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January 25, 2008

Year over for Year Up

A program aimed at getting teenagers and young adults an opportunity to get some education and job training beyond high school is celebrating its most recent graduating class today.

Twenty-two graduates of Year Up Providence, the regional chapter of the national Year Up program, will be on hand today at the Westin to celebrate graduation.

The graduates will be joined by House Speaker William J. Murphy, D-West Warwick, House Majority Leader Gordon Fox, D-Providence, Providence Police Chief Col. Dean Esserman, and maybe Mayor David Cicilline, who was invited.

After completing the one-year program, 60 percent of this year’s graduating class has already secured work in the information technology field with companies that include Bank of America, Citizen’s Bank, Collette Vacations and Lifespan.

The graduates are meeting today at the Westin Providence hotel at 11:30 a.m.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 9:31 AM | Permalink

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