8/2/2019 Collinsville Print Aspire

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/collinsville-print-aspire 1/1

C O U R T E S Y P

O k l a h o m a G o v e r n o r M a r y F a l l i n a n d A T & T O k l a h o m a S t a t e P r e s i d e n t B r y a n G o n t e r m a n a n n o u n c e d

c e n t l y t h e i r co m m i t m e n t t o t h e A s p i r e p r o g r a m , a q u a r t e r - b i l l io n - d o l l a r c a m p a i g n t o h e l p m o r e s t u d e

g r a d u a t e f r o m h i g h s c h o o l r e a d y f o r c a r e e r s a n d c o l le g e , a n d t o e n s u r e t h e c o u n t r y i s b e t t e r p r e p a r e

m e e t g l o b a l c o m p e t i t i o n .

N O W O P E N !

E tF u n e r a l H o m e

9 9 0 1 N . O w a s s o E x p r e s s w aO w a ss o , O k la h o m a 7 4 0 5 5

918-272-6000w w w . g r e e n h i l l o k . c o m

G H B O R S , W e d n e s d a y , A p r i l 1 8 , 2 0 1 2

o l l i n s v i l l e N e w s 5

a y f e s t c e l e b r a t i o n

s s e v e r a l n e w

d i t i o n s , e v e n t sFrom staff reports

Tulsa International Mayfest held a

Ken Busby, Mayfest Board President,

year's poster. Dueck-

Heather Pingry, Mayfest Executive

Building Projection proj-

shown on the north wall

Mary Jo Sartain, Mayfest Festival

Friday May 18 and J.D. McPhersonSaturday May 19. Each act will be-

illiams Greenand

Sartain also reported that there

ayfest 's archives, May-

Lynn Flinn, President and M anaging

be given on FOX 23's 5 p.m.

Mayfest is a free event that includes

g .

From staff report s

As access to skilled workers becomes

increasingly vital to the U.S. economy,AT&T is launching a quarter-billion-dollar campaign to help more students

graduate from high school ready forcareers and college, and to ensure thecountry is better prepared to meet

global competition, Governor MaryFallin and AT&T Oklahoma State Presi-

dent Bryan Gonterman announced re-cently.

AT&T Aspire, already among themost significant U.S. corporate educa-tional initiatives with more than $100million invested since 2008, will tacklehigh school success and college/ca-reer readiness for students at-risk ofdropping out of high school through amuch larger, "socially innovative" ap-

proach. Social innovation goes beyondtraditional philanthropy - which typi-cally involves only charitable giving- to also engage people and technol-ogy to bring different approaches, newsolutions and added resources to chal-lenging social problems. The Aspire ef-

fort already has impacted more thanone million U.S. high school students,helping them prepare for success inthe workplace and college.

The greatly expanded effort centerson a new, $250 million financial com-

mitment planned over 5 years. AT&TAspire will build on that commitmentby using technology to connect withstudents in new and more effectiveways, such as with interactive gami-

fication, Web-based content and so-cial media. The company will also tap

the innovation engine of the AT&TFoundry to look for fresh or atypicalapproaches to educational obstacles.Finally, AT&T Aspire will capitalize on

the power of personal connections inthe form of mentoring, internships and

other voluntary efforts that involve

OB I TU A R I E S

B e t t y L o u M i l l s

Service for Betty Lou Mills, 86, was Fri-

day, April 6, 2012 at the Freewill Baptist

Church with Rev. Bill Adcock officiating.

Interment followed at Collinsville's Ridge-lawn Cemetery.

Mrs. Mills died April 2, 2012. She was

born in Dewey, OK July 10, 1925 and l ivedthe majority of her life in NortheasternOklahoma, most recently in the Collins-

ville/Owasso area. Her husband, WFrank

Mills, preceded her in death in 1991.

Betty is survived by four daughters,31 grandchildren, great and great-greatgrandchildren.

Betty was deeply devoted to familyand friends. Even her final words werein prayer for others. She will be greatly

missed.

Mrs. Mills was a member of the Collins-

ville Freewill Baptist Church for numerousyears.

many of AT&T's approximately 260,000

employees.More information on the RF P process

is available at www.att.com/educa-tion-news (click on the "Aspire LocalImpact RFP" option.

"Having a highly skilled and edu-cated workforce is one of the keys toour state's long-term economic suc-cess. Ensuring students graduate

high school prepared to begin collegeor start a career will go a long way to

helping us build the workforce we needto be competitive," Governor MaryFallin said. "I want to thank AT&T for

its commitment to Oklahoma studentsthrough the AT&T Aspire program.We appreciate AT&T's innovative ap-proach to helping students graduatehigh school so they can reach their fullpotential in the workplace."

S h a r e

y o u r

j o y . . .

news@thecol l insvi l lenews.com

G overnor, A T &T set to prom oteapproach to increase graduates

The new and expanded AT&T comment builds on the work AT&T As

has completed in the last four yeAT&T and the AT&T Foundation hinvested more than $100 million inpire since 2008 - and more than $million since 1984 in education.

In Oklahoma, Ft. Gibson High Sc

is a previous Aspire grant recipiThe high school partnered with No

eastern State University in Tahleqto create the Community Outreach

cruitment Effort (CORE), with a goincreasing ACT testing rates withinFt. Gibson school system, ultimaleading to an increase in students

tinuing their education at the cogiate level. The program has resuin a 50 percent increase in ACTtakers at Ft. Gibson High School, onizers report.