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SUMMER 2009 - A Wonderful Journey is Underway!!!

Summer 2009 is in full swing! The program began on June 7th, and everyone is having lots of fun! Our end of summer trip is to Bowling Green, KY and Nashville, TN on July 13th - 15th.

Pictures from this summer are becoming available and are posted on our MySpace Page. If you want to download any of these pictures you're welcome to do so.

Getting in touch with UB

If you ever need to get in touch with us, call 800.5.UPWARD toll free or 606.783.2611. If no one answers please leave a message and we'll get in touch with you as soon as possible. Our office hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, but professional staff are on campus from 7:30 am to 11:00 pm when ever students are on campus. You can also email us at upwardbound@moreheadstate.edu.

Click on any of the links below to find out more!

Interested in Joining UB?

Important Academic Year Things to Remember!

Upward Bound is an academic prepatory program for high school students. The purpose of the program is to help students prepare for college by generating the academic skills and motivation necessary for success. The UB program at MSU serves high school students in sixteen Eastern Kentucky counties The program is composed of two distinct programs. Upward Bound Classic (also known as UB Central & East) and Upward Bound Math and Science. Click on any of the links above to learn more about a specific program.

Highlights from the Academic Year:

New Students 2009-2010

Recruiting for the 2009-2010 school year will begin in September. If you're interested in being a part of the action next year see your guidance counselor for an application or complete an application online.. When you complete your application get it and all requested forms to your guidance counselor. Upward Bound Counselors will visit high schools in September, and begin recruiting interested students first. If you have any questions call our office at 1.800.5.UPWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We would like to extend a special congratulations to Ryan Buckler (Senior from Morgan County) for being a part of the KAEOPP All-Stars Scholar's Bowl Team. The team competed against other 6 other teams from the south on April 18th. They won first place by going undefeated all weekend long. Ryan has competed on the KAEOPP All-Star team for the last 2 years. The team has placed first at this regional competition 6 out of the last 7 year. The other year the team placed second. There were 4 other students on the team Clyde Hamilton & Felicia Keathley from Pikeville College's Upward Bound Program, Thomas Packer from University of Louisville's Upward Bound Program, and Lloyd Macy from EKU's Upward Bound Program. Congratulations to all!!!

Scholar's Bowl 2009

Special congratulations go out to the students who participated in TRiO ThinkQuest this during Summer 2008. Three of our teams placed in either quarter or semi-finals. Click on the link on the team name to see the site. The sites were: Men in Green (Chad Wells-Team Captain from Menifee County, Blake Mullins of Menifee County, and Crystal Smith of Montgomery County), The Green Team: Ways to Recycle (Michael Bortles-Team Captain from Estill County, Shannon Crouch of Morgan County, and Kayla Parsons of Carter County), and Eco-Friendly Shopping (Morgan Fultz-Team Captain from Mason County, Meghan Davis of Montgomery County, and Nathan Hall of Olive Hill) made it to Quarterfinals and two teams, The Green Team: Ways to Recycle & Eco-Friendly Shopping, made it to Semi-Finals. None of our teams made it into the finals this year, but all team will continue working on their sites and enter them in Oracle's ThinkQuest International competition in the spring of 2009. Creating these sites was a great challenge and winning a place in quarter or semi-finals is a huge honor!

Another congratulations goes out to a team from last year. Remodeling Mars (Chad Wells & Tanner Stevens) recieved an Honrable Mention under the catagory of "Other High-Scoring TRIO Sites" in the Oracle ThinkQuest International competition. Contgratulation Chad & Tanner!!!!

If you are interested in TTQ you can check out the TTQ website, and see all the winners from the past seven years. If you want to participate in Summer 2009 talk with Matt Hyden or any of the students who participated last summer.

Important Links - Just for You!

The US Dept. of Education recently completed the site www.college.gov. It is an exciting new resource that gives first person accounts of students who overcame challenges to going to college such as peer pressure, lack of family support, and financial barriers. Ir provides relevent, comprehensive information about why to go, how to go, and how to pay for college or other postsecondary education programs. If you've had questions about going to college or might not have been considering higher education this site will be engaging, imformative, and inspiration. It will help you create your own "roadmap" to college and beyond!

Kentucky also has a very useful website, www.GoHigherKY.org. It provides many resources that pertain to Kentucky students. For example you can logon and check the status of your Kentucky Educational Excellent Scholarship (KEES) Money, manage online applications to many state institutions, get detailed information about specific schools in Kentucky, request that your high school get transcripts to your selected colleges & univerisities, and much more!

Upward Bound is again participating in Peterson's My Student Edge this year. If you didn't get a chance to check it out at the October Return Trip you can send an email to upwardbound@moreheadstate.edu and we'll send you the appropriate access codes. Only Upward Bound Students can use this software. This program will help with a variety of test preparation, college searches, career searches, scholarship searches, resume builder, information on financial aid, advice on all sorts of college related topics, and much more! If you've already registered with My Student Edge make sure you use it to its fullest potential!

Upward Bound Screensavers!!!!

We now have UB Screensavers available. Follow the directions below to make the following screen savers work on your system!

UB Tree Logo (From Summer 2005)

UB Flaming Tree Logo (From Summer 2007)

UB Recycle Tree Logo (From Summer 2008) coming soon . . .

Diversity Logo (From Summer 2009) coming soon . . .

To install these on your Windows system simply download any of the files to your desktop. Then open the zipped folder and copy the included files to the C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder. Then go into display properties and choose the appropriate screensaver. There are lots of options other than the stock 2 displays (bounce and float) so play around with it and custumize it and make it your own! If you like these let us know and we may make others as well.

Call Us Toll Free @ 1.800.5.UPWARD

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