Summer Internship Enriches YES Scholar
Sep 15, 2023
Abigail Carpenter was identified as a YES Scholar in the Spring of her 6th grade year at Blue Ridge Elementary School in Ashe County. With every oppor...
I Know You are Proud of Me
Sep 11, 2023
“McKenzie Geneva Watson, Bachelors of Social Work, Magna Cum Laude.”Those words ring through my ears as I walk across the stage at graduation and ...
Exploring Boundless Horizons: Appalachian State GEAR UP's Unforgettable Summer of College Bus Tours
Aug 14, 2023
Time to load the buses! Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for a summer of adventure and exploration! Well, that’s what we wanted GEAR UP college bus...
Academic Innovation Conference 2023
Jul 3, 2023
On June 12, 2023, ten cohort LEA districts, eleven third-party organizations, and cohort higher education partners sent over one hundred representativ...
TRIO Scholars Bowl 2023
Mar 31, 2023
Congratulations to the Appalachian State Upward Bound Scholars' Bowl teams that participated the in the NC TRIO State Student Initiative Com...
Upward Bound Lighting the Way
Mar 21, 2023
Upward Bound is doing good things, not only for the students they serve, but for families and the High Country Community as a whole. During the U...
Evolution of the STEM Based Family Design Nights
Mar 17, 2023
All systems go. T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, ignition 2, 1. We have liftoff on the Appalachian State GEAR UP Partnership’s Family Design Ni...
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 history. By ...
Western Rural Teacher Leader Network Announcement
Feb 1, 2023
The Rural Teacher Leadership Network (RTLN), is designed to bring together diverse groups of educators across North Carolina who seek to str...
GEAR UP & Participate Learning Join Partnership to Focus on Western NC Schools
Jan 17, 2023
A new partnership between GEAR UP and Participate Learning seeks to join forces with 10 western North Carolina school districts to help promote colleg...