June
7 - Parent Open House
22 - Program Begins
Recent
Events
Senior Dinner
May 15, 2008
UB Class of 2008
The Cake
Reggie offers a bit of advice and a free autograph.
In the News
UB
Honored for Volunteer Efforts
The Esplanade Association choose UB as their
MVP for the month of July. During the Summer Program, students
visit sites in Boston to give back to area communities.
Visit
The Esplanade Association for more information.
UB Prize 2007 Winner Selected
Visit the Alumni page for a complete
list of the winners and prize donors.
New Member of Mayor's Youth Council
Van Nguyen (UB 09), a junior attending
Boston  Latin
Academy, was appointed to Boston Mayor Menino's Youth
Council. She will represent Dorchester.
Stellar Achievers
Two UB seniors ('07) were recognized by the Boston
Globe for their stellar high school achievements.
Gregory
Chery is the valedictorian for Social Justice Academy,
and Jimmy
Liu is the
valedictorian for Snowden International Academy.
UB Seniors Win Full Tuition
Scholarships
List of UB Winners and Colleges
Gregory
Chery, Centre College
Vanessa Valdez, Centre College
Sugule Hassan, Union College
Abdirahman Abillahi, Denison University
About the Posse Foundation
This year UB is excited and honored to have four students
among the 61 winners of the scholarship. The winners were
chosen from an applicant pool of 1,100.
The Posse
Foundation identifies, recruits and trains student leaders
from public high schools to form multicultural teams called
“Posses”. These teams are then prepared, through
an intensive eight-month Pre-Collegiate Training Program,
for enrollment at top-tier universities nationwide to pursue
their academics and to help promote cross-cultural communication
on campus. Selected scholars are awarded four-year leadership
scholarships by the university.
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Upward
Bound (UB) at Boston University
is a federally funded* college preparatory program for potential
first-generation college and low-income Boston
Public High School students. The program, which is a part
of Boston University's Boston Public Schools Collaborative
Office within the School
of Education, serves 85 students who are recruited from
one of four target high schools or six target neighborhoods
in Boston. The high schools served are Brighton
High School, The
English High School, Community Academy of Science and
Health, The Engineering School, Social Justice Academy and
Snowden International
High School at Copley. The six neighborhoods served are
Allston, Brighton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain and
Mattapan. Students enter the program in either the 9th or
10th grade and remain with the program until their graduation
from high school. Program services include an academically
intensive six-week summer residential program and an afterschool
program of tutoring and academic courses during the school
year. Upward Bound services are located on the Boston University
campus which provides students with access to the University's
resources. The program is free and, in addition, students
are paid a small stipend for their participation. Contact
us at ub@bu.edu. Download
Application
*Upward
Bound at Boston University is a federally funded TRIO
program.
Alumna
Helps UB Win Learning Award
Upward Bound at Boston University is a winner of the 2007
Staples Foundation for Learning Awards. Staples employee,
Mercel Burke, nominated the program for the award. Ms. Burke,
a BU Upward Bound alumna (UB 00), is also a graduate of Boston
University (CAS 04) and a Boston Scholars scholarship recipient.
The Staples Foundation for Learning supports organizations
that provide job skills and education for all people, with
special emphasis on disadvantaged youth. For more information
click here.
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