For 10 years, the Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB) has hosted the “College 101: A Day at Stony Brook”  program, offering students from challenged backgrounds an opportunity to view college life.

This year, the members and former members of the SAAB fraternity brought 31 students from the High School of Public Service in Brooklyn to campus.

High school students from Brooklyn visited the Stony Brook campus to learn about the college experience.

The volunteers from SAAB see the importance of helping others just as someone  once helped them.

The event is a program coordinated by The Association for the Social Advancement of People (ASAP), a non-profit organization. The focus of ASAP is to teach financial literacy and social responsibility to high school students, particularly males, who reside in financially underprivileged communities.

A student panel made up of campus leaders from SAAB, the EOP Student Association and Sigma Lambda Upsilon Sorority shared tips on how to prepare for the college application process. They also presented ways to balance academics and social responsibilities and finding a major that matches their passions and goals.

The program was held at the Charles B. Wang Center on campus. The students enjoyed a breakfast while listening to a guest speaker before splitting up into two groups at attend information sessions led by the Financial Aid Office and EOP/AIM Admissions.

The visit ended with a campus tour down the Academic Mall and the Campus Recreation Center.