Updates

Exciting Updates for Post-Secondary Scholars!

January 8, 2025

It’s Graduation Season! Congratulations to all our Project GRAD Scholars for meeting the challenge, “Don’t Just Go, Finish!” In honor of their accomplishment, we provide them with an authentic Kente cloth stole with the embroidered phrase, “Don’t Just Go, Finish!” on one side and GRAD Knoxville on the other as a keepsake for their hard work. Our Scholars look forward to receiving this memento to wear proudly in their post-secondary photos and graduation ceremony. It takes a village to support and encourage our students as they pursue their post-secondary pathways, and we are honored to have been a part of their village along the way. For some, this village started in elementary school while for others, it may have started once they entered high school, but regardless of the start time, we share in their families’ excitement and joy as they walk across their post-secondary stage to receive their credential.

~ Cynthia Manning-Dirl, Director of Post Secondary Pathways – Project GRAD

We wish them all well on their next adventure whether it’s graduate studies or starting a career. We know they will do well! CONGRATULATIONS SCHOLARS!