{"id":438,"date":"2019-03-12T22:18:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T22:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/academics\/?page_id=438"},"modified":"2024-05-14T12:37:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T12:37:18","slug":"summer-bridge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/academics\/summer-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"section-title lowercase\">An intensive college prep workshop.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"big-text\">Scholars stay at St. Mary\u2019s College whilst taking classes, attending workshops and events, and connecting with St. Mary\u2019s College students, faculty, administration, and staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-text\">The DeSousa-Brent Scholars Program is excited to announce the dates for the 2024 Summer Light Experience. This year, the program will take place <strong>Saturday, July 20<\/strong> to <strong>Sunday, July 28<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"soliloquy-outer-container\" data-soliloquy-loaded=\"0\"><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-462\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade soliloquy-fade soliloquy-controls-active soliloquy-arrows-active  soliloquy-theme-base no-js\" style=\"max-width:1080px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-462\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-id-468 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-468\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2019\/03\/smcm-anne-arundel-blackistone-room-guided-study.jpg\" alt=\"smcm-anne-arundel-blackistone-room-guided-study\" \/><\/li><li 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receive:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Free tuition, housing, and board<\/li>\n<li>Free transportation to and from the Washington DC and Baltimore areas<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities to enroll in academic courses in a variety of disciplines taught by St. Mary\u2019s College faculty<\/li>\n<li>Workshops of time management, self-advocacy and communication, study skills, technology, career preparation and more<\/li>\n<li>Academic advising by college professors and staff<\/li>\n<li>Fun social events<\/li>\n<li>Two graded academic credits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"last one-half\">\n<h4>Example Courses<\/h4>\n<p>Scholars participating in Summer Bridge attend mini courses, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Climate Justice<\/li>\n<li>Brain and Behavior<\/li>\n<li>Creative Writing<\/li>\n<li>Psychological Science<\/li>\n<li>Thinking in Color<\/li>\n<li>Discovering Design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe width=100% height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4WU0Z_ssapo\" frameborder=\"0\" 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Scholars stay at St. Mary\u2019s College whilst taking classes, attending workshops and events, and connecting with St. Mary\u2019s College students, faculty, administration, and staff. The DeSousa-Brent Scholars Program is excited to announce the dates for the 2024 Summer Light Experience. This year, the program will take place Saturday, July 20<a class=\"tribe-events-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/academics\/summer-bridge\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" > Find out more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":455,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-438","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":487,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438\/revisions\/487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}