Mission Scholars Alumni Return to Santa Barbara to Give Back as Mentors, Community Leaders
Mission Scholars is seeing its founding vision come to life. Six years after launching its college prep program, alumni are returning to Santa Barbara not only to build promising professional careers but to give back as mentors and leaders to the organization that set them on their journey.
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Mission Scholars Recipient Pays it Forward With First Alumni-donated Scholarship
The Mission Scholars community marked a milestone this summer with the first graduate to bestow a scholarship of his own.
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Mission Scholars Salutes 29 High School Graduates
Mission Scholars recently honored 29 graduating high school seniors from South Santa Barbara County during a celebration in Tucker’s Grove Park. Along with the honorees, more than 150 family members, friends and supporters gathered to mark the occasion.
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Montecito Bank & Trust Honors Mission Scholars at 50th Anniversary Grants® Reception
This year’s 11 local nonprofit recipients were all hand-selected by Bank employees after they campaigned, rallied and voted for the organizations that make an impact in their lives and communities.
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Mission Scholars Celebrates Three QuestBridge Scholarship Recipients
“This is a defining moment not only for our organization but also for the entire Santa Barbara community.”
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Mission Scholars Gives Back on Giving Tuesday 2024!
While financial donations drive many Giving Tuesday initiatives, Mission Scholars is taking a different approach this year.
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New Era For Mission Scholars As Both High School and College Scholars Graduate
Mission Scholars’ Class of 2024 is marking a milestone in the organization’s history — celebrating the graduation of two cohorts…
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Mission Scholars Founders named "Local Heroes"
On a fateful December day on the Public Market’s patio five years ago, Kim Phillips, Cassie Lancaster, and Katie Kinsella sat down and decided to make the college dreams of Santa Barbara kids a reality on a larger scale than they had before…
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Executive Director Cassie Lancaster on TVSB
In this 805 Focus! interview with Cynder Sinclair of NonprofitKinect, Cassie Lancaster explains Mission Scholars inception, programs, and goals.
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KEYT Features Mission Scholars Graduation
KEYT’s Mina Wahab covers Mission Scholars’ Graduation, where families and friends gathered in Goleta on Sunday to celebrate.
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When FAFSA Failed Our Students: Lessons Learned and What to Expect
Santa Barbara Independent
Students Jump Start Through UC Santa Barbara Summer Research Programs
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Reflecting on a Challenging Year: The Mission Scholars Complete Their First Semester at a Four-Year
