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Puerto Rican students who arrived as guests after Hurricane Maria have made their mark on campus\u2014and helped the College attract more students from the island.<\/div>\n

Fate brought Brian Basu \u201921 to the University of Rochester in 2018.<\/p>\n

Intention brought him back.<\/p>\n

The international relations major was among eight students from Puerto Rico who attended the University for a \u201cguest semester\u201d in spring 2018, all expenses paid, after Hurricane Maria destroyed their college campuses back home.<\/p>\n

When the semester ended, Basu joined Syanis Vargas Gonzalez \u201921, Claudine DaNeri De Leon \u201921, and Mariana Ortiz \u201921 in applying to transfer to Rochester as full-time students. All four were accepted, and all are on track to graduate in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fell in love with everything here,\u201d Basu says. \u201cThe campus, the ambiance, the environment, even the weather. You get tired of 85 to 100-degree days in Puerto Rico. This is an amazing place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Basu has made his mark at Rochester. He\u2019s the founder and president of both the Puerto Rican Student Organization<\/a> and Prelaw Society<\/a> (now with more than 50 and 100 members, respectively), serves as a residential advisor at Riverview Apartments, and works in the Office of the Dean of the College. This fall he\u2019s applying to law schools.<\/p>\n

The students are among 33 undergraduates at the College who are from Puerto Rico, a Caribbean island and US territory in which 43 percent of the population lives in poverty, and, according to the US Department of Education, a third of students drop out of high school. Only 25 percent of those who graduate earn college degrees.<\/p>\n

Despite these challenges, many have found their way to the River Campus: 17 undergraduates were enrolled in the Kinesis Foundation<\/a>, a San Juan-based nonprofit that provides Puerto Rican students with mentorship and resources needed to succeed in higher education. Rochester has more Kinesis alumni enrolled than any college on the US mainland\u2014surpassing Notre Dame, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT.<\/p>\n

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\u2018LIMITLESS DOORS\u2019:<\/strong> Elizabeth Garcia \u201924 is a microbiology major from Caguas, who chose Rochester largely because of its open curriculum. \u201cI visited last fall, and I remember thinking, \u2018This is it. This is the school.\u2019\u201d (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cRochester offers an excellent alternative for our students,\u201d says Mayra Prats, college counseling\/scholarships director and 12th grade coordinator at Kinesis. \u201cMost of our scholars seek a STEM degree, and research is of utmost importance. Rochester is right at the top in that area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe Latimer, Rochester\u2019s assistant dean for enrollment diversity and outreach, is the College\u2019s recruiter in Puerto Rico. Prats says Latimer is passionate and always accessible. \u201cI tell parents, \u2018If I had a child going to college right now, I would feel a sense of safety and security knowing Joe Latimer was around,\u2019\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

She feels equally comfortable with Rochester\u2019s financial aid office. \u201cI could call there at any time,\u201d she says, \u201cand within minutes, someone will provide me with a positive answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Latimer says Rochester was recruiting about four Puerto Rican students per year before 2018, but the guest semester proved a turning point.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of the students\u2019 positive experiences here, we enrolled eight from Puerto Rico that fall, giving us the critical mass needed to attract islanders to our campus,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The outeach is a community effort. Latimer says board of trustee member Lizette P\u00e9rez-Deisboeck \u201987 has become increasingly involved with recruitment efforts in Puerto Rico, personally connecting with interested students, while alumni such as Carmen Conaway-Mediavilla \u201995 and Rafael Baez \u201914, \u201915S (MS) also interview applicants. Advancement has initiated a welcome celebration each summer to mark the arrival of students to campus from certain geographic regions, including Puerto Rico, and establishes relationships between newly enrolled students and current students and alumni.<\/p>\n

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\u2018COMFORTABLE HERE SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING\u2019:<\/strong> Camila Ruiz Vega \u201922 is a graduate of the Kinesis Foundation, a San Juan-based nonprofit that provides students with support needed to succeed in higher education. Rochester has more Kinesis alumni enrolled than any college on the US mainland\u2014surpassing Notre Dame, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT. (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cBut the most important selling point is the spirit of the current students on campus from Puerto Rico,\u201d Latimer says. \u201cThey meet prospective students and families and encourage them to consider us over other colleges and universities. The energy is a natural selling point to others.\u201d<\/p>\n

The outreach in Puerto Rico is similar to other University efforts at home and abroad. The Rochester Promise<\/a>, launched in 2007, is a tuition-free scholarship program for Rochester City School District graduates. The University began a partnership in 2014 with the Posse Foundation<\/a>, providing full-tuition merit scholarships to qualified students from the Washington, D.C., area. One of those students, Jamal Holtz \u201920, was the Students\u2019 Association president in 2019\u201320. Rochester also has partnered with the African Leadership Academy<\/a>, a selective college preparatory program in South Africa, since the academy\u2019s inception in 2008 and been a leading destination for ALA graduates every year.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the strengths of the University that drew me to this position is the extraordinary international and domestic diversity of students enrolled at Rochester,\u201d says Robert Alexander, who joined Rochester in June as dean of admissions, financial aid, and enrollment management. \u201cThe long track record of outreach to the best and brightest students in the world continues to draw students looking for a world-class research university with the warmth and mentoring typical of smaller liberal arts colleges. It\u2019s clear that our incredible success enrolling students from Puerto Rico demonstrate the results of a collaborative effort from trustees, faculty, current students, and admissions staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alexander says Latimer\u2019s commitment in Puerto Rico is exceptional. \u201cIt goes above and beyond expectations,\u201d he says. \u201cI look forward to playing my part to continue to increase our reach.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2018FELL IN LOVE WITH EVERYTHING HERE\u2019:<\/strong> Brian Basu \u201921 attends his political science class in the University\u2019s Strong Auditorium. (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pamela \u00c1lvarez Rosario \u201923 was a member of the Kinesis Foundation while in high school. She received SAT preparation and training in PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, and Excel, and was assigned an advisor to help with college applications and transition. \u201cMy advisor thought Rochester would be a great option for me and connected me with Joe Latimer,\u201d the neuroscience major says. \u201cJoe told me how to apply, I visited the campus in April 2019 and fell in love with it. The close-knit community and the open curriculum are big attractions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alvarez is vice president of the Puerto Rican Students Organization and a member of the D\u2019Lion student advising group for first-year students.<\/p>\n

Camila Ruiz Vega \u201922 is another Kinesis alumnus. A biomedical engineering major and captain of the women\u2019s tennis team, she also works in the Office of the Dean of the College and at the Greene Center for Career Education and Connections. \u201cJoe Latimer had a Zoom call with some of us from Kinesis, and there was just something about his personality and the way he spoke about Rochester so enthusiastically that grabbed my attention.\u201d She came to Rochester for a three-day visit, and Basu was her tour guide. By the time she left, her mind was made up. \u201cI wanted to major in biomedical engineering, and this was one of the best schools to do so,\u201d Ruiz Vega says, adding. \u201cI\u2019ve felt comfortable here since the very beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four other students from Puerto Rico are on varsity athletic programs: Claudia Garcia \u201923 (women\u2019s cross country and track and field), Alondra Mendez \u201923 (women\u2019s rowing), Rafael Luna \u201923 (men\u2019s tennis), and Ivana Sanchez \u201924 (women\u2019s volleyball).<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Garcia \u201924 is a microbiology major on a pre-med track. She also chose Rochester largely because of its open curriculum, which she says, \u201copens limitless doors for gaining knowledge, research, and opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garcia arrived here in August from her home in Caguas. So far, so great.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was searching for American colleges with microbiology majors and was amazed to read so many comments from students who talked about the \u2018Rochester Effect,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cI visited last fall, and I remember thinking, \u2018This is it. This is the school.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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