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GEAR UP Student Spotlight

GEAR UP Alumni Spotlight: Peyton Cline
May 14, 2025

Peyton Cline always knew that she was going to attend college.

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STEAM Expo at Swain County Middle School

2025 Swain County STEAM Expo
Apr 28, 2025

On Thursday, April 24, the STEAM Expo took place at Swain Middle School for the second year in a row. 

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College Adviser Meets Students Where They Are

College Adviser Meets Students Where They Are
Apr 9, 2025

On September 24, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Ashe County, North Carolina. 

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CAP Through Our Eyes: Rachel Nave-Lewis

CAP Through our Eyes: Rachel Nave-Lewis
Jan 9, 2024

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

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Emma Wright-Lail, Adviser at Burns High School

A Full Circle Moment: A New Meaning to Homecoming
Jan 5, 2024

I come from a small town in between western and piedmont North Carolina. In between Hickory and Shelby.

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Alexandra Ramirez Tinoco, Adviser at Avery County High School & Marjorie Williams Academy

Tu Sueño
Dec 7, 2023

Have you ever thought you had your whole life planned out since you were a child? I had my whole life planned out since I was about five years old.

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EPFP Cohort

Eight from the RCOE Participate in the Education Policy Fellowship Program
Dec 1, 2023

Eight faculty and staff in the Reich College of Education (RCOE), including four CAP staff members, will be participating in the Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP): Dr...

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Taylor Kromer, adviser at Madison High School

Find Your Why
Nov 29, 2023

I grew up in a small town in rural North Carolina.

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Becka Dulaney, Adviser at Franklin High School

Adviser Prospective: The Trailer Park Kid
Nov 17, 2023

I grew up as a “trailer park kid”. With that statement, many images come to mind.

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Heritage Middle School students pose for a photo with some of the bags collected. Chrissy Murphy, Morganton News Herald
Milena Buchanan

What’s Next? Confronting the Fear of Failure and the Unknown
Nov 3, 2023

When I was in high school, college wasn’t even on my radar.

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