Students in Ferris State University’s Promesa Summer Success program came to the Big
Rapids campus for their instruction and a variety of activities July 12-14. This is
the eleventh year that the university has offered the free, eight-week college readiness
program in West Michigan.
More than 40 West Michigan high school students are blazing a trail to completing college-level courses while gaining higher education preparatory skills and cultural experiences through Ferris State University’s Promesa Summer Success Program.
Hispanic/Latino Cultural Center Director Sonia Trevino said this was the 11th year of the free, eight-week program in which students from Holland, Grand Rapids, Grant and Hart gather for daily instruction in reading and math in a college setting.
Nearly 30 of our Promesa students attended a Ferris campus visit in July, spending nights in Travis Hall and engaged in group activities such as campus tours, a scavenger hunt, movie night and a video game tournament.
“We are very thankful that Ferris’ Esports program collaborated with our students for that competition,” Trevino said. “Those who came and stayed seemed to enjoy being in a collegiate setting.”
Trevino added that the tradition of an end-of-summer group gathering was adjusted
this year to accommodate the wishes of student-athletes involved in the program.
“Traveling to Big Rapids would conflict with the early practice schedule for our participants
who compete in fall sports,” Trevino said. “Each cohort has its own celebration, presenting
certificates of completion to their students as the Promesa Summer Success program
concludes on Friday, Aug. 11.”
Students in Promesa Summer Success are rising high school juniors and seniors committed
to attending weekday classes to potentially earn as many as seven college credits.
Click Promesa Summer Success to learn more about the program.