Community Partners Give Opportunities for GEAR UP Students

South Bend, IN — GEAR UP South Bend! was featured in an an interview with Sunny 101.5’s Jack and Traci Show. South Bend Schools Assistant Superintendent Chad Addie said, “We are opening up opportunities, access for these kids to reach for higher and better, wherever they happen to find themselves along the learning path.”

He shared that community partnerships have helped the program succeed, with opportunities including college…

Sumter high school senior celebrating 60 college acceptances, $1.7 million in scholarships

Jada Collins, a senior at Sumter High School in South Carolina, was accepted to 60 colleges and awarded $1.7 million in scholarships. She credits her school’s GEAR UP program for helping her with the process, “[The GEAR UP counselors] have been amazing and incredible, bringing all the opportunities, and that’s why I have these opportunities because of them.”

GEAR UP counselor Audrika Gadson shared the…

Two Dozen Lufkin 8^th-Graders Selected for Prestigious Academy

Fourteen Lufkin Middle School eighth-grade students were selected to participate in a prestigious program for the next four summers. GeoFORCE is a partner out of the University of Texas (UT) Austin Jackson School of Geosciences that provides summer academies that introduce GEAR UP students to geological wonders throughout the United States.

Each summer, students visit a different region in the United States. Through in-class…

Partnership Helps Students Explore Careers in Nursing

The University of Michigan-Flint GEAR UP program recently partnered with the college’s School of Nursing to inspire and educate aspiring health professionals with an engaging and innovative course specifically designed for students in ninth through twelfth grades at Hamady High School.

The Future Nurse Afterschool Program is a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of nursing. Not just restricted to academic pursuits, the final…