Counseling
ASPIRE: About Us
The ASPIRE program was originally created as an enrichment program targeting the needs of African/Black American students in support of achieving academic success. The program was developed in response to a call by the Vice President of Student Affairs to offer proactive programming to counter the potential adverse effects of the One Florida initiative. The Counseling Center director, Dr. Jaquie Resnick, along with other clinical faculty, wrote a grant proposal to address how the Counseling Center might meet this need, and ASPIRE was the result. ASPIRE was designed to address the potential impact of the One Florida initiative by providing support and consultation to organizations and programs that promote recruitment and retention of African/Black American students. ASPIRE is currently a reoccurring funded program in the Counseling Center. During the 2005-2006 academic year, the ASPIRE program was expanded to address the needs of Hispanic/Latino(a) American students. And the most recent expansion is to address the needs of First-Generation College Students and to provide support services for the Florida Opportunity Scholars Program.