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Bank of America Donates to Tri-County Technical College

Donation will help students in the Connect to College program

 

Bank of America Charitable Foundation made a $3,000 donation to Tri-County Technical College’s Connect to College program.

The funds are designated for textbooks for students in the program that serves high school dropouts age 17 – 20 who meet specific eligibility criteria and live in Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens counties.

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Using a dual credit model, students earn both high school and college credit, and may simultaneously complete both the high school diploma (meeting all requirements of the South Carolina Department of Education) and a postsecondary credential.

Presenting the check is Kerri Myers, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch assistant vice president, fourth from left.

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Also pictured are, from left, Elisabeth Gadd, director of development at the College; Diana Walter, director of the Connect to College program; John Lummus, vice president for the Economic and Institutional Advancement Division at the College; and Sharan Milsap, vice president at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.

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