Helping Indiana students: Inaugural Fast Start students join Purdue in fall 2021
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Purdue University will welcome its inaugural Fast Start students in fall 2021. Purdue Fast Start is a program dedicated to making a college degree more affordable and accessible.
“I view coming to Purdue through Fast Start as a way to say ‘thank you’ to my parents for raising me and supporting me all these years.” WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (PRWEB) December 21, 2020 High school seniors William Herrell and identical twins Jenelle and Sydney Ward hail from rural Indiana communities, excited about starting the next chapter in their lives: college. Now, they have something else in common: The Wards and Herrell are the first Fast Start program students to gain admission into Purdue University.
Inaugural Fast Start students join Purdue in fall 2021
Note to journalists: Photos of the Wards and Herrell, and a Fast Start image are available on Google Drive.
Sydney (left) and Jenelle Ward are getting a jump start on college through the innovative Fast Start program, which allows them to take courses for college credit and gain assured admittance into Purdue. Sydney will study biology, while Jenelle is enrolled in exploratory studies at Purdue for fall 2021. (Purdue University photo/submitted)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - High school seniors William Herrell and identical twins Jenelle and Sydney Ward hail from rural Indiana communities, excited about starting the next chapter in their lives: college. Now, they have something else in common: The Wards and Herrell are the first Fast Start program students to gain admission into Purdue University.