exCHANGE: Education Studies at Yale December 4: 4:30-6:30 pm, Dwight Hall Common Room Topic: Expanding College Access

Dear Thomas,                        We hope you will join us for another session of the exCHANGE: Education Studies at Yale. exCHANGE is a monthly public forum for the Yale-New Haven community to engage in authentic learning and civil discourse on the critical issue of education.    December 4: 4:30-6:30 pm, Dwight Hall Common Room Topic: Expanding College Access This month's exCHANGE will address the importance, challenges, and opportunities of expanding access to higher education.  We will consider this topic in the context of New Haven's model, while also engaging with national conversations about reasons and ways to provide more students with the necessary support to reach and thrive in college. Panelists: John DeStefano, Mayor, City of New Haven Dolores Garcia-Blocker, Supervisor, Guidance and Counseling and TAG, New Haven Public Schools Patricia Melton, Executive Director, New Haven Promise Jeremiah Quinlan, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Yale University Moderated by: Peter Crumlish, Executive Director of Dwight Hall at Yale Hosted by: Claudia Merson, Director of Public School Partnerships at Yale This event is FREE and will be held in the Dwight Hall Common Room. Food and refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP toexchange.education.studies@gmail.com.      The exCHANGE is sponsored by Yale's Office of New Haven and State Affairs and is a collaboration between Yale's Education Studies and Dwight Hall at Yale, the Center for Public Service and Social Justice.

About Dwight Hall at Yale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Mission of Dwight Hall at Yale is: "to foster civic-minded student leaders and to promote service and activism in New Haven and around the world."    Dwight Hall is the Center for Public Service and Social Justice at Yale. It is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit umbrella organization that provides support to and fosters communication between 90 student-run member organizations whose primary purposes fall within Dwight Hall's mission. Dwight Hall sponsors a number of Institutional Programs, Projects, and Networks that further its mission while collaborating with a variety of Community and Associate Organizations.