GEAR UP Alumni Spotlight: Brenda Palacios Rodriguez
Jun 30, 2025
Brenda Palacios Rodriguez never envisioned herself attending college.
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Interactive McDowell Technical Community College Visit Welcomes GEAR UP Students to Campus
Jun 26, 2025
What do you get when you cross a slushie machine, Play-Doh, and a gourmet homemade lunch? You get a 6th grade McDowell Technical Community College visit, of course!
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CAP Through our Eyes: Wes Calbreath
Jun 23, 2025
In this series, we feature individual CAP staff members and dive into their unique perspectives on college access, educatio
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Wilkes County GEAR UP Program Hosts Award-Winning Speaker
Sep 23, 2022
Today’s post was written by the Wilkes County GEAR UP team of coordinators: Kathryn Wright, Jody Freeman, Brie Jarvis, and Kyla Kerr.
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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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How Advising Guided Me
Sep 9, 2022
I attended the orientation for my master’s program last week.
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Mapping for Resiliency
Aug 5, 2022
Last fall, Appalachian GEAR UP identified ten faculty members from colleges across the region to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Teaching For Community
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Upward Bound Student Featured in Local Art Installation
Jun 13, 2022
Alisa Cruz-Mendez, an intern of TOSS, is a STEAM advocate based in Morganton, NC.
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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 Kent Cooke Foundation...
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A conversation with CAP Student, Riley Hollars
May 31, 2022
Riley Hollars, a Watauga High School rising junior shares with us some recent, valuable accomplishments and opportunities helped made possible by College Access Partnerships...
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Campus Visits as Predictors of Postsecondary Enrollment: Implementation and Lessons Learned
May 18, 2022
By M. Corinne Smith, Ross Gosky, Jui-Teng Li, Amanda Whittington, & Kim Logan
Introduction
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GEAR UP Students Return to App State Campus After Two-Year Hiatus
May 17, 2022
GEAR UP students resumed Appalachian State University campus visits last mon
GEAR UPGEAR UP Students Converge at Appalachian State STEAM Expo
May 2, 2022
On Thursday, April 28, nearly 600 GEAR UP students converged on the campus of Appal
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