Beverly Holsted: College Access/GEAR-UP Advisor for West Union High School

Eleanor Harris: College Access Advisor for Wilmington City and Blanchester High Schools

Beverley Holsted currently works with West Union Students. Beverley worked with the Ohio State University Extension Office in Brown County as a Program Assistant for 11 years prior to joining staff at the Southern Ohio Center of Excellence.  While being employed as a College Access Advisor, she has been able to develop post-secondary teaching tools for Brown County’s Eastern Local and Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High Schools. Now, she is working with West Union students’ grades 7 through 12 in researching, developing, implementing and evaluating programs that assist students in removing barriers to college access, assisting to alleviate poverty within the community. Beverley also attended Southern State Community College where she studied art.

Kristi Scott: College Access Advisor for Eastern Local & Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High Schools

Rebekah Drury: College Access Advisor for Miami Trace & White Oak High Schools

Kristi Scott is a graduate of Ripley High School.  She earned her BA at Eastern Kentucky University and her masters at the University of Cincinnati.  Kristi is a retired school teacher and is currently serving as a College Access Advisor with the Southern Ohio Center of Excellence.  She is also employed throughout the Brown County School Districts as a grant writer and project director for Learn and Serve America.  Learn and Serve America strives to teach young people the importance of community volunteerism.  Ms. Scott serves as director for the Ohio Appalachian Center of Higher Education in the capacity of training students, grades preschool through 12, to achieve a degree higher than that of a high school diploma.

Rebekah obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Franklin University, Associate of Arts and Science Degree from Southern State Community College, and a Certificate of Completion from Ambassador Bible Center.  She also graduated with a Grade Point Average of 3.4 which included Spanish I, II, & III.  Rebekah also served as Ohio State Beta Vice President where she committed several service hours to this club.  In high school, she was involved in Soccer, Track, Volleyball, Basketball, Chorus, Band, and Senior Standout.  She also served in the Big Brother/Big Sister Organization where she tutored children from ages 5-12, taught morals and values, and encouraged children’s self-esteem.  Rebekah has served as a Camp Counselor in Ohio, Missouri, Milwaukee, and Texas where she promoted positive outlook and camp participation in ongoing activities such as rock climbing, repelling, canoeing, water skiing, volleyball, basketball, softball, ropes course, speed-a-way, archery, target rifle shooting, paddle boating, fishing, swimming, camp improvement, etiquette, CPR, crafts, and Christian living classes.  She supervised pre-teen and teenagers, ages twelve through eighteen.

  The Southern Ohio Center of Excellence is pleased to be the recipient of OCAN’s Seal of Good Practice and Seal of Excellence!