Photos from Odessa College’s kickoff event for their OC Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. The OC Promise program is scholarship opportunity that covers the cost of tuition and fees for the eligible class of 2024 high school graduates. Eligible students for the program include high school seniors living in the Odessa College Service area who will graduate in the Class of 2024. Each student must also be enrolled full-time in an associate degree or workforce certificate pathway.
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Elma Reyes, center, and Norma Carrillo, right, hand out pom poms to Odessa Collegiate Academy and Odessa Career and Technical Early College High School students before the start of a kickoff announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Members of the Odessa College Jazz Band play before the start of a kickoff announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
President of Odessa College Greg Williams speaks to the student bodies of Odessa Collegiate Academy and Odessa Career and Technical Early College High School during a kickoff announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Vice President for Academic Partnerships at Odessa College Jonathan Fuentes speaks to the student bodies of Odessa Collegiate Academy and Odessa Career and Technical Early College High School during a kickoff announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. The OC Promise program is scholarship opportunity that covers the cost of tuition and fees for the eligible class of 2024 high school graduates. Eligible students for the program include high school seniors living in the Odessa College Service area who will graduate in the Class of 2024. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Superintendent of the Ector County Independent School District Scott Muri talks about the importance of post secondary education during the kickoff event announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Odessa Collegiate Academy graduate Rose Acuña, 17, talks about the benefit of attending an early college high school program and her preparedness for college during the kickoff event announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Superintendent of Andrews Independent School District Bobby Azam speaks during the kickoff event announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
President of the University of Texas Permian Basin Sandra Woodley speaks during the kickoff event announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Executive Director of the Education Partnership of the Permian Basin Adrian Vega speaks during the kickoff event announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. The OC Promise program is scholarship opportunity that covers the cost of tuition and fees for the eligible class of 2024 high school graduates. Eligible students for the program include high school seniors living in the Odessa College Service area who will graduate in the Class of 2024. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Students of Odessa Collegiate Academy and Odessa Career and Technical Early College High School raise their right hands as they recite a commitment to pursue education during the kickoff event announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
President and CEO of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce Reneé Earls speaks during the kickoff event announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Students of Odessa Collegiate Academy and Odessa Career and Technical Early College High School watch as local education leaders speak the kickoff event announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
The featured speakers of Odessa College’s OC Promise kickoff watch as President and CEO of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce Reneé Earls speaks during he event Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
President of Odessa College Greg Williams speaks to the student bodies of Odessa Collegiate Academy and Odessa Career and Technical Early College High School during a kickoff announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. The OC Promise program is scholarship opportunity that covers the cost of tuition and fees for the eligible class of 2024 high school graduates. Eligible students for the program include high school seniors living in the Odessa College Service area who will graduate in the Class of 2024. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Students of Odessa Collegiate Academy and Odessa Career and Technical Early College High School in addition to other community members watch as local education leaders speak the kickoff event announcing the Odessa College Promise program Tuesday morning at the OC Sports Center. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
