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LIFE 101

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LIFE 101 is a comprehensive leadership mentoring program that equips participants with tools to make quality decisions about the lives they truly desire to live. Success modules designed for Explorers in grades 9-12 include: 
  • Marketing Me
  • Maximizing Brain Power
  • ​Finding and Funding the Right College
  • Cyber Awareness
  • Minding Your Own Business
  • Living a Standard
  • Giving Back
  • What is Money?
Great Explorations collaborates with "Professional Expert Witnesses" who serve as module facilitators. These men and women, backed with years of personal and professional success, lead interactive workshops that equip Explorers with the tools they will need to accomplish their educational and life goals. This programs is only available to currently enrolled Explorers.  

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Featured Expert Witness: Peter Van Buskirk

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Peter Van Buskirk, Best College Fit
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     Peter Van Buskirk is founder and president of Best College Fit. An industry analyst, thought leader and student advocate, Mr. Van Buskirk cuts insightfully through conventional rhetoric and hyperbole to promote a healthy, student-centered, college-going process for families of all backgrounds.
His experiences as a recruiter and evaluator of talent, admission strategist, director of athletics and executive officer in the office of the provost position him uniquely to share a truly holistic perspective on college planning with families.
     Mr. Van Buskirk has presented his workshops "What's My Story" and "The Admission Game" as part of our LIFE 101 success modules. He generously makes himself available for phone calls with Explorers as he is based in Pennsylvania and is frequently traveling the nation helping scholars find their Best College Fit. His book, "Prepare, Compete, Win" is an on-going resource used in  LIFE 101. 


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Great Explorations does not promote or restrict participation to those who ascribe to a certain set of religious, social, or cultural beliefs. However, the essence of what we do is rooted in the Christian principles of love and developed character and in the acknowledgement of spirituality as an essential factor of being human. 
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  • Programs
    • Explorer Adventures
    • LIFE 101
    • Brayboy Scholars
  • About Us
  • Give
    • Business Partners: enCompass A to Z
    • Become a Volunteer >
      • Meet Our Founder
  • Parents and Explorers