WABI Covers Upward Bound’s 50th Anniversary
WABI (Channel 5) reported on Upward Bound’s 50th anniversary reunion at the University of Maine. Upward Bound provides support to youth from low-income families to prepare for college. The goal is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from colleges and universities. Participants from the past five decades reunited in Orono to celebrate the program, and many said the support from the program encouraged them to go to college, according to the report. Program director Becky Colannino said Upward Bound has served about 2,000 students. The Maine Edge also carried a UMaine news release on the program’s anniversary.