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CSUEB student athletes give back at Gates Millennium

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  • December 8, 2011 5:00am

CSUEB student-athletes took advantage of an opportunity to give back to the community, participating in the Gates Millennium Scholars Program (GMS) Male Initiative Bridge Builders Forum last month at Cal State East Bay's Hayward campus. Student-athletes from the men's and women's track and golf teams helped out at the campus information fair and during lunch time activities at the event.

Sponsored by GMS, the Bridge Builders Forum is a nationwide initiative seeking to provide young African American, Native American, Asian Pacific Islander and Latino males with the tools and motivation to succeed in high school and advance to college. The forum was created as a response to the increasing numbers of young minority males who are dropping out of high school and not attending college.

"I feel it is always important for our student-athletes to give back whenever they have the opportunity, as we are trying to develop total citizens and professionals using athletics as that vehicle,” Head Track Coach Ralph Jones said.

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