LA Junta Tribune
Otero Junior College was awarded a $2.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education earlier this year. It will support the college's efforts to increase college readiness and success of students, especially those of Hispanic descent and low-income students over the next five years.
The college hired the following individuals to posts with the Title V AIM Grant: Shawn Japhet, Bree-ann Carwin, Melanie Culver and Julie McGuire.
Shawn Japhet
Japhet is the AIM Grant project director. She came to OJC as a tutor in 2005 and in her 16 years with the college has been a tutor, director of the Student Success Center and Disability Services, and the Educational Resource and Disabilities Services specialist. Japhet is an OJC alumna and later received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Management from National American University.