Program connects high school students with business leaders

(AP) — A group of high school students met with local professionals from a number of different fields in March as part of the Emerging Leaders Program.

The program is funded through a grant from the Vermont Department of Labor, and is overseen by the Bennington County Industrial Corporation's Workforce and Education Working Group (which was absorbed along with the BCIC by the Bennington County Regional Commission last January).

According to CCV Coordinator of Academic Services Jeannie Jenkins, who also serves on the Workforce and Education Working Group, the students are encouraged to speak with people both in fields they are interested in and those they know nothing about.

Lisa Harrington, who is the coordinator of the Emerging Leaders program at MAU, said that the students participating in the program all take CCV's Intro to College Studies class, and meet monthly during lunch.