60 - Passing the Test - Drs. Kathryn Weinland, Melissa Mills and Eric Howerton

25/09/2023 31 min Episodio 60
60 - Passing the Test - Drs. Kathryn Weinland, Melissa Mills and Eric Howerton

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College of Arts and Sciences faculty members are bringing the classroom to inmates at the Payne County Jail. Thanks to a CAS Community Engagement Grant and in a collaboration with Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma, Drs. Kathryn Weinland, Melissa Mills and Eric Howerton are volunteering their time to prepare inmates for the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET) to earn high school diplomas. In this episode, the professors share how they got started, what they have been doing and what the future holds for this initiative.
You can about the partnership at https://okla.st/hiset-news