Stacy Lightfoot '99 to Testify Before US Senate Committee Tomorrow

May 5, 2015

Stacy C. Lightfoot, vice president of college & career success at PEF (Public Education Foundation) Chattanooga and 1999 graduate of DePauw University, "will testify before a U.S. Senate congressional panel on Wednesday, at 10 a.m. in Washington, D.C.," reports the Chattanoogan. "She will talk about what kind of guidance and support low income and first-generation college students need to successfully complete a college degree."

Lightfoot is a member of the National College Access Network. "Her college counselor helped her research DePauw University," notes NCAN's website. "It was the perfect college for Ms. Lightfoot because it matched her personality and learning style in addition to be meeting her family’s financial need."

The site adds that tomorrow on Capitol Hill, "Using her personal experience, and the examples of two students -- one who graduated from college and one who has debt and no degree -- Ms. Lightfoot will suggest to Congress what information and type of guidance first-generation and low-income students need to successfully complete a college degree."

Access the story at the Tennessee newspaper's website.

A communication major at DePauw, Stacy Lightfoot has served on the board of the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling and in 2011 she received the national "Counselors That Change Lives" award.

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