TRIO Upward Bound Receives $1,151,524 Grant

The TRIO Upward Bound program at the University of Cincinnati Clermont College has received a grant of $1,151,524 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of TRIO Programs, to continue services through 2011.

Upward Bound at UC Clermont encourages life-long learning through a learning community that enables high school students in Clermont and Brown Counties to develop and enhance the intellectual, cultural and social skills necessary for success in postsecondary education. Upward Bound serves 56 students each year from the following eight high schools: Amelia, Batavia, Bethel-Tate, Felicity-Franklin, Georgetown, Goshen, Western Brown and Williamsburg.

“It is a privilege to work with such a dedicated, hard-working group of students, staff members and instructors. Upward Bound empowers students to realize their dreams,” said Academic Director Dan Schneider, who has been at UC Clermont for more than eight years.  Other staff members are Program Coordinator Bonnie Laube, Student Development Specialist Amy Thomas, Academic Tutor Amanda Luttrell-Smith and Administrative Secretary Bridgett Meese.

TRIO Upward Bound helps to provide high school students with the necessary skills so that they may become successful college students. Successful Upward Bound students are part of the first generation in their family to enter and graduate from college. Services include Saturday Academies and a six-week Summer Academy, an intensive summer program on the Clermont College campus that includes instruction in English composition and literature, laboratory science, mathematics and German.

Other services include tutoring, academic and career advising, assistance in applying for college and for financial aid, college visits, cultural field trips, leadership conferences, ACT preparation, summer career internships, a summer bridge program for graduating seniors and a trip to a major city at the conclusion of Summer Academy. All services are provided free to participants. 

Hundreds of students have participated in Upward Bound at UC Clermont since 1995, and almost all Upward Bound graduates have entered postsecondary education.  Fifty seven percent of Upward Bound graduates of are now in college or have graduated from college.

For more information, contact the Upward Bound office at (513) 558-7432 or visit the Upward Bound web site (ucclermont.edu/trio/ubweb).