The University of Central Florida's DirectConnect program has helped it become the leading university in the state for transfer students. Now, UCF will be teaching other schools in the State University System of Florida the secrets to its success. The primary secret is its success coaching program, which pairs students with someone to guide them from the day a transfer student enrolls all the way through graduation. UCF's DirectConnect program, which was a grantee partner of the Johnson Scholarship Foundation, helped UCF become the state school with the highest number of students transferring in – a third of whom were Hispanic students. Read more about the program in a report from Spectrum News at this link. 

This year's annual Reservation Economic Summit was a collaboration of efforts by several organizations focused on Indigenous Peoples, including the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) and American Indigenous Business Leaders (AIBL). JSF CEO Bobby Krause was invited to speak to participants of the AIBL conference, an audience comprised primarily of students, their mentors and AIBL sponsors. Krause's message to the students: ask good questions. "Be engaged, be curious, and show your interest," he told the participants. "It will serve you well in business, in friendships, family, and in life."  As a token of appreciation for JSF's support of AIBL, Krause was presented with a traditional handmade blanket by AIBL Executive Director Prairie Bighorn-Blount.

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