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August 2006 EOP Newsletter
- From The Director
- Financial Aid News - For the Record
- Peer Tutoring
- Guess Who's Got a Cell Phone
- Brockport Child Development Center
- EOP Family Barbecue 2006
- Homecoming 2006
- Student Spotlight
Brockport Child Development Center - More Than a Day Care
The Brockport Child Development Center (BCDC) provides numerous opportunities to the campus community (located in Cooper Hall). Executive Director, Norman L. Roberts, is eager for EOP students to come aboard. “Students can use the BCDC as Work-Study or they can be on the sub-list to earn pay. They can also get college credit depending on which classes they are taking (ex. human development, social work, etc.).”
Grant funding is available to all students to help pay for the cost of day care. With grant funding, the cost of day care is approximately $25 per week. Most day care centers cost $150 dollars per week. Norman L. Roberts encourages EOP students to contact him directly to learn more about grant funding.
Norman L. Roberts also stated that “students have a place to leave their children while they’re taking classes and know that they are safe.” This service can help to make the college experience less burdensome for EOP parents.
Executive Director, Norman L. Roberts, goes on to mention that “here at the BCDC, we are concerned with shaping the development of our children and future. Our children will not only be the future doctors and teacher of America, but productive citizens as well.”
Diversity is an issue that the BCDC values highly. Norman L. Roberts hopes that EOP student will take a proactive role in this process. “We want those who come here to have a culturally diverse experience. We encourage all students, across ethnicities, to come and work with us to add to the enrichment of our overall program.”
As the first African-American Executive Director of the BCDC, Norman L. Roberts sees it as his responsibility to work with the students of EOP. “My parents were migrant workers. It’s because of them that I am in the position I am today. In a sense, I am on their shoulders. It is my responsibility to give back.”
