{"id":3099,"date":"2025-06-06T12:58:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/?page_id=3099"},"modified":"2025-06-06T15:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T19:46:47","slug":"program-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/program-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Program History"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id3099_ddd180-d0{margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id3099_ddd180-d0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id3099_ddd180-d0 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id3099_ddd180-d0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:0px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id3099_ddd180-d0{background-image:linear-gradient(130deg,rgb(8,46,88) 22%,rgb(65,118,161) 69%);}.kb-row-layout-id3099_ddd180-d0 > 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_d9daf3-28[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_d9daf3-28\"]{font-size:18px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_d9daf3-28 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_d9daf3-28\" data-aos-duration=\"1200\" data-aos-once=\"true\">The University of Maine has hosted TRIO Upward Bound programs since 1966, beginning with Upward Bound (UB) and then expanding the singular program to two with the addition of Upward Bound Math-Science (UBMS) in 1991.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3099_7953e2-f4 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3099_7953e2-f4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3099_7953e2-f4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3099_7953e2-f4 > 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.kadence-column3099_e582a3-45:not(.specificity){margin-top:-15px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3099_e582a3-45\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c\"]{font-size:40px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Teko;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c\"]{margin-top:0px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_f30a6b-0c\">What is TRIO?<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:'Familjen Grotesk';}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_51a9ca-48\">&#8221;TRIO&#8217; is a term coined for the first three educational opportunity programs that were created under the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. Upward Bound, the first of the three programs, was implemented under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Further administrative actions led to the creation of Talent Search, followed by Student Support Services. <\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns3099_8e423e-b6, .site .entry-content .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns3099_8e423e-b6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_8e423e-b6, .site .entry-content .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_8e423e-b6{margin-bottom:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_8e423e-b6{gap:25px;justify-content:flex-start;align-items:center;}.kt-btns3099_8e423e-b6 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns3099_8e423e-b6, .site .entry-content .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns3099_8e423e-b6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_8e423e-b6, .site .entry-content .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_8e423e-b6{margin-bottom:0px;}}@media all and (max-width: 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mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_ef580f-b7 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_ef580f-b7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_ef580f-b7\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_ef580f-b7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_ef580f-b7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_ef580f-b7\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_ef580f-b7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_ef580f-b7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_ef580f-b7\"]{margin-top:0px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_ef580f-b7 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_ef580f-b7\">Upward bound (UB)<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_52728e-64, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_52728e-64[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_52728e-64\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:'Familjen Grotesk';}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_52728e-64 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_52728e-64[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_52728e-64\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_52728e-64 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_52728e-64[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_52728e-64\"] 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The first Summer Program began on July 10th, 1966. In 1980, the term &#8216;first-generation college student&#8217; is introduced by TRIO. 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height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-12.18.16\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-3106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-12.18.16\u202fPM.png 1040w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-12.18.16\u202fPM-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-12.18.16\u202fPM-1024x713.png 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-12.18.16\u202fPM-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-12.18.16\u202fPM-105x73.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-12.18.16\u202fPM-317x221.png 317w, 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.kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:35px;padding-left:35px;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column3099_9763d3-f4{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column3099_9763d3-f4{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column3099_9763d3-f4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3099_9763d3-f4\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_c15739-29, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_c15739-29[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_c15739-29\"]{text-align:center;font-size:40px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Teko;text-transform:uppercase;color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_c15739-29 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_c15739-29[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_c15739-29\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_c15739-29 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_c15739-29[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_c15739-29\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_c15739-29, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_c15739-29[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_c15739-29\"]{padding-right:45px;padding-left:45px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_c15739-29 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_c15739-29\">Upward Bound math-science (UBMS)<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f\"]{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;text-align:left;font-size:20px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:'Familjen Grotesk';color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e72cea-2f\">In 1993, the University of Maine welcomed Upward Bound Math-Science onto campus. This program was created to increase STEM educational opportunities made available to underserved high school students. The two programs (UB and UBMS) brought in over 150 students for the Summer of 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_0394aa-10{gap:25px;justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns3099_0394aa-10 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns3099_0394aa-10, .site .entry-content .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns3099_0394aa-10, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_0394aa-10, .site .entry-content .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_0394aa-10{margin-bottom:0px;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns3099_0394aa-10, .site .entry-content .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns3099_0394aa-10, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_0394aa-10, .site .entry-content .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_0394aa-10{margin-bottom:25px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap 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2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:40px;padding-bottom:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id3099_4f9666-d0{background-color:#faf4ec;}.kb-row-layout-id3099_4f9666-d0 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id3099_4f9666-d0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-top:40px;padding-bottom:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id3099_4f9666-d0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:50px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id3099_4f9666-d0 alignfull kt-row-has-bg wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column3099_e08899-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3099_e08899-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3099_e08899-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3099_e08899-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3099_e08899-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3099_e08899-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3099_e08899-4a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3099_e08899-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3099_e08899-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3099_e08899-4a\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da\"]{text-align:center;font-size:32px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Teko;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e6a34a-da\"><span style=\"font-family: stratum-1-web;font-weight:900\">Our impact in central maine<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id3099_3288ab-a1{margin-top:60px;}.kb-row-layout-id3099_3288ab-a1 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id3099_3288ab-a1 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id3099_3288ab-a1 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:70px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1050px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;}.kb-row-layout-id3099_3288ab-a1 > .kt-row-column-wrap > div:not(.added-for-specificity){grid-column:initial;}.kb-row-layout-id3099_3288ab-a1 > 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kt-tab-layout-row kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column3099_4f5b23-c7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:35px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:35px;}.kadence-column3099_4f5b23-c7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top:3px solid #ed6f48;border-right:3px solid #ed6f48;border-bottom:3px solid #ed6f48;border-left:3px solid #ed6f48;}.kadence-column3099_4f5b23-c7 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3099_4f5b23-c7 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:35px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:35px;}.kadence-column3099_4f5b23-c7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3099_4f5b23-c7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3099_4f5b23-c7 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3099_4f5b23-c7 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3099_4f5b23-c7{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3099_4f5b23-c7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top:3px solid #ed6f48;border-right:3px solid #ed6f48;border-bottom:3px solid #ed6f48;border-left:3px solid #ed6f48;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3099_4f5b23-c7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top:3px solid #ed6f48;border-right:3px solid #ed6f48;border-bottom:3px solid #ed6f48;border-left:3px solid #ed6f48;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3099_4f5b23-c7\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_df626e-78, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_df626e-78[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_df626e-78\"]{padding-top:0px;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:-20px;text-align:center;font-size:55px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-family:'Chakra Petch';color:#ed6f48;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_df626e-78 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_df626e-78[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_df626e-78\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_df626e-78 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_df626e-78[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_df626e-78\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_df626e-78 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_df626e-78\">13<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b\"]{text-align:center;font-size:22px;line-height:30px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:'Familjen Grotesk';color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b\"]{padding-right:50px;padding-left:50px;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b\"]{padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_1c8336-5b\">Maine high schools that work with TRIO Upward Bound Programs to recruit and serve students.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3099_e11133-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:35px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:35px;}.kadence-column3099_e11133-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top:3px solid #ed6f48;border-right:3px solid #ed6f48;border-bottom:3px solid #ed6f48;border-left:3px solid #ed6f48;}.kadence-column3099_e11133-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3099_e11133-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:35px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:35px;}.kadence-column3099_e11133-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3099_e11133-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3099_e11133-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3099_e11133-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3099_e11133-70{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3099_e11133-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top:3px solid #ed6f48;border-right:3px solid #ed6f48;border-bottom:3px solid #ed6f48;border-left:3px solid #ed6f48;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3099_e11133-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top:3px solid #ed6f48;border-right:3px solid #ed6f48;border-bottom:3px solid #ed6f48;border-left:3px solid #ed6f48;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3099_e11133-70\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_9bf102-cb, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_9bf102-cb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_9bf102-cb\"]{padding-top:0px;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:-20px;text-align:center;font-size:55px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-family:'Chakra Petch';color:#ed6f48;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_9bf102-cb mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_9bf102-cb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_9bf102-cb\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_9bf102-cb img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_9bf102-cb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_9bf102-cb\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_9bf102-cb wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_9bf102-cb\">127<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1\"]{text-align:center;font-size:22px;line-height:30px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:'Familjen Grotesk';color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1\"]{padding-right:50px;padding-left:50px;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1\"]{padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_b0fd1d-a1\">students receiving UB or UBMS services through out Penobscot, Hancock, and Piscataquis counties.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3099_8cf523-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:35px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:35px;}.kadence-column3099_8cf523-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top:3px solid #ed6f48;border-right:3px solid #ed6f48;border-bottom:3px solid #ed6f48;border-left:3px solid #ed6f48;}.kadence-column3099_8cf523-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3099_8cf523-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:35px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:35px;}.kadence-column3099_8cf523-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3099_8cf523-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3099_8cf523-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col > 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data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_d4e466-58\">65%<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_a0119f-e6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_a0119f-e6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_a0119f-e6\"]{text-align:center;font-size:22px;line-height:30px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:'Familjen Grotesk';color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_a0119f-e6 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_a0119f-e6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_a0119f-e6\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_a0119f-e6 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_a0119f-e6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_a0119f-e6\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_a0119f-e6 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_a0119f-e6\">of UB and UBMS students will be considered &#8216;first-generation&#8217; students when they enter college.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id3099_b08c1a-b8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id3099_b08c1a-b8 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id3099_b08c1a-b8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:80px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1268px;padding-top:75px;padding-bottom:175px;grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id3099_b08c1a-b8{background-color:#e5f0f9;}.kb-row-layout-id3099_b08c1a-b8 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}.kb-row-layout-id3099_b08c1a-b8{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4\"]{font-size:40px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Teko;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4\"]{margin-top:0px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_e54bd0-d4\">What we do today<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_068884-e7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_068884-e7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3099_068884-e7\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:'Familjen Grotesk';}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3099_068884-e7 mark.kt-highlight, 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Student recruitment begins in the Fall and ends in the Spring. Though our Summer Program looks quite different from when the programs were first established, we still provide services with one goal in mind: To provide opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits (Department of Education, May 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns3099_196360-a1, .site .entry-content .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns3099_196360-a1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_196360-a1, .site .entry-content .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_196360-a1{margin-bottom:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_196360-a1{gap:25px;justify-content:flex-start;align-items:center;}.kt-btns3099_196360-a1 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns3099_196360-a1, .site .entry-content .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns3099_196360-a1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3099_196360-a1, 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