ON THE JOB FOR MICHIGAN: MIDSHIPMAN AT GREAT LAKES MARITIME ACADEMY HIGHLIGHTS HOW PETERS' CADETS ACT HELPED HER AFFORD DECK OFFICER EDUCATION

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Gary Peters issued the following press release:

In a new "On the Job" video from U.S. Senator Gary Peters' (MI) office, midshipman Haley Alexander highlights how Peters' CADETS Act (https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/signed-into-law-peters-bipartisan-legislation-to-support-maritime-academy-students) helped her afford her education in the Deck Officer Program at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy in Northern Michigan. After deciding she wanted to pursue a career as a deck officer, Alexander applied to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, but worried about the costs involved and if she would have to take out additional student loans to afford her education. Thanks to Peters' bipartisan Changing Age-D...