bowers Deb Casey Mimi von Rotz PSYCHOLOGY: Mark Dow PHYSICS: Brandy Todd ORGANIZERS Bruce Blonigen, Economics Miriam Deutsch, Physics Paul van Donkelaar, Human Physiology Lara Fernandez, Associate Director David Frank, Honors College Bill Harbaugh, Economics Scott Klein, Brain Dev Lab Deb Morrison, Journalism Candee Mottweiler, RA Helen Neville, Psychology Peter O’Day, Biology Eric Pakulak, Psychology Raghu Parthasarathy, Physics Kim Sheehan, Journalism	UO STUDENTS DEBATE Aaron Donaldson ECONOMICS: Neil Cronkrite Casey Davidson Eric Gauss Tom Groll Giancarlo Musto HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY: Jim Becker Scott Breloff Chujui Chen Li Shan Chou Luke Ettinger Elizabeth Harding Teresa Hawkes Jacqlyn Hyler Steve Laurie Vipul Lugade Wayne Manselle Cory Minor Steve Ratchford Steven Romero Tynan Weed PSYCHOLOGY: Ted Bell Jocelyn Barton Jeff Currin Mark Dow Katelyn Dufour Melissa Foynes Stephanie Hyde Bridget Klest Candee Mottweiler Seth Peterson Mark Reid Alison Shawber Allison Tackman Yoshiko Yamada Josie Witte PHYSICS: Tom Baldwin Mick Davis Tristan Hormel Matt Jemielita Yasin Karim Yupeng Kong Andrew Loftus Maunta Manandhar Jsseica Murakami Kendra Nyberg Mike Taormina Ben Wright
SUMMER ACADEMY TO INSPIRE LEARNING (SAIL) Department of Economics 1285 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1285 T 541-346-8378 F 541-346-1243 Lara Fernandez, Associate Director laraf@uoregon.edu SAIL: Summer Academy to Inspire Learning \| 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1285 \| 541-346-8378 © 2011 University of Oregon. All rights reserved.

SAIL: Summer Academy to Inspire Learning | 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1285 | 541-346-8378 © 2011 University of Oregon. All rights reserved.

SAIL: Summer Academy to Inspire Learning | 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1285 | 541-346-8378
© 2011 University of Oregon. All rights reserved.