SUNY Canton bridge team finishes ninth in national competition northcountrynow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from northcountrynow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
MASSENA — Of the 72 schools that applied, seven local schools have been selected to participate in a $1.5 million college and career readiness program.
CFES Brilliant Pathways chooses five schools in Vermont for college readiness program vermontbiz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vermontbiz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Program Addresses National Challenge: Rural Students Attend College at Lower Rates Than Those in Cities, Suburbs
Vermont Business Magazine CFES Brilliant Pathways, a college and career-readiness nonprofit based in Essex, NY, has chosen 20 rural schools in northeastern New York and Vermont for its newly launched North Country Brilliant Pathways program. Seventy-two schools applied for the program, which was announced in April.
The initiative, which has a value of $1.5 million, will provide schools with a multi-faceted, comprehensive college readiness program that will put more of their students on a path to college.
Currently, a lower percentage of rural students attend college compared with their urban and suburban counterparts, and they drop out at far higher rates.
CANTON â SUNY Canton earned a spot in the 2021 American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) National Student Steel Bridge Competition following a second-place regional finish.
The group of students on the SUNY Canton Steel Bridge Team came in second to the University at Buffalo in the Upstate New York Regional competition. It was held for the first time as a âCompete from Campusâ event, where students entered by submitting a video documenting the construction and testing of their steel bridge.
âI am proud to say that our team has persevered despite pandemic cancellations,â said SUNY Canton Instructional Support Associate Paul D. Hitchman, who serves as one of the teamâs advisors. âThey found a way, as virtual as it may be, to compete and succeed in this yearâs competition.â