[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 11, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E803-E804]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN TRIBUTE TO SANDE ROBINSON

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                            HON. GWEN MOORE

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 11, 2010

  Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Sande Robinson, Director of the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) 
at Marquette University. EOP helps low-income, disadvantaged, first 
generation college students to receive a college degree. Ms. Robinson 
will retire in June 2010 after 35 years of distinguished service at 
Marquette University.
  Ms. Robinson began her career at Marquette in 1974 and has been a 
part of the great success of the EOP program during 35 years of its 40-
year history. She received a bachelor's degree from Kent State in Early 
Childhood Education and a Master's degree from Kent State with a major 
in College Student Personnel. Ms. Robinson's first position was as a 
financial aid counselor in the EOP; she ultimately became the director 
in 1986. Even as the director, she maintained close interaction with 
students by continuing to counsel students as she had since coming to 
the EOP.
  Ms. Robinson collaborates with the national TRIO organization, the 
Council for Opportunity in Education to ensure the highest standards in 
available support services are provided nationwide for minority and 
other underserved students. EOP is one of the TRIO federally-funded 
college opportunity programs that provide academic tutoring, personal 
counselling,

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mentoring, financial guidance, and other supports necessary for 
educational access and retention and relevant training for directors 
and staff.
  Ms. Robinson has served as the president of Wisconsin Association of 
Educational Opportunity Program Personnel. While at Marquette, she has 
successfully secured federal funding for EOP throughout its history and 
served as a member of the Friends of the Haggerty Museum Board, a 
member of the Diversity Task Force, and many scholarship selection 
committees. She has been active at the national level in presenting 
successful models of support program innovation and has been a reader 
of grant applications for the U.S. Department of Education Student 
Support Services grant competitions.
  Madam Speaker, for these reasons, I am honored to pay tribute to 
Sande Robinson who leaves behind a wonderful legacy of assisting 
hundreds of students in their efforts to receive a higher education and 
become alumni of my alma mater, Marquette University. Sande Robinson's 
contributions have greatly enriched and benefitted the citizens of the 
Fourth Congressional District.

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