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Isabella Mowery, adviser McDowell High School

Strength Through Struggle
Jan 7, 2025

Have you ever gotten something you really wanted and then once you have it you don’t know if you want it anymore?

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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 high school, Ashe County High School l

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McKenzie Geneva Watson and her father

I Know You are Proud of Me
Sep 11, 2023

“McKenzie Geneva Watson, Bachelors of Social Work, Magna Cum Laude.”

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Christian Covington- Avery & Williams Acad Adviser

College Advising Reflection
Feb 10, 2023

Growing up homeschooled, I hadn’t thought much about college; I had always assumed I would go to school somewhere and probably major in hist

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Baylee Smith, Ashe Adviser

Behind the Scenes of First Generation
Jan 9, 2023

Growing up, I knew nothing about college. My mom and dad had me soon after they graduated high school.

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Ashley Bingman, Adviser Mitchell HS

Creating Your Own Path
Nov 18, 2022

Coming from a family history of virtually no one having pursued postsecondary education, I felt a desire to get a headstart on my college career... College Advising Corps

Peyton Johnson

Mental Health and College Access
Nov 11, 2022

During my undergraduate degree, I studied psychology.

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Ashe College & Career Day

Ashe College & Career Day
Oct 25, 2022

Multiple college access professionals in the High Country worked together this month to create and produce a successful event at Ashe County High... College Advising Corps, GEAR UP

Brenda Valdez

A Full Circle Moment
Sep 23, 2022

I grew up a Latina in a predominantly white community. Like many other people of color, I faced daily struggles due to the identities I held.

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College Access Partnerships

Additional Funds Awarded to College Access Partnerships Grant Programs
Sep 14, 2022

Upward Bound and College Advising Corps recently received additional grant funding extending the duration of the programs.

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Alex Rangel

How Advising Guided Me
Sep 9, 2022

I attended the orientation for my master’s program last week.

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College Advising Corps advisers and students in Western North Carolina.

How College Advising Corps is filling the college counselor gap and helping students prepare for life after high school
Jun 13, 2022

Lyric Larson graduated from Caldwell Early College High School last month and is headed to Western Carolina University this fall with the Jack... College Advising Corps