App State awarded $35 million grant to expand GEAR UP college access program
Sep 4, 2024
BOONE, N.C. — The U.S.
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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’s FAFSA (Free Application for Federa
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YES Robotics Workshops
Aug 1, 2024
The Appalachia Branch of YES (Young Eisner Scholars) hosted a robotics workshop for two different groups of scholars on July 16 and 17 at the Ashe campus of Wilkes Community College.
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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.
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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 Night.
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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.
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Western Rural Teacher Leader Network Announcement
Feb 1, 2023
The Rural Teacher Leadership Network (RTLN), is designed to bring together diverse groups of educa
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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 college and career readiness...
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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. My dad attended trade school and still is a truck driver.
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Perspective | North Carolina schools are anything but ‘low-performing’
Dec 16, 2022
Over the past three months, our team from the Empowering Teacher Learning (ETL) project at Appalachian State University has been traversing western North Carolina and engaging...
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GEAR UP Hosts Out of This World Family Design Night
Dec 12, 2022
The GEAR UP Academic Innovation Team led by Doug Thompso
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Swain County GEAR UP Fall College Tour
Nov 23, 2022
Earlier this month, 24 high school seniors from Swain County High School embarked on a statewide college tour led by ...
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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.
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