Since the very beginning of a student's education, everyone everywhere forces the idea of being "successful" and going to college onto them. They throw tests, surveys and countless flyers and e-mails from interested colleges, but they don't seem to allow students to have fun while preparing for college and their future.
I present to you: UBMS (Upward Bound Math and Science). UBMS is a nationwide program run through a company called TRiO programs. UBMS's primary goal is students' success in their post-secondary education. Not only enrolling and being accepted into colleges, UBMS is a program with members that allow for the formation of life-long bonds which extend to post-college life. In order to apply for UBMS, you must print out, complete and mail in an application to TRiO programs before the end of your sophomore year, because the summer after tenth grade is where the cool activities begin.
Rising juniors, after joining UBMS, spend six weeks of their summer with UBMS. Three weeks of taking enriching classes, forming valuable social bonds and discovering hidden talents at CCCC Sanford, and then the remaining weeks living in a dorm on-campus at Campbell University. This experience is meant to give students a taste of life in both a community college setting and a full residential college experience. There, students will avidly participate in residential life activities, (such as paint twister or water fights in the quad fountain) and be given a choice in electives, such as lab science or a foreign language. But this is only the beginning of being a "UBie."
Rising seniors experience something completely different. The students will participate in internships at companies that incorporate their possible future study interests, such as working with firefighters or at a water treatment facility. Both rising juniors and rising seniors are taken on group college visits, volunteer community service and take an end-of-summer trip. This year's trip was to South Carolina University and Myrtle Beach.
Graduating seniors are given the option to take free classes through CCCC. Graduating seniors go on their own big group trip, and this year it was to NYC. Did I mention UBMS not only gives students so many opportunities, but they pay you to be a member? If you're a rising sophomore or current sophomore, take the time to sign up today, before you miss out on the chance of a lifetime!
-Skye Touchet
I present to you: UBMS (Upward Bound Math and Science). UBMS is a nationwide program run through a company called TRiO programs. UBMS's primary goal is students' success in their post-secondary education. Not only enrolling and being accepted into colleges, UBMS is a program with members that allow for the formation of life-long bonds which extend to post-college life. In order to apply for UBMS, you must print out, complete and mail in an application to TRiO programs before the end of your sophomore year, because the summer after tenth grade is where the cool activities begin.
Rising juniors, after joining UBMS, spend six weeks of their summer with UBMS. Three weeks of taking enriching classes, forming valuable social bonds and discovering hidden talents at CCCC Sanford, and then the remaining weeks living in a dorm on-campus at Campbell University. This experience is meant to give students a taste of life in both a community college setting and a full residential college experience. There, students will avidly participate in residential life activities, (such as paint twister or water fights in the quad fountain) and be given a choice in electives, such as lab science or a foreign language. But this is only the beginning of being a "UBie."
Rising seniors experience something completely different. The students will participate in internships at companies that incorporate their possible future study interests, such as working with firefighters or at a water treatment facility. Both rising juniors and rising seniors are taken on group college visits, volunteer community service and take an end-of-summer trip. This year's trip was to South Carolina University and Myrtle Beach.
Graduating seniors are given the option to take free classes through CCCC. Graduating seniors go on their own big group trip, and this year it was to NYC. Did I mention UBMS not only gives students so many opportunities, but they pay you to be a member? If you're a rising sophomore or current sophomore, take the time to sign up today, before you miss out on the chance of a lifetime!
-Skye Touchet