Three aspiring area high school students were among nearly 200 delegates selected from across the United States and U.S. territories to represent their TRIO Talent Search or Upward Bound program.
Local high school student Renato Recillas, who is a junior at Fennville High School and a participant in the Hope College TRIO Upward Bound program, has been selected for the National Student Leadership Congress (NSLC) that will take place in Washington, D.C., in June.
Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg has been awarded a $1.4 million Upward Bound grant from the U.S. Department of Education, to assist low-income students and those who might be the first in their families to access higher education.