Upward Bound Program

Cuyahoga Community College

2900 Community College Avenue

MCC 000L5

Cleveland, OH 44115

Phone: 216-987-4958

www.tri-c.edu/upwardbound

Upward Bound Provides

Program Manager Millette Tucker

Student Advisor Alice Gaines

Student Advisor Jen Haynes

Academic Coordinator Allyssa Allen

Office Assistant Chris Litvak

Upward Bound Staff

After-school tutoring in ACT English,

Math & Science

Academic Advising/Goal Setting

Saturday Workshops e.g. Study Skills and

Goal Setting

Career Exploration Activities

Career Counseling

Cultural Activities

Financial Aid/FAFSA Workshops

College Visits

Educational Field Trips

Student Leadership Opportunities

College Application Assistance

Scholarship Essay Assistance

Test Preparation Workshops

Summer Bridge Program for Graduating Seniors

Six-Week Summer Enrichment Program

End of Summer College Tour

Cultural Enrichment Activities

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The Upward Bound Program is supported by a grant from the United States Department of Education in the amount of $430,892 per year.

The following is a summary of programs and services that the Upward Bound program provides . . .

February 14th- 16th Ohio Trio Student Leadership Conference

February 15th UB/UBMS Winter Retreat

February 18th College Tour: Mt. Union and Hiram College

March 15th Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame Educational Class

March 21st A Day in the Life of a Baldwin-Wallace Student

March 23rd College Fair-Huntington Convention Center

March 25th - March 26th Spring Break College Tour: Central State University; Kentucky State University; Berea College

Upcoming Events

Students must RSVP for events. Call Mrs. Litvak 216-987-4958 or sign up during Academic Services.

Reading Reception What’s Inside

Reading Reception 1

Greetings 2

UB Moved 2

Food Drive 2

Alumni Panel 3

Workshop 3

College Visits 4

Vision Boards 4

Saturday Seminars

& Health Event

5

Seniors 6

Academic 7

Welcome New Staff 7

Updates and Upward

Bound Provides

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On November 1, 2018, an Evening Reading Reception

was held to honor and celebrate our Upward Bound

scholars who had their work published in a book titled

“Changing the Narrative”.

East Tech

Glenville

John Hay

John Marshall

High Schools

We Serve

2018 Program Highlights

Upward Bound

Metropolitan Campus

The scholars wrote their

stories during our Summer

Academy in collaboration

with Reading RAMM.

Paradise Black, Messiah

Reed, Christopher Harris,

Arielle Lawson and

Reyhan Muhammad

shared their stories.

Dr. Alex Johnson, far left and Mr. Edward (Phatty) Banks, Executive

Director of Reading RAMM, far right, with student authors.

Dr. Alex Johnson, President of

Cuyahoga Community College was

also on hand to share his words of

wisdom as a published author.

Reyhan Muhammad shares his story.

Family members showing their support.

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We’ve moved!

Greetings to Upward Bound Students, Families and Partners

Millette Tucker, Program

Manager, Upward Bound

Happy New Year to our scholars,

families, colleagues and community

partners. Our 2018-2019 academic year

has been very busy. Our scholars are

making great strides and taking

advantage of all that the Upward Bound

Program has to offer.

We have strengthened our relationships

with our partner schools, John Marshall

High School, Glenville High School,

In November 2018 our students had

an opportunity to participate in the

Black American Council College-

wide Food Drive. Students and

staff of Upward Bound and

Upward Bound Math and Science

donated enough food items to fill

two large bins.

Upward Bound has moved to the newly-

renovated Campus Center. Our offices are on the

lower level of the building in room 000L5 and we

are located close to the food court.

Upward Bound classes will still be held in the

Liberal Arts Building and our events will be held

in the locations posted on our flyers.

East Technical High School and

John Hay High School.

New partnerships are evolving as

we continue to ensure that our

scholars prepare to successfully

graduate from high school, attend

and graduate from college. I hope

you enjoy our newsletter which

will highlight the first half of our

academic year.

Holiday Food Drive

Academic Achievement

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Welcome to Our New Staff Member

The Upward Bound staff has added a new staff member. Jennifer

Haynes will be working with us as Student Advisor.

Jen has a B.S./B.A. in psychology, sociology, and exercise physiology from Ohio Northern University. She has a M.A. in education from Heidelberg University and a M.Ed. in school counseling from Bowling Green State University.

Previously, she also was a school counselor and testing coordinator for schools at the K-12 level. Jen has also been an intercollegiate cross country and track assistant coach at several colleges. Her hobbies include training for racing, endurance running and triathlon events. She is most proud to have completed two full distance Ironman triathlon races and plans to do another next Fall.

Each quarter Upward Bound celebrates the current successes of our students. Last quarter we celebrated our scholars with an award presentation to acknowledge merit-based academic accomplishments. We presented students with awards for high honor roll, honor roll, merit roll, and perfect attendance.

We are proud to announce that we awarded over 50 participants. We look forward to our second quarter presentation, as we are sure to have many more students to celebrate.

Emon Brown, Arsia Hurt, Abdul Hayes, Mariah Lynch, Michelle

Lynch, Jordan Davila, Maria Faye Palma, Paula Quinones-Yambo

Rai'Yona Drayton-Davis, Nicholas Johnson, Michelle Lynch,

Maria Lynch, Maria Faye Palma

Joji-Anne Fabillar, Sabrin Adam, Meiyah Hill, Neveah Coffee, Jordan

Davila, Zapporah Shahid