During the Spring Break, the PUSH Excel organization took five EOYDC college bound high school students to visit historically black colleges and universities to inform and expose them to institutions of higher education. The purpose of the tour is to promote increased college attendance amongst minority youth through a mode of early preparation. Students traveled to Morgan State University, Howard University, North Carolina A&T State University, Winston-Salem State University, Savannah State University, Fort Valley State University, Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse/Spelman College all of these historically black college campuses, which are spread across several states, were visited during a one week period.

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Jamal Cole