Students get leg up on ladder to success

URBANA – Marcel Grant could have been flipping burgers, taking tickets or doing any of those other jobs teens get to tide them through the summer months or pad their college savings.

Instead, he's getting on-the-job experience at a whole different type of workplace.

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