Bowdoin College
Bowdoin WYSE started in Spring 2009 in order to address the problem of relatively low rates of college attendance in Maine.  Mentors at Bowdoin WYSE currently work with girls at Bath Middle School, because the school has a higher proportion of students failing state tests than the state average.
The branch has hosted special events with their mentees that included a visit to the Women's Health Center and campus visits to Bowdoin College.  Future plans include making the WYSE program more sustainable at Bath Middle School and partnering with a local high school.

Number of mentors this year: 15
Number of mentees this year: 12
Partner school: Bath Middle School

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Marquette
University Marquette WYSE has been in session since 2006. The branch was started by a young woman named Eveyln Rodriguez, who was once a mentee herself at the University of Chicago’s branch of WYSE.  Once she become a college student at Marquette, she planned to start a branch and off it went!  The branch has grown over the past years and has built an incredible relationship with their middle school, Bruce Guadalupe Community School.
Their special events this year included visits to Marquette University, where mentees received campus tours, in-depth information about applying, majors, and resources.  Marquette WYSE's community action project this year will be a sleep-out hosted by Habitat for Humanity, regarding homelessness awareness in Milwaukee.  The Annual Banquet will be held on April 23, 2010 this year.  Future plans include expanding the branch to include more mentors in their program.

Number of mentors this year: 32
Number of mentees this year: 62
Partner school: Bruce Guadalupe Community School (Middle School), a part of the United Community Center is Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  We are under their volunteer/after-school program and participate in their “Healthy Girls” grant.

Contact info: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Executive Director: Stephanie Behm; Curriculum Director: Rachael Wandrey; Financial Director: Amanda Wolf; Community Director: Anna Richmond; Outreach Director: April Qi

New York University
NYU WYSE was founded in December 1998 and serves seventh and eighth grade girls at the Secondary School for Journalism at John Jay High School in Brooklyn, New York.

Number of mentors this year: 17 mentors
Number of mentees this year: 15 mentees
Partner school: John Jay High School

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Occidental College

Stanford University
Stanford WYSE was established in 1998 and partners with Edison-McNair Academy.  As a result of their commitment to their mentees, Stanford WYSE has been able to secure great support for their program from the middle school.  Stanford students also receive course credit for their participation in WYSE.  Mentors at this branch have invited guest presenters like Planned Parenthood to come speak with their mentees and have been the recipients of the Stanford University Deans Award for Outstanding Service.

Partner school:  Edison-McNair Academy

Tulane University

Established in Spring 2011

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University of California, Berkeley
UC Berkeley WYSE was established in 1995 and serves the Berkeley/Oakland community in Northern California, working with girls at Longfellow Middle School.  Berkeley WYSE aims not only to help mentees make good decisions for themselves, but help them learn how to question and challenge the messages they get about sex, love, their bodies, and being a woman. This past year, Berkeley WYSE developed a session addressing LGBT issues in middle school.

Partner school: Longfellow Middle School

University of California, Irvine
UC Irvine WYSE got started around 2003 with a group of girls who heard about the program and wanted to get involved with helping girls in Santa Ana/ Orange area.  Since then the branch has been working with girls at Portola Middle School in Orange, CA.  This year UCI WYSE has hosted special events for their mentees which included participation in a local festival, dinners and movies.

Number of mentors this year: 14 mentors
Number of mentees this year: 48 mentees
Partner school: Portola Middle School in Orange, CA Future plans: To continue to mentor girls at Portola, and to fundraise as much as we can.

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University of California, Los Angeles

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University of Chicago
U of Chicago WYSE works with girls from Little Village in Chicago, Illinois. They are the only branch with three different programs for the sixth, seventh and eighth grades that run concurrently. As a result, this branch has created many new activities that have been incorporated into the WYSE curriculum. The directors also regularly prepare and provide additional trainings throughout the year for their mentors on topics like conflict resolution and management. This branch has strong ties to the community and collaborates with other nonprofit organizations to cover such topics as gangs and violence.

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University of Southern California
USC WYSE was established in 1999 and works with girls from the south Los Angeles area and is the only program simultaneously working with three different middle schools. The USC program has garnered much support from their University and the surrounding community. The branch collaborates with community rallies such as Take Bake the Night, a protest and forum to raise awareness and to help prevent various forms of violence against women. USC currently works the Los Angeles Academy Middle School, George Washington Carver Middle School, and John Adams Middle School.

Number of Mentors this year: 60 mentors
Number of Mentees this year: 55 mentees
Partner school: Los Angeles Academy Middle School, George Washington Carver Middle School and John Adams Middle School

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Yale University
Yale WYSE works with eighth graders at Sheridan Middle School in New Haven, CT. The branch holds three separate groups each week, servicing much of the eighth grade class of girls, in addition to organizing special speakers and events throughout the year.

Number of Mentors this year: 20 mentors
Number of Mentees this year: 20 mentees Partner School:  Sheridan Middle School

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