Reflections Magazine Issue #69 - Spring 2009 | Page 9

Campus Feature

Baker Korth said this type of an event had never
been attempted in the Lenawee County area.
Working with Connie Barth, career prep coordinator at the LISD, as well as Hudson counselors
Karen Cheney and Sue Mansfield, on developing the program, she said “Freshmen Focus”
begins to educate high school students on what
they can expect from college academically,
culturally, socially and emotionally.
“There are a huge percentage of first-generation
(college) students in Lenawee County,” Baker
Korth said. “I think the fact that we were willing
to take this on and get other people on board
sends a really strong message to Lenawee County that Siena Heights does care about kids.”

“Even though it may have been a teeny-weeny bit
uncomfortable for those who slept over, it was a
good thing,” she said.
Hudson freshman Burke Hart, 15, said three of
his older brothers had attended college, so this
experience was not so new for him. However,
as a three-sport athlete who has aspirations of
college scholarship, he said his time on Siena’s
campus was helpful. “It hasn’t really changed my
perspective (of college),” said Hart, who wants
to study agri-science in college. “But I (now)
know what I have to do to get into a college
and get a scholarship.”

Hudson students arrived on the SHU campus
on the morning of Jan. 21. During their time
on campus, ninth-graders attended a specially
designed class, learned about career options and
visited with current college students, faculty and
staff. The group also attended the SHU women’s
varsity basketball game, undertook a campus
scavenger hunt and had din