The state-funded EOP&S provides support sources for low-income and educationally disadvantaged students.
\n\u201cWith the help of EOP&S, I won the Chang Scholarship, which gives me $3,000-$6,000 a year. I am transferring to the University of California San Diego for Computer Science,\u201d said Phat Huynh, 22, Computer Science.
\nThe program was voted into law in 1969 and was part of the California community college system by 1970. EOP&S offers counseling, transfer and job placement services to qualifying students.
\nThe program assists students that are working and have families and allows them to continue their education and still have time for work and family.
\n\u201cThanks to the support of EOP&S, I am transferring to San Jose State University for justice studies and a minor in sociology, so I don\u2019t have to relocate my family and job,\u201d said Stephanie Basulto, 22, administration of justice major.
\nEOP&S helps students graduate. Their counseling services play a key role with students and graduates overcome obstacles at San Jose City College.
\nThe EOP&S showed their pride for the spring 2013 graduate students with a luncheon ceremony.
\n\u201cThe SJCC EOP&S Counseling Center is different from the normal SJCC counseling center. It can take weeks, even months, to be seen at the SJCC counseling center,\u201d Huynh said.
\nBeing able to have counselors that are available in and out of school allows students to enhance their educational goals despite the stressful turns in life.
\n\u201cEOP&S counselors get to know their students on a personal and professional level. Having three required appointments per semester helps me stay on track with my education,\u201d said Alheli Lamas, 22, scientific inquiry and quantitative reasoning major.
\nThe EOP&S program has scholarships that students may receive along the way to achieving their educational goals.
\n\u201cEOP&S has helped me succeed to the next level of my education, by allowing me to transfer into the University of California Berkeley for Anthropology and eventually dental school,\u201d Lamas said.
\n\u201cThe EOP&S program has allowed me to rent textbooks for my courses,\u201d Lamas said.
\nCollege textbooks aren\u2019t cheap thanks to the support of EOP&S students are able to rent textbooks in order to achieve in their courses.
\nHuynh said, \u201cThrough the EOP&S program I gained leadership skills.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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