Student and Education Support Association (SESA)

Dear Friends 1998 has created new dimensions to the Student and Education Support Association. The year has resulted in our most involved since our establishment. SESA, organized in 1992, has accomplished many of its goals. These include:

• Complete the library building at GSG College, Umarkhed India
• Establish Computer Education at GSG College, Umarkhed India
• Help village at Uti in the field of Education in India
• Provide financial emergency loans for books, tuition, and educational equipments to Ohio University students.
• Provide useful information to international students in the USA about existing organizations which may help them to assimilate in the US culture and do volunteer work.
• To publish books, brochures, etc. at a future date.

November 2002 was a special year as my friends Dr. Henry Croci, Suznanne Croci, Sheila Mark and her daughter Annie Mark visited the college. Annie taught tennis to thirty college girls and thirty college boys. Dr. Croci, Suzanne, Sheila and Sushila Gawande volunteered for "Rotary's surgical eye camp for 190 cataract patients. We all stayed at the college and witnessed the spirit of the place and felt satisfied as your donation money is in good hands. Rotary, Carl & Helen Roberts Computer Center is functioning and being used to its full capacity. The students are learning basic computer skills and short term course in information technology.

Gene Engle Computer Center is used for Bachelor of Science in Computers and M. Sc computers.

A new addition is the 1200 sq ft building built on top of the library building for classrooms and zoology lab that was much needed.

• More classroom space. Thanks to Hank & Suzanne Croci for their donation of $10,000 and Gene Engle's additional $25,000. That will be used to build 6000 sq ft of classrooms.
• We need to modernize the library with computers. We need to buy more text books and reference books.
• We need to modernize the accounting office and administration with computers and they need additional space.
• A 6000 sq ft Student Center building is being planned.

• SESA concentrated on educational support
• Conducted remedial courses in English
• Conducted free remedial course for competency examination since Sept. 1996.
• Students of SESA donated Rs. 500 to GSG College Library
• New goal established to provide emergency loan for students.
• SESA is also giving scholarship fund at GSG College to attract meritorious students as this is an economically deprived area.

• Emergency loans were provided to two students for $2000
• Reception for new Indian students given in 1998
• One grant of $7000 given to a needy student for tuition and books.
• Transportation for needy student from Columbus to Athens August 1997.
• 4 Scholarships to go to OU to police and firefighters children $1000.
• Scholarship for Tom Bolland to teach in India $1500