The outreach services are meant to help prospective low-income, first-generation and disabled students succeed in their quest to reach college and excel.
Students attend a news conference on June 20, 2017 where IPFW announced it will receive $2.58 million in grant reauthorizations for Upward Bound programs. "If we give people just a little bit of boost, they are going to achieve a lot not just for themselves and their families, but also their city and the nation".
There is no cost to students in the program.
The services involved in Upward Bound are numerous.
UOG has hosted the UB program since 1989 for students who are first-generation college students and/ or from low-income families.
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TRIO programs, which include Upward Bound, are federal outreach and student service programs meant to help low-income and first-generation college students, and people with disabilities succeed through their academics from middle school through higher education. Among them are the Summer Academy, a six-week simulated college experience for high school students, and the Academic Year program, which provides after-school tutoring and character development. "The program works hard to make sure all their students have the tools and knowledge to overcome those hurdles and be successful not only in college, but in life as well". PUB serves 133 participants per year, focusing on specific objectives of GPA improvement, proficiency on the M-STEP Exam, student retention and graduation from PUB and high school, success in a rigorous high school curriculum, and post-secondary enrollment and completion.
When these grants are fully funded in five years, the total awarded to the Fort Wayne campus will be more than $8 million.
They can attend Saturday school sessions for extended-learning opportunities, spend time living on a campus in the summer and attend leadership conferences, said Nicholas Gray, Upward Bound director.
"Securing this funding means that we can usher at least two more classes of students from 9th grade through high school graduation and into college", Graham added.
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