REACH Day offers taste of college

Lanier Technical College served as a partner with UNG for REACH Georgia Day.

"We were very proud to be a partner in REACH Georgia Day. Of our total annual student enrollment, Lanier Tech's First-Generation enrollment averages 45-plus percent. With individual economic prosperity being directly connected to higher education, the REACH program has a profound effect on many Georgia citizens," Lanier Technical College President Tim McDonald said. "On behalf of Lanier Tech, I send my gratitude to the University of North Georgia for allowing us to contribute to this year's very inspiring REACH Georgia Day."

Renee McCannon, Madison County Schools graduation coach, said REACH Georgia Day provided a convenient avenue to bring students to UNG.

"Being on a campus helps them understand how big it is. It also emphasizes the importance of them earning the REACH and HOPE scholarships," McCannon said. "It reinforces things that they hear over and over in their academic coaching sessions. To hear it at the college level, it really hits home."