PHOTO GALLERY: Jonestown Youth Visit Campus

Innovative new program combines learning, service and empowerment

Starting from the left (with the tall guy) and going right, the names are Ben May, Ben Branson, Joe Bell, Chris Sahlen, Lisa Giles, Cierra Ray, Jeffery Peavy, Will Bedwell and Alex Ridgeway (kneeling in front)

Starting from the left, are Ben May, Ben Branson, Joe Bell, Chris Sahlen, Lisa Giles, Cierra Ray, Jeffery Peavy, Will Bedwell and Alex Ridgeway (kneeling)

Students from Jonestown, Miss., visited campus in June to learn about educational opportunities available after high school. The campus visit is part of a program coordinated by the McLean Institute to build awareness and resources in the Delta town, which has experienced tough economic challenges.Throughout the spring semester, members of the Institute’s Student Engagement Fellows program worked with organizations to coordinate activities in Jonestown including a Black History Month event in February, a map mural painting project in March and a project to construct a greenhouse in April.