Seita Scholars coaching program becomes national, international model (Western Michigan University)

(Source: Western Michigan University) Seita Scholars KALAMAZOO, Mich.-What started as a program to help youths who have aged out of foster care go on to success in college has become a model for coaching youths of all stripes to find academic success, both nationally and internationally. Two representatives of Western Michigan University, Kevin Knutson, director of the College of Arts and Sciences Office of Undergraduate Advising, and Ronicka Hamilton, Seita Scholars Program coach, will travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to take the program to the international stage Feb. 22-25 at the National Academic Advising Association-NACADA-International Conference. They will be the first WMU...