Upward Bound Begins 38th Year at UMaine
Contact: Media contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761
ORONO, Maine –The University of Maine Upward Bound program will welcome approximately 150 high school sophomores, juniors and seniors Saturday, June 21, as they begin a six-week academic and career exploration experience.
The majority of the students (100) are in the Classic Upward Bound general academic support and enrichment program. They attend schools served throughout the academic year by UMaine Upward Bound counselors in Penobscot, Piscataquis, Waldo and Hancock counties. The approximately 50 students in UMaine’s Regional Math-Science Center are motivated math, science and technology students from targeted high schools around New England.
During the UMaine summer program, the students take classes in math, science, English, foreign language, career exploration, SAT preparation and a variety of electives. In addition, students have a research agenda, working on projects with UMaine faculty, as well as community job and service
Upward Bound is a federally funded educational opportunity program for high school students from low-income, first-generation college families. Its goal is to help the students overcome economic, social, academic and class barriers to higher education and break cycles of generational poverty.
Media Note: A large tent will be set up outside Hilltop Commons from noon to 4 p.m. on Upward Bound Summer Program registration day, June 21. Media contacts at registration are: Linda Ives, director, (581-2522); and William Ellis, assistant director, (581-3701).