BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:258@usrotary.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250220T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250220T083000 DTSTAMP:20241119T175335Z URL:https://usrotary.org/events/program-lauren-treacy-college-possible-feb ruary-20-2025/ SUMMARY:Program\, Lauren Treacy\, College Possible\, "Empowering Students o n their Journey to a College Degree\," February 20\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:\nJoin the University Sunrise Rotary Club for a program featu ring Lauren Treacy of College Possible.\n\n\n\nThe \;program will be p resented in-person and on Zoom on Thursday morning informally beginning at 7 a.m. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required\, and the program is free.\n\n\n\nThe in-perso n meeting will be at the Wedgwood Community Church at 8201 30th Ave NE\, S eattle.\n\n\n\nThe meeting will also be available via Zoom. You can click here to join the Zoom meeting.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLauren Treacy serve s as the Executive Director of College Possible Washington. She has over t en years of experience in the education nonprofit field. Her experience as a first-generation college student and an AmeriCorps Member guides her fo cus on the importance of college access and success. Prior to College Poss ible Washington\, Lauren served as the Interim Executive Director at City Year Seattle/King County where she built strong partnerships in Seattle Pu blic Schools. Servant and adaptive leadership coupled with a community-cen tered approach\, drives the work culture Lauren builds.\n\n\n\nLauren atte nded Gonzaga University for her undergraduate studies and holds an M.Ed. i n School Counseling from Louisiana State University. Lauren is a true Wash ingtonian having grown up in Central Washington and currently lives in Wes t Seattle with her partner Casey\, their young son Forrest\, and her many animals.\n\n\n\nCollege Possible Washington (previously known as College A ccess Now or CAN)\, is working to close the college degree divide. Since 2 006\, their college access and success programs have helped empower more t han 6\,850 students within Seattle and South King County on their path to earning a college degree. Their pioneering model matches eligible student s with near-peer coaches and a proven curriculum designed to help them ove rcome the most common barriers to getting into college and completing thei r degree — all at no cost to students or their families.\n\n\n\nThro ugh partnerships with Seattle\, Renton and Federal Way school districts\, College Possible Washington is advancing educational equity for students i n the King County community. Only 30%+ of young people in Washington stat e will have a college degree by age 26\, even though 70% of jobs in our st ate will require an AA/BA degree. The challenge is more pressing when we discover that only 34% of students who come from a low-income community in South King County graduate college compared to 71% of their peers from a high-income community. Talent and motivation are equally spread amongst s tudents\, but access and resources are not. The aim of College Possible Wa shington is to help create a more educated and diverse workforce by offeri ng young people real opportunities to break the cycle of poverty.\n CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR