How about some good news for a change?
A couple of local businesses have teamed up with Angelina College to give employees and their families an excellent opportunity. According to a media release from Angelina College, Pilgrim’s Lufkin and Pilgrim’s Nacogdoches recently announced a partnership with Angelina College to provide free tuition to qualifying team members and their dependents. The first class of students will be eligible for the upcoming 2021/2022 school year.
The nationwide program, Pilgrim’s Better Futures, removes a major financial barrier to college attendance and stands to become the largest free community college tuition program in rural America. Pilgrim’s and Angelina College representatives will also help team members – many from first-generation American families – navigate the application process, which can be a deterrence to people applying to college for the first time.