Aimee Messier had second thoughts about spending part of her summer in an academic camp for entering freshmen at Appalachian State University. Now she is glad she did. Messier of Concord says the experience in the Appalachian Undergraduate Academy of Science’s summer bridge program has helped prepare her for her first year at Appalachian. That’s exactly what program organizers had hoped when they developed the program that is designed to strengthen the calculus skills that math and science majors need.
Link: http://www.news.appstate.edu/2009/07/28/special-summer-program/