For generations it has been ingrained in our society that after you graduate high school, the next logical step is continuing your education at the college level. Although there is value in getting a degree in a specialty of your choice, many students are finding a different path to a successful career by foregoing 2 or 4 year universities and diving right into a career. Realizing that that thought process is growing, while the workforce is shrinking, Sunrise Cooperative created the RISE FFA Career Program, and from that, Sunrise University. On the next Our Ohio Weekly, meet the CEO of Sunrise and two of his newest employees who decided to fill out a job application instead of a college application.

Guests - George D. Secor, President/CEO of Sunrise

Jacob Walters, 2021 RISE FFA Career Recipient.

Shaun Hall is a participant in Sunrise University.