College Advising Corps

Kenley (Jackson) Longbottom, adviser Alleghany High School

It’s Year Three… Here is My Final Thought:
Dec 20, 2024

Dear AppCAC, As college advisers, we hold a unique and powerful position: we guide students through one of the most transformative stages of thei...

Lorena Calvillo Ashe County High School Adviser

Homecoming
Sep 16, 2024

It’s strange returning to a place you vowed you would never return to…yet that is what I was doing when I started as a College Adviser at my old h...

College Advising Corps Helps Drive FAFSA Completion Rates in Statewide Pilot Program

College Advising Corps Helps Drive FAFSA Completion Rates in Statewide Pilot Program
Aug 25, 2024

Madison County has recently been named as one of the two counties in Western North Carolina whose seniors have exceeded the state of North Carolina’...

Mattie McManus, adviser Freedom High School

It's Okay to Change Your Mind
Jun 17, 2024

1000 patient care hours. That was all that stood between me and my goal of becoming a physician assistant. I had just graduated from Appalachian State...

Katherine Minton, adviser Alexander Central High School

“I don’t know…”
May 20, 2024

I stayed pretty consistent with my answer whenever I was asked what I wanted to do with my life, “I don’t know” with an uneasy laugh. I’d stay...

Gabby Galvan, adviser North Henderson High School

Because We Have a Purpose
May 13, 2024

Growing up in a multicultural household provided me with a unique perspective, seamlessly transitioning between two worlds until my introduction to el...

Kenley Jackson, Adviser at Alleghany High School

What The CAC Has Done For Me: What the CAC Has Allowed Me to Be
May 7, 2024

For a moment I would like to tell you a story about a girl’s journey from self-doubt to unshakeable confidence and how it is a testament to the tran...

LaCodia Reid-Jackson, adviser at St. Stephens High School

Started from the bottom, now I'm here!
Apr 12, 2024

What if I told you that I was born into an abusive family? You probably would have never guessed that about me. Life was rough in the beginning, then ...

UB and CAC Collaborate at Orientation

Upward Bound Orientation Brings CAP Collaboration Opportunity
Apr 10, 2024

Each Spring, newly accepted Upward Bound scholars and their families join current UB students at the annual Upward Bound Orientation. Graduating senio...

CAP Through our Eyes: Gloria Medina

CAP Through our Eyes: Gloria Medina
Apr 5, 2024

In this series, we feature individual CAP staff members and dive into their unique perspectives on college access, education, the role of our grant pr...