Fort Towson holds GEAR UP Career Fair

Fort Towson students got a glimpse of life after high school November 15, as they participated in a GEAR UP Career Fair.

The fair was sponsored by the Southeastern Oklahoma State University Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Partnership as part of a career mini-grant program for the month of November, which is National Career Month. Fort Towson English Teacher and GEAR UP Site Coordinator Tammy Edwards coordinated the event.

Eleven speakers represented the fields of mental health, funeral homes, the military, higher education and health care.

The SOSU GEAR UP Partnership is a federally grant funded program that serves 1,852 eleventh- and twelfth-graders in 14 schools in Bryan, Choctaw and McCurtain counties. The schools are: Achille, Bennington, Boswell, Broken Bow, Caddo, Calera, Colbert, Durant, Fort Towson, Hugo, Rock Creek, Silo, Soper and Valliant.

For more information on GEAR UP, call (580) 745-3122 or visit www.se.edu/gearup.