Roadtrip Nation Takes Education on the Road Enables Students to Gain Real-Life Experience Inside and Outside the Classroom

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October 17, 2011

ANNOUNCER: 

WHEN MIKE MARRINER AND HIS FRIENDS GRADUATED COLLEGE IN 2001, THEY FELT THERE WAS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THEIR EDUCATION AND THE REAL WORLD, SO, THEY HIT THE ROAD TO INTERVIEW LEADERS ACROSS AMERICA AND LEARN HOW THEY GOT TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY. MIKE MARRINER: 

MIKE MARRINER: 

“After our trip, we founded Roadtrip Nation, as an organization to offer other students that same learning opportunity. Today, thanks to the expansion of liberal broadband access, more than 100,000 students all across the country from rural districts to inner-cities, experience Roadtrip Nation’s  curriculum every year.” 

ANNOUNCER: 

RAY RICAFORT WAS A STUDENT WHO BENEFITED FROM THE CURRICULUM, WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE DROP-OUT CRISIS. RAY IS NOW DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH FOR ROADTRIP NATION.  

RAY RICAFORT:

“My Roadtrip Nation experience helped me recognize what was really possible for me.  I’m excited and love to go to work everyday to help other students realize their opportunities that are available to them in their future careers.”

ANNOUNCER: 

AT&T IS HELPING ROADTRIP NATION TO BRING THEIR CAREER EXPLORATION EXPERIENCE TO STUDENTS IN MORE AREAS OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF THEIR ONLINE CURRICULUM.   FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT ROADTRIP NATION DOT COM. I’M LEE SHEPHARD.