The University of New Mexico

NEWS RELEASE

March 28, 2008

UNM Offers Residential Summer High School Equivalency Program

The University of New Mexico High School Equivalency Program begins a new intensive summer eight-week residential program to provide GED instruction and testing for its participants.

Summer program classes begin on Monday, June 2 and run through Friday, July 25. Approximately 20 students from across New Mexico between the ages of 18-24 will participate in the summer program.

The summer program also includes financial aid workshops, career exploration, leadership training, time management workshop, high ropes course, cultural events, community service projects, and UNM admissions process workshop and other UNM program info sessions. Once UNM HEP participants graduate with their GED, UNM HEP helps place the students into post-secondary institutions, job placement or the military.

Designed to assist 60 migrant and seasonal agricultural workers annually in obtaining their GED, UNM HEP is federally funded by the US Department of Education under the Office of Migrant Education. HEP has been in existence at UNM since 2002 and was awarded another five year grant in 2007.

For more information about the summer program at UNM or about HEP, call Susy Sarmiento at 505-277-0276.

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