Governor Proclaims Students@Work Month

Students@Work Month

2025

By The Governor Of The State Of North Carolina

A Proclamation

Whereas, the Students@Work initiative is celebrating 15 years of offering 350,000 North Carolina public school students the chance to connect classroom learning with careers they may choose to explore in the future; and

Whereas, Students@Work is a partnership between the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the North Carolina Business Committee for Education; and

Whereas, it is critical to ensure that North Carolina students are aware of the fascinating careers available within their local communities and across the state; and

Whereas, hundreds of North Carolina businesses are helping to expand perspectives for future job seekers, ensuring classroom curriculum is relevant to our global and rapidly changing economy; and

Whereas, job exposure is a critical first step in integrating work-based learning into the lives of North Carolina students, adding relevancy to their classrooms, helping them to successfully navigate career pathways and ensuring that North Carolina is Job Ready;

Now, Therefore, I, Josh Stein, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim March 2025, as “Students@Work Month” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-sixth day of February  in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-fifth and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.