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Community MVP: Building Steps organization prepares Baltimore City Schools students for college

The organization Building Steps helps prepare Baltimore City students for college and careers.

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Podcast: Debra Hettleman, CEO of Building STEPS

Maryland Business Spotlight

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Podcast: STEMspace

Getting Students Across the Finish Line Ft. Debra Hettleman

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Building STEPS Helps Students Become the First in Their Family to Graduate College

Inside the Inner Harbor’s Colwell Center, Sarah Sterinbach is demonstrating how to use a pipette, a hand-held device that functions similarly to an eyedropper, but for use in scientific experiments. As she lifts it up and holds it vertically in her right hand, 30 high school juniors wearing lab coats and sterile disposable gloves do the same.

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‘I’m In College Acceptance’ event celebrates first-generation college students

Taking the next step into higher education is never easy, but some Baltimore City students were helped along the way to make that transition easier.

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Ciena welcomes Building STEPS students for career day event

Global telecom technology company Ciena welcomed students from the Building STEPS program to its offices in Hanover March 12 for a career day event.

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Five high school seniors awarded free tuition to McDaniel College

McDaniel College surprised the high school seniors with full-tuition scholarships.

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High school students learn about medical laboratory careers amid shortage

Some Baltimore City high school juniors visited Sinai Hospital to learn about laboratory medical services careers where there is a critical shortage.

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Building Steps is building students

Baltimore City high school seniors worked with 40 business professionals from the Baltimore area in a simulated networking event.

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Baltimore City School students celebrating college acceptance letters

BALTIMORE — Today, some Baltimore City students celebrated the next step in their educational career. And leaders from the nonprofit Building Steps is helping push them toward success.

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