Upward Bound

ETSU TRIO Upward Bound Program

Upward Bound is a federally funded grant program that provides support to high school participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits.

The Upward Bound program serves high school aged students who meet income requirements and/or are from a household in which neither parent has a Bachelor-level degree.

The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education; enroll in and graduate from institutions of post-secondary education.

Upward Bound programs provide academic instruction (mathematics, laboratory sciences, composition, literature, & foreign languages), tutoring, counseling, mentoring, cultural enrichment activities, work-study programs, and services designed to improve the financial and economic literacy of students.

I had several teachers who inspired me, in both the public school system and the Upward Bound program. I needed several, because I lived in such abject poverty and dysfunction. And they're still in my life today because I consider them to be friends, actually.

Weekly Newsletter

November and December Senior Newlsletter

Bridge Application

 

You can find all of this year's newsletters on our Resources page. 

Monday Night Sessions

Monday sessions are held on ETSU's campus with Upward Bound providing transportation to and from area schools to campus, as well as dinner these evenings for students.

Make-up Sessions will only be held if one of our regularly scheduled sessions is cancelled and UB Staff is able to schedule a make-up date.

Fall Monday Session:

November 25 (returning students only)

Spring Monday Sessions:

January 27
February 24


April 7
April 28
May 5 (make up session)

Office Location

UB is located on the 3rd Floor of the Culp Center (Room 312)
Visit our Contact Us page for more details on locating our office

Find Upward Bound on Social Media

See our Resources page for more content