Upward Bound Summer Academy Offers Students a Taste of College
Jul 23, 2025
The 2025 Upward Bound Summer Academy has officially kicked off and is in full swing.
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App State’s Corinne Smith honored as 2025 national GEAR UP Professional Leader of the Year
Jul 21, 2025
BOONE, N.C.
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GEAR UP Alumni Spotlight: Bella Powers
Jul 13, 2025
The GEAR UP Guarantee is a guaranteed admissions program to Appalachian State University for students in participating GEAR UP Appalachian programs.
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Life as an Adviser: Zack Writes about Empowering Students Outside the Classroom
Feb 7, 2020
Truth be told- I lucked into this position. Once I completed my undergraduate degree at Appalachian State, I was at a loss.
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Life as an Adviser: Yesenia Martinez-Salazar Writes About Settling in to a New Environment
Jan 31, 2020
I was raised in Raleigh, NC. I mentioned Raleigh because I believe where I was raised has played a role in my experience in working in rural Appalachia.
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Life as an Adviser: Miles Poteat's First Generation Connection
Jan 23, 2020
These past few months working as a member of the Appalachian College Advising Corps have been almost… nostalgic for me, though in a very unique way.
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Life as an Adviser: Cierra Smith talks about working in Rural Appalachia
Jan 15, 2020
Oxford Dictionary defines rural as “In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.” The Census Bureau defines rural as "any population,
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Upward Bound Alumni Spotlight: Gilberto Ramirez
Oct 26, 2017
Math has always been a piece of cake for Gilberto Ramirez, a freshman at Appalachian State University studying actuarial science.
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Upward Bound Alumni Spotlight: Abigail Luna
Oct 12, 2017
As she grew up, college was always a topic of conversation in Abigail Luna's house.
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