Lyon’s new student activities director says APPLE is at
core of her success
February 13,
2006
By Wil Shane
Lyon College News Bureau
Lyon College’s new director of student activities is a living illustration of
the value the APPLE Project brings to area high school students preparing for
college.
Amber Millwee, who started her new job Feb. 1, said she participated in the
APPLE Project while she was a student at Batesville High School.
“It helped prepare me for college, and it did it well,” she said in her new
office in the Student Life Center. “It got me involved with things that
eventually prepared me for this job. It’s a great program.”
The APPLE Project (Accelerated Program of Personalized Learning and Enrichment)
tutors and mentors eligible high school students who have the academic potential
and desire to succeed in postsecondary education.
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Students in the project make a long-term commitment, from their ninth grade
summer through their summer of graduation from high school, to weekly
school-year attendance for tutoring, counseling, and enrichment and to the
six-week summer program of college-preparatory and college-credit classes. |
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“It helped prepare me for college, and it
did it well. It got me involved with things that eventually prepared me
for this job. It’s a great program.” – Amber Millwee |
Millwee’s husband, Phillip Millwee II, is a technical coordinator for the
McCrory School District. Her mother, Cindy Bilodeau, still lives in Batesville,
as does her brother, Scott Lavigne, and her sister, Kelsey Lavigne. Kelsey is
showing the APPLE doesn’t fall far from the family tree. She’s following in her
big sister’s footsteps by also participating in the APPLE Project to help
prepare her for a successful collegiate career.
As director of student activities, Millwee will work as an adviser for the
Student Activities Council and will oversee responsibilities such as bringing
entertainment to the campus and working with the students on producing the
college’s newspaper, The Highlander, and the yearbook, The Scot.
Following graduation from high school, Millwee attended Stephens College in
Columbia, Mo., where she earned a bachelor’s degree in creative writing. She’s
written a few short stories, and while pursing a master’s degree in English at
Henderson State University, she began writing a novel manuscript.
A busy workload prevented her from finishing the book, but she said she might
finish it sometime in the future.