VISIONS Program to Host Educational Empowerment Fall Conference

ROCK HILL—On Saturday, October 17, the Visions Educational Talent Search program will host its fifth annual Educational Empowerment Fall Conference. The event, for Visions program participants and their parents only, will be held from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Baxter Hood Center on the York Tech campus. The keynote speaker for this year's conference will be former Carolina Panthers star Mike Minter.

Workshops and activities for adults and students ages 12 to 17 will be presented by ACT Inc., Community Powerhouse of Lancaster, Founders Federal Credit Union, the Girl Scouts of America, Here We Go TV, Winthrop University Multicultural Affairs and York Technical College.

VISIONS is an Educational Talent Search outreach program funded by the U.S. Department of Education and sponsored by York Technical College.

The purpose of the conference is to educate and expose families in Chester, Lancaster, and York counties to the opportunities available through their participation in this program. VISIONS is designed to help participants in York, Chester and Lancaster counties better understand and actively pursue their educational opportunities and career options. Its goal is to ensure that participants complete high school and enroll in a postsecondary institution of their choice.

For more information about the conference or the VISIONS program, contact Nikita Baxter or Karen Stevenson at (803) 981-7217.

York Technical College . 452 S. Anderson Road . Rock Hill, SC 29730