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Glenbard District 87 workshop to outline careers in high demand, job prospects

Students and their parents are invited to learn about occupations in high demand and job prospects for tomorrow at Career Trends: Planning for the Future with Lynn Burks on Thursday, April 14. This free program is presented by the African American Parent Committee: Families United For Students' Excellence (FUSE) and Glenbard Parent Series: (GPS) Navigating Healthy Families.

Parents and students are invited to join us at 7 p.m. April 14 in the Little Theater at Glenbard South High School, 23W200 Butterfield Road in Glen Ellyn.

Burks is the internship director and a senior professor at DeVry University in the College of Business and Management, will present this informative workshop. She specializes in economics, experiential education, student persistence and success. The more you know about the job market, the more you can build career resilience.

GPS is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, DuPage Medical Group, Emmy Gaffey Foundation and Trust Company of Illinois.

For information regarding GPS programs, visit www.glenbardgps.org or contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at 942-7668 or gilda_ross@glenbard.org

Contact FUSE president Kim Jones at kimjonesmail@hotmail.com

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