Early Identification Program senior graduation and recognition ceremony on the Fairfax Campus. photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services
“Volunteering has always been a big thing for me,” said the 18-year-old Early Identification Program (EIP) graduate and aspiring computer science major from Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria, Virginia. “It’s just something I do and it’s really shaped my personality. It’s changed me a lot. It’s shaped how I think, who I am and how I view life.”
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Hazel Cartagena, Honors College, Early Identification Program alumna. Photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services/George Mason University
Hazel Cartagena, an incoming freshman at George Mason University, has already taken to heart a piece of advice she received from the university. Well, not from the university specifically, but from some of the faculty she met through Mason’s Early Identification Program (EIP).
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Fairfax County Schools Superintendent Scott Braband congratulates Early Identification Program senior graduates at the EIP recognition ceremony on the George Mason University Fairfax Campus. photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services
“As a district, we are grateful for the EIP partnership with George Mason University,” said Eileen Ruzicka, FCPS’s EIP Liaison. “It has increased access and support for FCPS middle and high school students who are from populations that are historically underrepresented on college campuses, especially those who face challenges caused by poverty, racism and lack of access to resources.”
Eileen Ruzicka
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Check out this article on our director Khaseem Davis! Get to know him a little more and his role in EIP.
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Commencement 2015 at the Fairfax Campus. Photo by Craig Bisacre/Creative Services/George Mason University
We congratulate Kristen Alleyne and Elene Lipartiani for being among the first recipients of the I-Achieve scholarship. These students have accomplished greatness while in EIP and show a continuation of commitment starting their first year at Mason. Keep up the good work!!
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Sarom Leang talks with Nawal Ali and Aruiana Mendoza while teaching a class on computer programing to Early Identification Program students during STEM Fusion. Photo by Lathan Goumas/Office of Communications and Marketing
Photo Taken:Saturday, February 29, 2020
“’Teaching provides me with an opportunity to give back to the same program that helped me embark on an academic journey that has resulted in my professional career as a computational scientist,’ said Mason alumnus Sarom Leang, BS Chemistry ’04…”
– Anna Stolley Persky
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A “life changing” program at George Mason University helps first-gen students attend college
The priority for EIP is to help students go to college, regardless of where that is … In total, 95% of students involved in EIP go on to pursue college degrees.
– Keya Vakil
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ACPS Marks Ten-Year Collaboration With GMU Early Identification Program
“Ten years ago when the program began, ACPS had just ten students representing the district. A decade later and thanks to a commitment from the school district to expand the budget along with a generous grant from Alexandria City’s Fund for Human Services, those numbers swelled this year to sixty” – ACPS
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