Make hay while the sun shines! With autumn already here, this old adage reminds us to make the most of any opportunity while it exists. Our students are certainly making the most of their opportunities. Every week, they are out in the workplace with our job partners in the Corporate Work Study Program earning their education, expanding their professional network, … Read More
Senior PD – Personal Branding
On Friday, September 27th, the Corporate Work Study Department held a professional development seminar for our seniors. Six speakers offered presentations on topics that included; networking, personal branding, LinkedIn, and social capital. An AbbVie Success Story Kevin Castro AbbVie Archive Specialist “My first internship at Abbott was life-changing. The experience taught me how to engage with individuals at a professional … Read More
The Second Annual CRSM College Fair
On September 27th, our college counseling department hosted the second annual College Fair at Cristo Rey St. Martin, welcoming 49 local and national colleges and universities to our campus. In preparation for the fair, college counselors Sharon Holdvogt, Beth Kainic and Lori Felix worked with our juniors and seniors providing guidance on how to make the most of the event. … Read More
August President’s Pen: An interesting phenomenon happens in the first couple weeks of classes.
There are 10 weeks between the last day of exams in June and the first day of classes in August at CRSM. Technically, that’s our summer break, but for many of us that break is almost non-existent. Incoming Freshman spend 8 ½ of those 10 weeks in our Academic Bridge Program and Job Preparation Training Institute for the Corporate Work … Read More
COLLEGE PREPARED Cristo Rey’s Academic Reach Expands Again
Over the Summer… The CRSM Campus was bustling in June, July and August. Classes included: Boot Camp for AP Biology, English, Math, Accelerated Math and Boot Camp for AP US History. Off-campus academic pursuits were no different; as thirty-two students enrolled in college summer education programs. The choices and programs that students chose was wide ranging – from Animal Science … Read More
CRSM Scholars Attend On-Site Kick-Off
On July 12th, college counselors, Sharon Holdvogt & Beth Kainic, accompanied ten rising CRSM seniors to the 5th Annual Scholars College Fair at University of Illinois. The event brings in over 150 colleges and universities from around the country to meet the new class of 2020 who are in the process of building their potential college list. CRSM students attended … Read More
Experiencing College for the First Time
On the 17th of July, 106 CRSM freshmen traveled to St. Mary’s University of Winona, to take part in one of the most innovative freshman programs in the country – a “live-in” college campus experience. Now in its seventh year, the program was described by school President Preston Kendall as “a way to give incoming freshmen a positive rite of … Read More
Off to the North Woods: Adventure, stewardship in action
By Thailly, a rising sophomore who spent several weeks this summer in the Center for Conservation Leadership program. On their north woods adventure, students left their cell phones behind and learned about team work and individual leadership in the care and conservation of the environment. I thought that the CCL program was going to just be a walk-and-talk kind of … Read More
Nine-to-five: Alumnus helps students dream big
At 19, Brian De La Cruz is busy building a career (and a LinkedIn profile) that shines by leveraging his past experience, both in retail marketing at Walgreens while in high school (through the Corporate Work Study program) and last summer as an intern at a smaller boutique marketing agency. This summer, building on those work experiences, the Class of 2017 … Read More
Valedictorian Speech: You have earned your spot to succeed
By Julissa Jasmine Medina, Valedictorian Julissa will be attending University of Notre Dame in the fall First and foremost, I want to thank some important people who have made an impact in my life. Mom: I am so blessed to have been brought into this world by such an amazing, hardworking, and caring individual. You are one of the strongest … Read More