Dear Providers:

This year, with support from GA RYSE, UGA will once again be hosting the Embark Summer Precollegiate Program, a summer program for youth in foster care on our campus — the 10th year that UGA has offered such a program. The Embark Summer Program is designed for young people in foster care who are rising 10-11th graders to spend time on campus and learn about college life. A flyer and the application are attached — please forward through your networks! More information, along with a downloadable application, can be found here.  

Program dates: Georgia — June 14-18 in Athens (25 student capacity)

Application Instructions:

• Please complete the entire application, including the brief reference section.
• Applications must be received by May 15.
• All applications will be submitted to the JW Fanning Institute for Leadership Development.
• All applications and any supporting materials should be mailed in one envelope or pdf file.
• Applications may be sent via email to shirley.reyes@fanning.uga.edu or via US mail to the following address:
  
  Embark Summer Precollegiate Program
  Attn: Shirley Reyes
  J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development
  1240 South Lumpkin Street
  Athens, GA 30602

Please feel free to reach out to David Meyers (dmeyers@fanning.uga.edu) or to Shirley Reyes (shirley.reyes@fanning.uga.edu) if you have any questions.

Thank you.

Embark Summer Precollegiate Program