Current Initiatives

 Mason CAN relies solely on donations and grant funding to build a college-going culture. Since 2016, donor support has allowed us to offer continuous programming to students across five school districts. Some of our programming highlights include the College & Career Expo, College Connection information sessions, and our college visits. This year, 700 students connected with statewide college and local business representatives at our annual College & Career Expo. We also offered monthly College Connections information sessions, introducing 9th-grade students to college concepts, professors, and career exploration. Finally, thanks to grant funds, we were able to support two college visit trips for area juniors and seniors from MCE and LHS to visit Ferris State, CMU, and GVSU.  

The Mason County CAN and Promise collaborate on two main action groups: To College & Through College. Each team works together with WSCC admissions and local high school counselors to highlight any issues and opportunities to a.) help more local students get to college, and b.) prepare students with the academic and financial knowledge of resources for getting through college.