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Before Pomona College, I attended The Hotchkiss School, an elite preparatory boarding school in New England on a full scholarship. As a first-generation, low-income student, who attended an inner-city middle school, I always felt out of place and unworthy of my being at my high school. Whether it be speaking up against my predominately white classmates or even interacting with faculty and students in clubs and extracurricular activity, there was always a nagging voice in my head which…
Join your peers in a 3-day virtual professional development experience to learn, share, and help prepare for the new school year.
NCCEP is incredibly excited to offer the GEAR UP community a virtual learning opportunity this year, amid an unprecedented global pandemic. Taking place from August 10-12, 2020, GEAR UP Summer School will offer content for GEAR UP professionals across the country, regardless of your experience or role in GEAR UP.
With a full agenda and rich content, the event will cost $300 for NCCEP members. All content will be recorded and available to view for one-year after the event.
Over the three days,…
You will not want to miss the words of wisdom from this original member of the GEAR UP community. Check out what our very own Weiya Liang has to say about his experience with GEAR UP.
There is a group of practitioners that have been with GEAR UP since the beginning. Think of them as the “GEAR UP Rat Pack”. That group of original co-performers has always included Weiya Liang.
At NCCEP, we consider Weiya to be a true thought partner and someone we call when we need a direct perspective, grounded in the honest truth. He is always ready to engage in a deep discussion about critical GEAR UP topics, from the GEAR UP regulations to research and evaluation.
It gives me great…
District Leadership Institute Class of 2020
Leveraging Change for At-Risk Students Nationwide Through Equity and Access
The National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) is honored to announce the 2020 District Leadership Institute (DLI) graduating class. NCCEP recognizes these 45 senior education leaders from across the United States for their commitment to increase access to higher education for low-income students through advocacy, training, and research. All the…
Have you registered for the 2020 NCCEP/GEAR UP Capacity-Building Workshop? You can now access the event mobile app - your one-stop for all of the conference details.
We are excited to share that the 2020 CBW event mobile app is ready for you to download to your device!
Your personalized schedule, including the sessions you register for, are viewable in the app after you log in. You can also see the rest of the conference schedule, speaker information, maps, fellow attendees, and more!
To download the app to your phone, search for NCCEP in the Apple or Good Play Stores or use this link: https://crowd.cc/s/3n1WA
If you want to access the web version, use this…
GEAR UP in the News
West Virginia GEAR UP Graduate Gives Back to New Cohort of Students as She Succeeds in Academia
Beginning in the seventh grade, West Virginia GEAR UP helped to shape Taylor Raby's future. Years later, she is giving back to her community as a College Access Program Specialist while pursuing her Ed.S. degree. Today, she reflects on how the GEAR UP program guided her and how it will help the next generation of students successfully pursue their postsecondary education in both West Virginia and…
ASU students tutor, mentor local eighth graders during school closures
Arizona State University (ASU) GEAR UP, along with GEAR UP programs nationwide, had to change the way they were implementing services when schools began closing earlier this year. Despite the inability to provide services in-person, ASU GEAR UP continued to successfully provide academic support services, like tutoring, to GEAR UP students in Arizona. Jasmine Dean, ASU GEAR UP coordinator says, “Our students are transitioning…
Success for these students means success for Iowa
GEAR UP Iowa has celebrated their students online over the past few months, to ensure their graduating seniors still receive the recognition they deserve, despite missing out on traditional graduation ceremonies. This article highlights the successes, in the data and in the student experiences, that GEAR UP Iowa has achieved over the years. One GEAR UP Iowa student says, “With GEAR UP I have chances of doing things that I wouldn’t be able to do…
Camp focuses on real world experience for high school students
Lafayette GEAR UP students recently participated in a virtual summer camp with Louisiana Tech University called “Keep Calm and Camp on with Louisiana Tech: What’s COVID-19 Got to Do With You?”. Dr. Jamie Newman, associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Applied and Natural Sciences said, “VISTA – Visual Integration of Science Through Art – provides students the opportunity to combine a passion and interest…
William Fleming senior turned to music, education when faced with obstacles
Cartlie Vincent, a GEAR UP graduate from GEAR UP Virginia, was recently featured as a graduating senior at William Fleming High School. With COVID-19 impacting graduation, she turned to her love of music to get her through the challenge, as she had many times in her life. Crediting GEAR UP’s support as she prepared for college, she said, “With GEAR UP, I learned that college may not be so far from my reach.”
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