The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Academy and Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s MBA program partnership began in the fall when MBA students and alumni raised $700 for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Academy Dream Fund, a special budget allocated to assist Â鶹ÊÓƵ Academy students with making their dreams a reality. This discretionary fund will be used to sponsor college visits, involve students in school and community projects and help students and families when unexpected life situations arise.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Academy enrolled its inaugural class in summer 2007. Each year, approximately two dozen rising sophomores from the Alamance-Burlington School System will join the program, which combines four-week summer residential experiences with monthly sessions during the academic year. The 26 students in the inaugural class, who represent all six public high schools in the county, will continue in the program through the next three years. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Academy will have an eventual annual enrollment of about 70 students.
The mission of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Academy is to inspire academically oriented students who are often underrepresented on college and university campuses to pursue higher education, build leadership skills and develop an active sense of social responsibility.
Eligible students must have a desire to succeed, be willing to commit to the three-year program, demonstrate academic promise, have no history of disciplinary problems, and demonstrate financial need or have no family history of college attendance.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ MBA was recently ranked by BusinessWeek as #2 in the South, #12 in the nation, and was the top-ranked part-time MBA program in North Carolina. The program focuses on providing a full-time experience in a part-time format, offers an international travel component, and gives students the opportunity to work on consulting projects
To find out more information about the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Academy and how you can support this important initiative, or to learn more about the Â鶹ÊÓƵ MBA, click on the links below.
– Article submitted by Darris Means