Alpha Beta Omega

World Leaders Society

Current Highlights

• 128 unduplicated men have participated in the

program in its first two years.

• 10 businesses have committed to a partnership;

more coming on board

• Received the Change Agent Award from Chamber

of Commerce

• Requests from multiple colleges to replicate ABO

Student Successes

• Over $6,000 in student scholarship awards

• Students transferred to GVSU, FSU, EMU, and 3 to University of Michigan

• 2 students awarded summer research fellowships at University of Michigan

• Numerous additional accolades

• And 2 weddings !!!

The subgroup comparison data comes from GRCC

Fall 2013 successful course

# of Students

Who Took Courses

# of Credit Hours

Attempted

#of Credit Hours

Completed with C- or

Better

Successful Completion

Rate

ALL Students 16,566 146,192 105,571 72%Asian 594 5,587 4,315 77%White 11,493 101,560 76,238 75%

Hispanic 1,383 11,877 8,102 68%

American Indian 158 1,413 880 62%Black (All) 1,956 16,638 9,256 56%

Black (Male Only) 860 7,640 3,982 52%

ABO TWO-YEAR RESULTSFall 2012 16 153 105 69%

Winter 2013 30 295 183 62%Summer 2013 20 106 73 69%

Fall 2013 44 477 311 65%Winter 2014 62 548 416 76%

Summer 2014 34 238 186 78%

Fall 2014 69 665 463 70%

Current Initiatives

• Comprehensive Data Collection Process

• Leadership Development Series

• Job Shadowing Program

• Fund Development Campaign

• Summer Job Opportunities and Internships

Recent Activities

Service Learning:Central High School; MLK School; Giants Banquet; MLK Celebration; Grade School 2 Grad School

Campus Visits: WMU, UM, MSU, DU and GVSU

Speakers: Dr. Ronald Mallet, Dr. Mark Hopson, Dr. Bill Mann

(May); Mr. Kris Mathis, Mr. DeaVondre Jones, Dr. Damon Arnold, others.

Changes in Plan

• Psychological Battery Assessment dropped for lack of funding

• External coaching altered because of Grade School to Grad School Initiative

• Individual coaching model altered to group model because of too few coaches