{"id":1996,"date":"2020-06-04T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2020-07-02T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T20:24:18","slug":"ssc-gear-up-students-selected-for-national-youth-leadership-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-gear-up-students-selected-for-national-youth-leadership-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC GEAR UP Students Selected for National Youth Leadership Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Seminole State College GEAR UP program was notified by the National Council for Community and Educational Partnerships (NCCEP) to select seven students and one alternate to attend the National Youth Leadership Summit (YLS). The YLS was set to take place in July and held in Washington DC. Students completed an application process, which included a parent permission form, submitting copies of academic transcripts, recommendations from school personnel and essays. The following students were selected: Brogan Culwell of Asher, Giulietta Cook of Konawa, Reiden Walker of Okemah, Benjamin Foster and Brooke Stanley of Prague, Madison Hinkle and Austyn White-Richards of Varnum, and Jackson Reid of Wetumka.<!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/National-Youth-Leadership-Summit-1-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/National-Youth-Leadership-Summit-1-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/National-Youth-Leadership-Summit-1-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/National-Youth-Leadership-Summit-1-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/National-Youth-Leadership-Summit-1-50x26.png 50w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/National-Youth-Leadership-Summit-1-788x414.png 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/National-Youth-Leadership-Summit-1-500x263.png 500w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/National-Youth-Leadership-Summit-1-1000x525.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/National-Youth-Leadership-Summit-1-800x420.png 800w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/National-Youth-Leadership-Summit-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The eight GEAR UP participants selected were to be among 200 students invited to attend this leadership opportunity. The focus of YLS is to help students identify and maximize their leadership skills, create a national network of peers and obtain the tools and training to make positive changes happen in their communities and around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, SSC GEAR UP was notified May 18 by NCCEP that the Youth Leadership Summit was canceled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese eight students should be commended for the excellence demonstrated in the application process for this opportunity,\u201d Dr. Kenneth Roe, GEAR UP Coordinator for Professional Development and Communications, said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Seminole State College GEAR UP program was notified by the National Council for Community and Educational Partnerships (NCCEP) to select seven students and one alternate to attend the National Youth Leadership Summit (YLS). The YLS was set to take place in July and held in Washington DC. Students completed an application process, which included &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-gear-up-students-selected-for-national-youth-leadership-summit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SSC GEAR UP Students Selected for National Youth Leadership Summit<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,37],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-1996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-academics","category-grant-programs","tag-june-2020"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1996"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2016,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996\/revisions\/2016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}