They researched programs around the country, brainstormed, and finally submitted a proposal to the College that was approved. The first students arrived in 1997. We also wanted to provide other types of activities, such as skill-building sessions on selecting a college, studying, and SAT preparation as well as recreational and cultural excursions like going to a play at the Hangar Theatre in town, a baseball game in Binghamton, a hike in Treman State Park, shopping on the Commons. Last Summer we went to Seneca Falls to hear Hillary Clinton speak and to the Renaissance Festival in Sterling, New York. None of these trips is mandatory.
Students choose the courses they take and the activities they want to participate in.
The sophomore program was such a success the first year that a longer program for juniors was created in 1998. I still haven't stopped talking about it. I met so many great people, and I have so many good friends from that experience. I wanted to go again because I knew the same thing would happen this summer. Weisburger took the Personal Narrative course, along with Amanda Muise.