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It is June and we have entered the exciting season of graduation and commencement! We would be remiss if we didn’t congratulate all of our learners on NCCEP’s Study Lab and highlight their hard work.
It is June and we have entered the exciting season of graduation and commencement! We would be remiss if we didn’t congratulate all of our learners on NCCEP’s Study Lab and highlight their hard work. Going back to January of 2021 through today, we had 67 learners take courses and pass assessments. Many of these learners have taken on a course load of 3-6 courses which they are enrolled in for their own professional development. The Study Lab work is completed as part of their day-to-day work,…
First-generation student breaks boundaries
Washington State GEAR UP alum, Cristalina Ramirez, recently graduated from Washington State University and is heading to Washington, D.C. for an opportunity with the National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association. Ramirez credits GEAR UP for encouraging her to go to college and helping her prepare for the college admissions process. Read more here.
2021 NCCEP/GEAR UP Virtual Annual Conference | July 19th - July 21st, 2021
Kick-off your Annual Conference experience the right way!
The NCCEP/GEAR UP Virtual Annual Conference is scheduled for July 19th – 21st. Each day, ahead of our plenary speakers, join your colleagues in an exploration of GEAR UP relevant topics and priorities. Our Annual Pre-conference sessions will take a deep dive into mental-health and well-being, navigating financial aid, GEAR UP orientation, and more!
As an addition to the more traditional pre-conference offerings, we are also offering…
The 2021 NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference has an Exhibit Hall with new (and returning) exhibitors, attention-grabbing content, and fun features to help you engage and learn about the programs and services offered to GEAR UP.
I don’t know about y’all, but I am so excited for the 2021 NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference. Not just because we have amazing sessions for you to gain ideas, strategies, and tools to better serve your GEAR UP students. And not just because of our one-of-a-kind social engagement sessions like Zumba Party and Meet the GEAR UP Pets. But also, because…drumroll please…NCCEP’s Career & College Clubs (CCC) has an exhibitor booth!
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Now, I know what you are thinking. “Pappas, why are you so excited…
Today I am SO excited to hand over my Quad Blog to the GEAR UP Alumni Association! As a GEAR UP alum myself, supporting a strong network of GEAR UP alumni has always been one of my top priorities, even before I joined NCCEP. So, when the GEAR UP Alumni Association reached out to me last summer to share what they had been working on, I jumped on the opportunity to support. Today they will be sharing more about their organization and premiering an advocacy video project we have been working on for the past few months.
Hi GEAR UP Community!
I am Casey Weld and we are the GEAR UP Alumni Association (GUAA)! Founded in Los Angeles from alumni, staff, and partners of GEAR UP 4 LA (Lois Bramwell Janicia Centeno-Castillo), we aim to be what NCCEP is to our grants, to all of our alumni. Surely, all of you have thought at one point, “what happens to our students after the life of the grant?” While efforts to organize and mobilize alumni in the past have been relatively successful, we decided to change up the…
This week we are featuring a guest blogger from CFES Brilliant Pathways GEAR UP! Margaret Pulte, Fellow GEAR UP (Moriah Central School District) shares the challenges and lessons she's learned over the past year.
I am so pleased to turn over today's Quad blog to Margaret Pulte, a GEAR UP all-star, with CFES Brilliant Pathways GEAR UP.
Margaret, take it away!
A few weeks ago, sometime in early March, I helped with the 6th and 7th grade Science Fair. The Science Fair is a big deal at my school, and as a result, students were full of excitement and stress about this year’s virtual presentations. As the night wound down, students walked to the cafeteria to eat pizza and hear about the night’s successes. I…
Glencliff High School students release book about their pandemic experiences
Harold Burdette, GEAR UP Nashville Analyst, and Hannah Baker, School Counselor at Glencliff High School, recently led a project documenting student experiences during the pandemic, The Quarantine Diaries. Burdette, Baker, and participating students used this initiative to answer the question, "How do you build a community in a place, if you can't be in that place with other people?” Students hope that this project…
WV GEAR UP Success Ambassadors Honored at Marshall University
To support GEAR UP students in the class of 2024 at Marshall University, the West Virginia GEAR UP Transition and First Year Program created the GEAR UP Success Ambassadors Pathway. West Virginia GEAR UP shares, “GEAR UP Success Ambassadors embark on a journey to become the most successful version of their self during their first year of college. This pathway assists with developing skills academically, socially, personally, and…
Utah K-12 students learn by building, competing with electric race cars
Utah State University STARS! GEAR UP recently hosted the Mountain West Grand Prix 2021, a student-centered electric racing event. This hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education program is the one and only event of its kind in Utah. Students work as teams in different age categories to design and build single-seat electric cars from kits by GreenpowerUSA according to specific rules and guidelines.…
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