Penn State Lehigh Valley is offering a program this summer to provide first-year students the opportunity to receive scholarships, take classes, while working a campus job and developing a support network. The program, called Pathway to Success: Summer Start Program or PaSSS, is aimed at providing financial and educational support to students, while at the same time helping them graduate on time.
The program is primarily aimed at students who are the first generation in their families to attend college. Through the combination of an early summer start on class credits, scholarship support, a job, peer mentoring and specialized academic advising, the program is aimed at keeping those students on track. A very special feature of the program centers on math readiness. Students will participate in a math academy, preparing them for math courses related to their intended program.
PaSSS is in operation at 15 other Penn State campuses. It is open to 20 students at the Lehigh Valley campus for the 2019-20 academic year.