The U.S. Department of Education awarded Canisius a $352,000 grant in support of the college’s Academic Talent Search (ATS) Program. ATS at Canisius identifies and assists underrepresented students with potential for post-secondary education, and encourages them to graduate from high school and enroll in and complete college. The program educates students about financial aid resources, scholarships and opportunity programs.
Canisius is using the grant to support staffing and services for more than 600 students from partner schools, which include the Buffalo Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, Burgard High School and McKinley High School. The grant also enables ATS to dedicate resources to quality tutoring throughout the school year and to provide career exploration activities and community service opportunities during six-week summer sessions.
The Buffalo Public Schools (BPS) augmented this federal support in September, when it announced Canisius as the recipient of a $102,000 award to provide after-school programming at BPS #192.
