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Bridge Wins Community Support Award

Posted by admin on 29 Oct 2011 | Tagged as: News

On October 28th, the Bridge Program was awarded the Community Support Award by the Westside Shelter & Hunger Coalition. Antioch University Los Angeles President Dr. Tex Boggs and Bridge Program Director Kathryn Pope represented Bridge on behalf of the university and Shari Foos, the founder of the Bridge Program.
We’d like to give a special thank [...]

Bridge Appears on CBS Blog in Philadelphia

Posted by admin on 18 Sep 2011 | Tagged as: News

A reporter in Philadelphia featured the Bridge Program in a post this summer. The article, titled, “Antioch Offers Humanities and Changes People’s Lives,” focuses on the potential of the Bridge Program to change the lives of its students. We might add that Bridge often changes the lives of everyone involved — not only students but [...]

2011 Bridge Program Commencement Speech

Posted by admin on 20 Aug 2011 | Tagged as: News

Bridge 2011 Commencement Speech

Bridge Appears on Channel 11

Posted by admin on 28 Jun 2011 | Tagged as: News

AULA’s Bridge Program – KTTV Channel 11 Feature

Commencement 2011

Posted by admin on 27 Jun 2011 | Tagged as: News

On June 26, students completing the Bridge Program gathered with family and friends at Royce Hall for the Antioch University Los Angeles Commencement. The class was represented by this year’s Bridge commencement speaker, Andrea Leahy. Congratulations, Bridge Graduates!

Notes from Bridge Alumni

Posted by admin on 10 Jun 2011 | Tagged as: News

Each year, graduates of the Bridge Program continue to claim education, become active members in the community, and share the gift of reading, writing, and learning with others. Below are some of the most recent news from Bridge alumni:

Theresa (Bridge class of 2009) completed her Bachelors degree recently. Congratulations, Theresa!
Melissa (Bridge class of 2007) completed [...]

Bridge Students Visit the Getty

Posted by admin on 14 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: News

Last Sunday, Bridge students gathered at the Getty Center. As the morning rain lifted, Bridge’s art history instructor, Sharon Kagan, along with Getty’s own resident expert led us through the wonder of hand-painted illuminated manuscripts, the beauty of the architectural photographs of Frederick H. Evans, and the de-familiarization of urban landscape through the contemporary photographs [...]

Visiting the California African American Museum

Posted by admin on 26 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: News

On February 20th, the Bridge class visited the California African American Museum, where students viewed art exhibits that focused on personal narratives, the realities of bondage in history, the complexity of family lineage, varieties in cultures, and a special exhibit exploring the history of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, celebrating the past 40 years of [...]

Former Bridge Student Wins Scholarship to Yale

Posted by admin on 08 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News

Former Bridge student Aura Bogado (who completed Bridge during the second year of the program) has been accepted into Yale with a full scholarship.  After Bridge, Aura went to Pomona before landing a job at Pacifica Radio.  She has been producing a show there for years and has become an accomplished journalist (she even interviewed [...]

2008-2009: Reflections on the first quarter

Posted by admin on 08 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: News

In December, we asked Bridge students who were interested to share  some experiences from their first quarter in the Bridge Program. We encouraged students to give us figurative language to describe their journey so far. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing some of these descriptions. Enjoy!
-Kathryn.

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