Dr. Dee Bost, coordinator of the Academic Services Center, reviews the day's activities with graduate assistant Kelly Swain. Bost also directed the Advance program. Upward Bound program helps high school students succeed Tutoring sessions, field trips prepare 9 th _12th graders for life : · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·by kira leigh Some students never have the chance to go to • petition for the students," Milner said. "We had one college for reasons ranging from lack of money to • student place first in the spelling bee and a student academics to low self-esteem. Upward Bound is a : placed third in art. There are also math, history and program designed to combat those difficulties for • science quizzes." high school students in White, Woodruff and Cross • Many Harding students tutored for the Upward counties. : Bound program this year. Junior Kellsey Smith was "Upward Bound is a pro- not only a tutor for the Upward gramdesignedtohelpstudents Bound program, but she is also a in 9th through 12th grades, 90 ,,9 get encoun:1ged from former student of the program. percent of whom come from "I was in Upward Bound for low-income families," said Jan the kids. 9t's nice to see twoandahalfyears,"Smithsaid. "I PhotobyAndreaWaters Milner,servicescoordinatorfor them want to work and joined because in high school I Upward Bound. improve. CJt's fun to be didn'tknowmaypeopleanditwas The students who came last a way to get to college and to get year were helped with many around them. II scholarships." aspects of their lives, including - Bronwyn Harwood- Junior Ana Iacoboaie and freshacademics. "Wehelp them with Nash, freshman man Bronwyn Harwood-Nash tutoring, self-esteem and lead- were also tutors for the Upward ership qualities," Milner said. Bound program. Fifty students are chosen The tutors share a common love each year for the program. These students not only : for helping the students who participate in the proparticipate throughout the year in two to three tutor- • gram. ing sessions a month, but they also have the oppor- • "I always liked tutoring and helping people with tunity to go on field trips designed to be fun as well • their academics," said Iacoboaie, who also tutored as educational. "We take them to the Pyramid in : for Student Support Services. Memphis, to playhouses and also the [Searcy] din- • "I get encouraged from the kids," Harwood said. ner theater in the summer," Milner said. • "It's nice to see them want to work and improve. It's "We also have an Upward Bound day as a com- : fun to be around them." Harold Alexander, M.S.E. Counselor/SSS Dee Bost, Ed.D. Dir./Academic Svcs. Ctr. & Advance Carol Bowling, M.Ed. Academic Resources Coord./SSS Ron Finley, M.Ed. Registrar Bob Kelly, Ed.D. Dir./Outcomes Assessment Beth Luallen, M.S. Experiential Support Coord./SSS Teresa McLeod, M.Ed. Ass't Prof. Carolyn Priest, M.Ed. Ass't Prof. Chris Pruitt, M.Ed. Instructor Linda Thompson, Ed.D. Dir./SSS academic support 177
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