Upward Bound

Due to new temporary policies at ETSU, we will not be doing in person schools visits the rest of the semester.

You should get a phone call, email, or text messagefrom UB staff each week. In order to get credit for the school visit, you must respond (answer the phone, call back, reply to email or text).

You won't have a check-in on your spring break. If you don't hear from us, please call us at 423-439-5619 or email us.

Welcome

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. Upward Bound serves: high school students from low-income families; and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of post-secondary education.

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

School Visits
Spring 2020: January 13 - May 7 (will be done by phone or email for the remainder of the semester)

Monday Night Sessions

Fall 2019

Oct 21
Nov 18

Spring 2020

January 27(cancelled)
February 24
March 9
April 20 (cancelled)

Click these links to access our Bus Schedule and Transportation Notice for Monday Night Sessions. (updated: 9/25/18)

*The make-up session will only be held if one of our regularly scheduled sessions is cancelled

COVID-19

As part of the national response to the coronavirus outbreak, most ETSU employees, including Upward Bound, are now working from home, but we're still available! If you're seeking services or need to reach us for any reason, please call our office at
(423) 439-5619
or email maupinjd@etsu.edu.

Many questions about services and help for ETSU students are answered on the
ETSU COVID-19 website.

Emergency on-call staff for Student Life, the Counseling Center, and Housing and Residence Life may be reached through
Public Safety at
(423) 439-4480.