Monday, March 30, 2009

Tipping Point Grantee Year Up in the Sunday Chronicle!

"Year Up Students Learn Business and Life Skills"
by Julian Guthrie, March 29, 2009

"An estimated 85 percent of Year Up graduates find jobs within four months of graduation and earn on average $15.59 an hour..."

Year Up apprentice Beaunca Wilson talks about the impact of the program:

"...I'm learning about information technology and learning things like how to greet people, how to show respect even if you don't get it, and what language is appropriate for professional settings...This is a new and wonderful world for me."

Click here to read the article in full.