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Skilled Professions Signing Day Elevates High-Demand, High-Growth Careers

Be Pro Be Proud Georgia – a comprehensive initiative that connects students to post-secondary training and careers within the skilled professions through a comprehensive website and mobile workshop – teamed up with the Cherokee Office of Econo...

CCSD Be Pro Be Proud GA Signing Day

We got to spend the evening with some incredible and dedicated seniors. Be Pro Be Proud sponsored a Skilled Professional Signing Ceremony where they highlighted CCSD students for making a commitment to a trade. Last night was a proud moment for all the st...

Cherokee County students attend 'signing day' for technical careers

Be Pro Be Proud Georgia - a comprehensive initiative that connects students to post-secondary training and careers within the skilled professions through a comprehensive website and mobile workshop - teamed up with the Cherokee Office of Economic Developm...

Interactive mobile unit promotes workforce development

Q: I passed a large rig wrapped with “Be Pro Be Proud” on the interstate. Would you tell me about this?A: You are inquiring about an interactive, outdoor mobile unit designed to showcase skilled trades to students through a presentation and si...

COED announces new strategic plan

The Cherokee Office of Economic Development (COED) has launched Cherokee By Choice 2.0, a strategic plan to guide the county's economic development efforts forward over the next five years.COED first made the announcement Wednesday at the historic Can...

Students get look at technical careers with 'Be Pro Be Proud' Mobile Workshop

The "Be Pro Be Proud" Mobile Workshop, a 40-foot rig that showcases numerous technical professions through gamified simulators, visited Banks County High School CTAE students on Friday, January 28.The Mobile Workshop allowed students the opportu...

“Be Pro Be Proud” bus teaches DCHS students about career options

On Jan. 26 and 27, the Dawson County High School College and Career Academy hosted the “Be Pro Be Proud” manufacturing bus, aimed at teaching students about their future career options and letting them learn about some of these jobs in fun, ha...

Cass High Students Attend Be Pro Be Proud Georgia Workshop

CARTERSVILLE, GA - It has been a potentially life-changing week for Cass High School construction and healthcare students.With Cass High teacher Deanna Boughton leading the charge, students were able to experience the following activities thanks to Be Pro...

Newton County Schools Welcomes Be Pro Be Proud Georgia

Be Pro Be Proud Georgia Visit

Newton County, GA: The Be Pro Be Proud Mobile Workshop, a 40-foot rig that showcases numerous technical professions through gamified simulators, will be at Newton High School on October 18-19, Newton College & Career Academy on October 20, and Alcovy...

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'Be Proud Mobile Workshop' comes to three middle Georgia locations

MACON, Ga. -- The Be Pro Be Proud Mobile Workshop has started and will be held over the next three weeks at three separate locations in middle Georgia.The event works to connect students at local school districts with career options.“The need for sk...