We are going to collegeWe are Alabama Possible

Impact Report

College Access and Success

2014–2015

“College” is the attainment of valuable postsecondary

credentials beyond high school, including professional/

technical certificates and academic degrees.

Alabama Possible works to build educational equity by increasing the number of Alabama students who pursue and complete a college education, particularly among low-income students, first-generation college-going students, and students of color. We do this by:

Teaming individual students with near -peer mentors to complete milestones focused on the social, emotional, and financial aspects of college access and success through the Blueprints College Access Initiative;

Building a college-going culture by supporting all students with resources and relationships necessary to pursue and complete valuable postsecondary credentials;

Nurturing cross- sector partnerships with school systems, higher education institutions, and other like- minded community organizations to fill gaps rather than duplicate services.

About Alabama Possible’s College Access and Success Work

From left to right: A cohort of Phil Campbell High School students after they discussed their college choices with Alabama Possible Program Coordinator Landon Taylor. \\ A University of Alabama Honors College student shared a meal in the cafeteria with a Hillcrest High School freshman during a campus visit. \\ A Ramsay High School freshman described what college means to him as part of our college knowledge curriculum.

Blueprints students are teamed with college student “near-peer” mentors who equip them to make structured decisions and navigate the college admissions process, including academic planning, college and career exploration, and financial aid planning.

High Schools Central High School Tuscaloosa City

Francis Marion High School Perry County

Hillcrest High School Tuscaloosa County

Holy Family Cristo Rey High School Loachapoka High School Lee County

Montevallo High School Shelby County

Phil Campbell High School Franklin County

Ramsay High School Birmingham City

Wenonah High School Birmingham City

Woodlawn High School Birmingham City

31% White

44% Male4% Hispanic, Asian, or Multiracial

What is the Blueprints College Access Initiative?

Who participates in Blueprints?

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Blueprints Partnership Schools

65+31+4 56+4465% Black

56% Female

Colleges & Universities Auburn UniversityBirmingham-Southern College Lawson State Community College Northwest-Shoals Community College Samford University Shelton State Community College Troy University The University of Alabama University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Montevallo

Alabama A&M UniversityAlabama State UniversityAlcorn State UniversityArizona State UniversityAuburn UniversityAuburn University at MontgomeryBarry UniversityBaylor UniversityBelhaven UniversityBelmont UniversityBenedict CollegeBerea CollegeBevill State Community College

Birmingham-Southern CollegeCalhoun Community CollegeChristian Brothers UniversityClark Atlanta UniversityConcordia CollegeDillard UniversityEdward Waters CollegeFaulkner UniversityFisk UniversityFort Valley State UniversityGeorgia State UniversityHarris-Stowe State UniversityHoward University

Huntingdon CollegeImmaculata UniversityIowa State UniversityJacksonville State UniversityJefferson State Community CollegeJudson CollegeKent State UniversityLane CollegeLawson State Community CollegeLee UniversityLincoln College of TechnologyLoyola UniversityMaryville College

Congratulations to the Blueprints Class of 2015! They have been accepted to the following colleges and universities:

SPOTLIGHT ON THE

Blueprints Class of 2015

416 90% 62% $8.7Seniors accepted to college completed their

financial aid form*million

supplementary scholarships*

*as of May 22, 2015

“Blueprints isn’t just

redefining Alabama’s

college-going culture,

it’s also cultivating a

batch of young leaders.”al.com, February 11, 2015

Trey Hawkins and Jarrell Jordan, both Blueprints students at Woodlawn High School, received prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarships, which

are administered by the United Negro College Fund with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The scholarship provides high-

achieving, low-income, minority students with the opportunity to complete an undergraduate degree in any major at any university. It also helps pay for

the students to attend graduate school in STEM or education fields.

Two Woodlawn High School Seniors Named Gates Millennium Scholars

Miles CollegeMillsaps CollegeMorehouse CollegeMorgan State UniversityMorris CollegeNorthwest-Shoals Community CollegeOglethorpe UniversityPhilander Smith CollegePierpont Community and

Technical CollegeRust CollegeSamford UniversitySouthern Union Community College

Spring Hill CollegeSt. Thomas UniversityStillman CollegeTalladega CollegeTennessee State UniversityTroy UniversityTuskegee UniversityThe University of AlabamaUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of Alabama at HuntsvilleUniversity of Arkansas at Pine BluffUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of Miami

University of MissouriUniversity of MontevalloUniversity of North AlabamaUniversity of South AlabamaUniversity of Southern MississippiUniversity of West AlabamaVirginia State UniversityWallace State Community College -

HancevilleWallace Community College - SelmaWheeling Jesuit UniversityXavier University of Louisiana Yale University

Photo courtesy Birmingham City Schools

“Blueprints changed my life. It’s because of my

time in Blueprints that I’m going to college.”Madison Sutherland, Phil Campbell High School Senior

“A lot of people don’t apply to their dream school.

They don’t know what opportunities are out there.

You have a choice to experience what’s out there.”Trey Hawkins, Woodlawn High School Valedictorian

Cash for College boosts the number of students completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Students and their families must complete the FAFSA to apply for the Pell Grant, federal loans, and other work-study programs at Alabama’s two- and four-year, academic and technical schools.

Why is the FAFSA important?

9 out of 10 students who complete their FAFSA attend college the following fall, according to the U.S. Department of Education

With more than 100 questions, the FAFSA is longer and more complicated than a typical tax return.

Many parents and students lack adequate knowledge to accurately estimate the costs of college.

Most Birmingham City Schools students who file their FAFSA qualify for up to $5,755 in Pell Grant funding to attend the college of their choice.

SPOTLIGHT ON

Cash for College

“Joining the Alabama Possible family and mentoring

low-income students across Birmingham enabled me to

embark on a journey full of new and wonderful opportunities.”

Amanda Wilson, Cash for College Volunteer

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Alabama Possible leads a partnership to boost college completion which includes the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham City Schools, the Birmingham Education Foundation, Jefferson State Community College, Lawson State Community College, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Lumina Foundation chose Birmingham as one of 20 cities for that partnership and pledged $120,000 over the next two and a half years in funding.

The team’s goals include boosting college enrollment for Birmingham City Schools from 36 percent in 2014 to 75 percent by 2025. It will work to equip students with a network of resources and relationships that will enable them to overcome the economic and social barriers that

prevent many students from starting and finishing college.

Birmingham and the other 19 communities will work closely with Lumina and other national thought leaders to develop a customized action plan focused on reaching attainment goals to increase the percentage of high-quality credentials held by community residents.

The overall effort connects to Goal 2025, Lumina’s national goal to increase the percentage of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates, and other credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025.

Birmingham Joins National Network to Increase College Completion

In 2014-2015:

36 116 49%FAFSA Workshops Volunteers

FAFSA completion*

*as of June 12, 2015

A.H. Parker High School A.J. FordA+ College ReadyAaron Getman-PickeringAaron SalisburyAaron WattsAbbie PappasAbigail JarrattAda Katherine Van WyheAdrian CapoteAG Gaston Boys and Girls Club

Aisha HenleyAlabama Commission on Higher Education

Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education

Alabama Media Group/AL.com

Alabama PowerAlabama Power FoundationAlabama State Dept. of Education

AlagascoAlan & Lisa EngelAlan RegisterAlana OwensAlanna WhiteAlex PerkinsAlex SteinmillerAlexandria BaileyAlexis TangAlice BowsherAlice BrowsherAlicia ScottAlisha PettwayAllison MiddletonAllison StephensAmanda BarberAmanda StoreyAmanda WilliamsAmbria HardyAndrew BattistaAngela DennisonAngelyse TreadwellAnita SmithAnn FlorieAnn ForneyAnn WadeAnna DaileyAnna PattersonAnna PritchettAnna SimsAnne TremblayAnthony Ford

Anthony TrimbleaAntwonnette ReynoldsApril BarberApril MurphyArnold RogersAshleigh JohnsonAshley FloydAshley ShepherdAshley TippitAshley WhitakerAshton WrightAshunti KirkAsia SullivanAssociation of Financial Aid Administrators

AT&TAthens State UniversityAuburn UniversityAuburn University Foundation

Austin LittlejohnAuttum-Marie RichardsAynsley PruittBailee HammockBaptist Church of the Covenant

Barbara BlairBarbara BonfieldBarbara EptingBarbara LuckettBarry MazerBBVA CompassBBVA Compass FoundationBeatriz FelixBelk Foundation Benjamin HardimanBenjamin Wieseman & Jennifer Cloe

Bethany RushingBezawit EyobBill & Becky Smith Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Birmingham Business Alliance

Birmingham Education Foundation

Birmingham-Southern College

Blount County Education Foundation

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama

Bob & Teresa ShufflebargerBob Greenberg

Brad LandryBrad PeelerBrandon OverstreetBrannon BuckBreana DurrahBrenda HackneyBrenda SmithBrent Gage Brett ReachBrian QuisenberryBrian RushingBridget LavenderBridgette TeagueBrittany FilesBrooke ColemanBrooke McKinleyBrooks & Libba VaughanBruce AkinBruce LarsonBryan BlumBurr & Forman, LLP Caitlynn StricklandCameron BarnesCameron VowellCamille SpratlingCandice ChandlerCandis MimsCanterbury United Methodist Church

Carl & Mary HogeCarlissa Strong Cunningham

Carol ButlerCaroline HarrisCasey EgglestonCassandra FellsCassandra Renee HollinsCassie ElliottCatherine ButlerCatherine GregoryCatherine NafeCatherine Sloss JonesCathy FriedmanCedric Rodgers Central High School Chandler TerryChandra HolleyCharles & Patsy CollatCharles DanielCharlotte WardCheryl AllenCheryl MorganCheyenne ReedChirag Chiranji Sharma

Chloe BallardChloe TilleyChris JoinerChris McCauleyChristian McNealChristiana WilliamsChristopher DodsworthChristopher ScallaChristopher ShawChristopher WestCivitan InternationalCJ HastingsClaire ParkerClarence SuttonClarissa ReeseCNCS AmeriCorps*VISTAColin Thad MyersCollege Access Made Possible

College Goal Sunday/FAFSA February

Collin McKayCommunity Foundation of Greater Birmingham

Conner HayesConnie ColemanConnie OdenConstance O’BrienCorporate RealtyCoty LoveladyCourtney BennettCraig BaabCraig HoskinsCTS, Inc.Curtis & Jean LilesCynthia FlowersCyrondys Jackson SpringerDale & Libby Potts-Peterson

Dan BeatyDan StephensDaniel Foundation Danyell CookDarby JonesDarit RiddleDarius GambleDave GoodeDavid AbromsDavid AllgoodDavid DonaldsonDavid PerryDavid SilversteinDavid TremblayDeb Watts & John Ward

Deborah BrownellDeborah SmithDebra RuffinDee WardDeeDee Barnes BrunsDeMisha SmithDenise HesterDenise MooreDennis & Beverly SansomDesert Island Supply Company

Devon CantwellDianne MartinDianne MooneyDixon-White InstituteDon & Sandy LoganDonald & Ronne HessDonald WardDouglas ColeDreshun BufordDrew BlackDyllan BaileyEdgar AlridgeEdward & Amanda WilsonEdward BowserEdward FriendEleanor DelbeneElise HayesElizabeth ClarkElizabeth TerryElliot Lauderdale Elna R. BrendelEmily BatesEmily JensenEmily ThorntonEmma FeelyEric RigdonEric WahlErica ValdezEva RobertsonEvan LewisEvelyn PuckettFelicity CuretonFerris LaurenFightress AaronFlora GilesFord & Karla WilesFoster WareFrances VerstandigFrancine BooneFrancis Marion High SchoolFrank & Jothany JamesFrank & Louise McPhillipsFrank Matthews

You make a tremendous difference in the lives of Alabama students when you invest your time, talent, and treasure in Alabama Possible.

Thank you.

Frank Paige Freddi DunningFreddie & Isabel RubioG.W. Carver High School Gabbriona Teer Gabrielle MateseGabrielle PringleGail AndrewsGailbriel MoorerGanna PustovaGarland SmithGarrett PeekGary DunavantGary OdomGay JohnsonGaynelle JacksonGeorge & Betty LikisGeorge DanielsGeorge LynnGloria HullGlory McLaughlinGlyn and Annett AgnewGrayson SandersGregory JeaneGrindl WeldonH.B. FloraHaley EvansHaley HallHangbok Pask-BascevicHannah GreenHannah SimonHarriet GilesHazeza KochiHeather PikeHill CarmichaelHillcrest High School Hollie CostHolly HiltonHoly Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School

Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC

Hoskins Architecture, LLCHuffman High SchoolHugo CastilloHumphrey LeeIberia BankIndependent Presbyterian Church

Independent Presbyterian Church Foundation

Inge Bristow Irene BlalockIshmael DukesJ. Mason & June DavisJ. Norfleete Day

Jack OdleJack SchaefferJackson-Olin High SchoolJacqueline Bishop Jacqueline MorganJacqueline UpshawJade GibbsJake ShackelfordJalen Champlign Jamaree CollinsJames CullinanJames McClintockJames McCraryJames RobinsonJames VandyneJamie CarneyJamie EppersonJane LongshoreJanice Wallace Janna PenningtonJaquise CaldwellJarrett LeeJasmin IvyJasmine Avery-McGuireJasmine PeoplesJason BuhaJason NewellJason SmithJawanza FosterJay TremblayJean McCaaJean ShanksJeanne JacksonJeannie Duke Jeff & Chookie RichardsonJefferson County Department of Health

Jeffrey StoneJena MomeneeJenelle Evans McGrawJennifer Cole ConnJennifer HatchetJennifer KilburnJennifer SandsonJennifer ThomasJennifer Washington Jera StriblingJesse DanielJesse McKneelyJesse ZoraJessica BynumJessica CampbellJessica KnezhaJessica PatelJessica PhamJhammall Wright

Jill SingletonJim & Lenore VickreyJim SpearmanJoe AdamsJoe MedoriJoe PerezJoel HennekeJoel RotenstreichJoey PiersonJohn & Helen LogueJohn & Kathy EnglishJohn A. FloydJohn CabanissJohn CrosstJohn FosterJohn HarperJohn Hudson John JoinerJohn LovejoyJohn NorthropJohn SecristJohn TatterJohn TurnerJohnQuetta BaileyJonathan FunkJonathan KladifkoJonathan T. MooreJones TrevorJordan AmesJose AlvaradoJoseph EvansJoseph HollinsJoseph MathewsJoseph S. Bruno Charitable Foundation

Joshua & Samantha McCool

Joshua WhatleyJosiah RobinsonJosie GauldinJoyce SpielbergerJoyce Thomas-VinsonJudy AllenJuliana SpanoJulie Levinson-GabisKA TurnerKamaya LeeKamina PerdueKaren Howze-SamuelKarina LewisKarzetta BesterKate Cotton Kathryn MerrittKathryn RaulersonKathy KyzerKathy Mezrano

Kathy PhillipsKatie BuysKatie ElliottKatie PottsKatrina DudleyKatrina RobinsonKay KornmeierKaydee Erdreich BremanKayla Jacquezz SmithKaylee PostonKayley LaiKeasha KnightKeia CarrollKeiona LucasKeith CromwellKelcie MinorKelli EmbryKelly MerrellKelsey BousquetKelsey Elizabeth PeakeKendall NolanKenneth & Vikki GrodnerKent AndersenKevi MartinKevin & Laurel HitchcockKiley TurnerKimberly Evans-LoweKimberly Miller Kimberly Strode

Kimberly UseyKiwanis Club of Birmingham

Koko McCallKristen EssmanKristie ChandlerKristin HarperKristin MaetzKristina ScottKuheli MitraLana BellLandon TaylorLaReatha BrownleeLarry GerberLarry LeeLaura BreedloveLaura HurstLaura PayneLaura-Katherine JonesLauren GuilbertLauren LightLauren PerlmanLawrence-Arendall-Humphries Real Estate, Inc.

Lawson State Community College

Leadership BirminghamLeadership SouthtownLeah TollisonLeigh Haver

Wenonah High School seniors after they applied to college and started scholarship applications at a College Application Week event.

Leigh Laser CollinsLeon FrazierLesley McClureLevite JCCLillis TaylorLinda ImhoffLindsay CurryLindsay TurnerLiora ChessinLisa BordenLisa Hall Lisa HitchcockLisa McCormickLisa SmithLo’Eisha JacksonLoachapoka High School Locust Fork High School Lori Lancaster

Lotoya BeardLottie SmithLouise ThibodauxLucie Lee LanouxLucy DiChiaraLudmila GlobaLuis RosalesLyn FrazerM. James GorrieM. Miller GorrieMacy CoxMacy HoggleMadison PodyMadison TaylorMaegan GatesMallika MahalingamMandy OlsonMargaret BentleyMargaret Smith Margaret WardMaria DickensMaria GutierrezMaria KennedyMaria ParkerMarianna Pratt

Marion SteinfelsMarjorie PerlmanMark BerteMark SullivanMarkisha SpearmanMarla H. CortsMarsha Kelly-SuttonMarshall Burrell Martha HarrisMartha VandervootMary A. JolleyMary Afton DayMary Ann MaloneMary Anne MartinMary BiancaMary BurchartMary JanewayMary Patrick

Mary SloanMary Sue BaldwinMary Virginia MandellMashonda TaylorMathew WidemanMatt BarnesMatthew LeavellMatthew St. JohnMatthew WoodallMattie ArringtonMaurice ShevinMegan AngeMegan ClarkMegan RichardsMegan SmithMeghan MillsMelinda LedfordMelinda McLemoreMelissa BurgettMelissa GrishamMelissa KirbyMelissa Mitchell Melodie BillupsMelody Hope-WilsonMelody Wilson

Meredith CalhounMeredith HicksMeredith TetloffMeredith WileyMerrill StewartMersedes An EngleMicah KempMichael LanphierMichael MaetzMichael MartinMichael MeeksMichael PattersonMichael QuillenMichele FormanMichelle AdamsMichelle Bearman-WolnekMichelle FarleyMichelle HolmesMike & Anne WarrenMike & Gillian GoodrichMike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation

Mike & Lisa HigginbothamMike SwinsonMiranda RichardMitchie Neel Molly BrennerMonique MullinsMontevallo High School Morgan BromMorgan TurnerMorgan WyattMustafa SyedMyeisha Hutchison N.D. McClure IVNancy FitzpatrickNancy Francisco StewartNancy GoedeckeNancy KimberlyNatalya ClarkNational College Access Network

Neal & Anne BerteNicole BohannonNicole BurmsNikki BradburyNora Lee Northwest-Shoals Community College

Olivia AlisonOne RoofPaige MillerPam PetersPamela CowanParker Consulting Inc.Pat VandermeerPatricia Crain

Patricia McMullenPatricia ScottPatricia ToddPatrick & Elizabeth Fleming

Patrick LimbaughPaul WardPercy LeePeter TremblayPhi Theta KappaPhil Campbell High School Philip BoydPhillip HurtPhylis SimmonsProtective LifeRachael JordanRachel EstesRachel StokesRachel TrappRachel WisniewskiRaghavendra KasaRailroad Park FoundationRalph & Lesley FosterRamsay High School Randle CunninghamRebecca BrownRebecca SalesRebecca WaldenRebekah FoxReeve JacobusRegina Carr-HopeRenasant BankRenna ClementsRhonda FowlkesRhonda SiegelRichard & Sally FriedmanRichard HollandRichard K. CreightonRichard PigfordRichard RiceRobert & Leah PalmerRobert & Rubye JonesRobert BradleyRobert ElrodRobert MorganRobert OlinRobert PendleyRobert Simon Robin GeursRobin LazarusRobin LieverRobin MackeyRobyn CohenRoderick PerkinsRonald GilbertRosemary FiskRosie Shanks

Roslyn EvansRotary Club of Vestavia HillsRoteractRoy ClemRoyce KnightRuby CooperRyan HankinsS.J. Fisher IIISam MartinSam Parker Samford UniversitySamuel PulfordSamuel SchiffmanSandaireca MossSandra FlynnSandra StormSandra WhiteSanjay SinghSara Lacey GrahamSara NewellSara SchreiberSarah Beth DrurySarah CrimSarah Grace HurtSarah McElroySarah NicholsSarah SaintSarah WhiteSarahanne DavidsonSavannah HodgeScott BerteScott ColeScott TaylorSelesta RodgersServisFirst BankShahara TuckerShane WearShauna James Shelton State Community College

Sherron WilkesSherry DavisSherry Harris Sherry LoperSid McNealSidney BrownSierra McDonaldSiskin Steel & SupplySissy HembreeSkyler HendrixSophie CosperSouthern Research InstituteStacy NicksonStacy PulliamStan & Martha CarpenterStan LawStan Pylant

Woodlawn High School seniors at their graduation with Alabama Possible Program Coordinator Mary Afton Day.

Stephanie BeachamStephanie ParnellStephanie YatesStephen BurnettStephen Cockrell Stephen Miller Stephen SchaefferSteve & Laura MurraySteve HannumSteve HickmanSteve JacksonSteve MarmurekSteven RitchieStewart JonesStuart & Barbara RoyalSurgical Care AffiliatesSusan AbdoliSusan LeshinskySusan Nabers HaskellSusan Pace HamillSusan StraussSuzane F. ChurchmanSuzanne BearmanSuzanne JuddSuzanne MartinSydney WrightT. Marie King T.C. McLemore & Natalie Lane

Tabitha LeechTabitha SullivanTacala, LLCTaco Bell Foundation for Teens

Tameria DriskillTammy HartwellTammy SimmonsTammy WatkinsTanya BrownTara RansomTaryn BoganTasia MalakasisTawanna Wright

Taylor CastoraniTaylor PursellTeach For America Ted StrongTeddy MuciriTennsyon “TJ” SmithTeresa EcholsTeresa HarrisonTerrance SykesTerri ChristianTerri HarvillTerry HirsbergThe University of AlabamaTheresa MaysTiera ArchibaldTiffany FordTiffany ScottTina JohnsonTina Parker Toby Holmes Tom AngelilloTom CarterTom JeffriesTom RichardsonTom SpencerTonya HolmesTori KingToria PetersTracey WilliamsTracy Adams Trent IsomTrevino VawtersTrey PollardTristan SamiosTruett MillsTyler JenkinsTyler Peterson U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Small Business Administration

United Way of Central Alabama

University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Montevallo Valerie AbbottVanessa JonesVerbena High School Verna NixonVeronique PelassaVicki A. DenmarkVickie ThomasVictor Griffin Victoria CinquemaniVirginia BurnsVirginia PattersonVonda BaileyVulcan Materials Foundation

W.J. Cabaniss, Jr.Walker DavisWalter LauderdaleWalter MakousWanda LemayWayne FlyntWayne GillisWendell & Pam IversonWendi BoyenWendy JacksonWenonah High School Wes QuattlebaumWesley HesterWilliam AndersonWilliam BowdenWilliam BurrellWilliam HamiltonWilliam MuseWilliam RameyWillietta Conner Woodlawn FoundationWoodlawn High SchoolWynter WilliamsYMCA of Greater Birmingham

Youth Philanthropy Council

YouthServeYWoodlawn Zachary FancherZachary RichardsZachary SmithZelda Kitt

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About Alabama Possible

2015 Board of DirectorsRalph Foster, Chair Fightress Aaron Irene S. Blalock Sidney Brown, PhD Scott Cole Wayne Flynt, PhD emeritus

Leon Frazier, EdD emeritus

Laurel Hitchcock, PhD Elliot Lauderdale, PhD Humphrey Lee, EdD Virginia Patterson Joey Pierson Richard Rice Isabel Rubio Joyce Spielberger Libba Vaughan Cameron Vowell, PhD Foster Ware Edward Wilson, MD, PhD

2014–2015 StaffKristina Scott, Executive DirectorT.C. McLemore, Communications and Development ManagerLiora Chessin, Program ManagerMary Afton Day, Program CoordinatorLandon Taylor, Program Coordinator

2014–2015 Interns and Student LeadersReeve Jacobus, Birmingham-Southern CollegeChloe Tilley, Shelton State Community CollegeCheyenne Redus, Auburn UniversityRobert Elrod, Auburn UniversityMarshall Burrell, Auburn UniversityMegan Smith, The University of AlabamaRobert Pendley, The University of AlabamaTrevor Jones, University of Montevallo Daniel Yarbrough, Samford University

Alabama Possible was founded in 1993 and is a statewide 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. AP works to reduce systemic poverty and its root causes by inspiring Alabamians to pursue a state in which no individual’s quality of life is diminished by poverty.

Montevallo High School seniors celebrated their academic successes at our first College Signing Day event.

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“College” is the attainment of valuable postsecondary

credentials beyond high school, including professional/

technical certificates and academic degrees.