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Futures Are Built
HERE
HERE
Empower
College and
Career Center
Personalizes
Pathways
for Student
Success
By Lydia Cobb
E mpower College and Career Center One of the biggest comments doing clinicals at Piedmont Athens
opened its doors a year ago to make
Regional, not just job shadowing. They
a positive difference in the futures
of young adults. Empower C3 is an I hear from parents is how are drawing blood for certification in the
phlebotomy program.”
educational collaboration with Jackson they wish they had Students can work toward Associate
County Schools, Commerce City Schools, degrees with the University of North
and Foothills Educational Charter High something like this when Georgia and Lanier Technical College while
School. Through partnerships with business they were in high school. earning their high school diplomas. Dual
and industry, higher education, and our enrollment can save up to 30 hours of post-
community, students work toward goals John Uesseler, secondary tuition.
that help them reach their college and CEO of Empower C3 “We are talking with our students to
career aspirations. find out where they stand and how we’re
John Uesseler, CEO of Empower C3, performing,” Uesseler said. “Overwhelmingly,
looks forward to welcoming approximately our students are excited and pleased with
1,900 students this fall to engage in real the experiences we’re giving them here. They
world experiences and added, “We are fully appreciate being treated like young adults
developing our partnerships in industry and say that this feels like a college campus.”
with Kubota, Piedmont Athens Regional, SK The goal for every Empower C3 student is
Battery America, Tencate, and many others.” to graduate prepared for a successful career
Using a semester schedule, students are in an ever-changing world. Students will leave
bused from school to the Empower campus high school with authentic experiences that
in morning or afternoon schedules. Empower will help them define and refine their choices
C3 provides a continuum of work-based – in college, a career, or in the military.
learning experiences, internships, and an The Empower campus is at the former
emphasis on science, math, technology, and Jackson County High School with a whole
engineering within the classroom curricula. new vibe. Come by for a visit and check out
Uesseler shared an example of the real- all the action that is shaping futures every day
world collaborations. “We have students here in Jackson County.
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