May 02, 2019
By Jennifer McNulty (UCSC News Center https://news.ucsc.edu/2019/04/collegesigningday.html)
More than 200 students from regional high schools attended a first-ever UC-sponsored celebration for college-bound students at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on Wednesday (May 1, 2019).
The event was part of College Signing Day, a national celebration spearheaded by former First Lady Michelle Obama, whose address from UCLA was live-streamed to more than 3,000 venues across the country.
Reach Higher, Obama's college access and success initiative, focuses on inspiring high school seniors and community college transfer students—especially first-generation and low-income students—to achieve their educational and career goals. read more here...