Tag: Upward Bound
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Blankets, weeds and wolves: TRiO students give back to community
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Teenagers enrolled in TRiO programs at UW-Green Bay begin and end their summers with community-service projects. On June 30, 41 Upward Bound students headed to the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary for a day of removing invasive species, primarily garlic mustard, which chokes out native species. When they finished pulling and bagging the plants, they had…
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TRiO camps in full swing
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Functioning under a TRiO grant from the U.S. Department of Education, UW-Green Bay has partnered for many years to host Upward Bound and the Regional Center for Math and Science. Over the summer, a staff of two dozen instructors, faculty members, counselors, residence hall assistants, graduate students and administrative staff work with select high school…
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Upward Bound plans cards for troops
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This holiday season, the Upward Bound Office (which has been doing holiday service projects for several years now) will be doing something different: making holiday cards and decorations to send to our troops overseas. They will be collecting donated items, as well. If you’d like to join in this worthy cause, says Kristin Sanders of…
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Upward Bound is re-upped through 2017
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This happened over the summer, but was heretofore un-noted in this space: UW-Green Bay has been notified by the U.S. Department of Education that funding for the Upward Bound program here was approved through 2017. The five-year grant award began earlier this month, on Sept. 1. Upward Bound will receive $321,054 for the 2012-2013 academic…
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Photo: Future freshman Vang wins design award
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Michael Casbourne of Upward Bound tells us that program participant and incoming UW-Green Bay freshman Tina Vang has had her pin design selected for honors in connection with the Future Business Leaders of America’s national convention to be held this summer in San Antonio, Texas. Check out the photo and details.
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Upward Bound student receives honor
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Director of UW-Green Bay’s Upward Bound program Michael Casbourne, forwarded a note about future UWGB student Tina Vang. Vang’s pin design was selected as the Wisconsin representative for the Future Business Leaders of America’s national convention this summer in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to her pin design being manufactured for Wisconsin FBLA, Vang was awarded…
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Upward Bound and a sweet fundraiser
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The folks in Upward Bound inform us they’re selling Seroogy’s chocolate bars for the holidays. “They make great stocking stuffers….2/$3.00.” Stop in at Room 1721 of the Student Services Building.
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Upward Bound will ‘adopt’ a family
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The folks in the Upward Bound Office are once again adopting a family this holiday season. They have been given a father and three daughters. Salvation Army guidelines are that the family should receive a grocery card of $50 and a gift (or gifts) for each member of the family. Total cost expected is around…
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Upward Bound’s ‘adopt-a-family’ drive
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For the 8th consecutive holiday season, the staff at UW-Green Bay’s Upward Bound program is “adopting” a local family to brighten their holidays. Visit the bulletin board outside of Student Services Building Room 1721 to “check out what’s needed, and feel free to help if you can! Thank you!” If you have questions, call program…
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Upward Bound collecting items for consignment sale
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Upward Bound is collecting gently used formal wear (prom, bridesmaid, cocktail, casual dresses, shoes, jewelry, purses, etc.) for a consignment sale to be held March 27 at East Town Mall. Bring items you no longer need or want, and set your bottom-line price. If your item(s) sells, you receive 90% of the proceeds, and the…