UNG Upward Bound

Upward Bound Programs Services: high school scholars from low-income families; and high school schol Education

TRiO Summer Tour 2024 07/17/2024

Take us back to Tennessee!!

TRiO Summer Tour 2024 1058 new items · Album by UNG ETS

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 07/10/2024

Day 2 of our TRIO Summer Cultural Tour

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 07/10/2024

Day 1 of our 2024 TRIO Summer Cultural Tour

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 07/04/2024

What an amazing End of Summer Celebration at the UNG Dahlonega Campus!! Thank you to all who came to celebrate with us!! As of Monday morning, we will be officially Tennessee-bound! Stay tuned for our summer video and pics from our trip 🫶🏽

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 06/21/2024

Our second field trip this summer was to the University of West Georgia! Did you know they’re going to be at Division I school starting this fall? The food is also delicious 😋

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 06/18/2024

We appreciate our congressional funding!

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 06/15/2024
Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 05/07/2024

Our Senior Trip to Great Wolf Lodge in LaGrange was a success! We’re so grateful for our awesome group of seniors and we’re so excited to see where their educational journey takes them. We hope you join us THIS Saturday in Dahlonega as we celebrate all of the TRIO graduates 🎉🎓🎉

Photos from Gilmer High School's post 05/07/2024

Congratulations to Upward Bound’s future educators, Carmelina Tercero Rafael & Elizabeth Warren!! We couldn’t be more proud!!

05/03/2024

Congratulations to Upward Bound’s Kylyn! So proud of you!

Congratulations to our student of the week, Kylyn Drullinger!

Also, Yovani Lucas Domingo is our Student of the Month!

We’re so proud of all your hard work!

A special thank you to Lendmark Financial for providing Chick-fil-A gift cards for our students of the month!

04/16/2024

Please join us on Thursday evening at Johnson High School to celebrate 50 years of JHS! The whole community is invited and we will be there to promote our summer program to the rising 9th graders joining Johnson in the fall! Hope to see you there!

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 03/23/2024

Beautiful Saturday morning at Georgia Gwinnett College’s Preview Day. The fact that half of the students were at prom last night is even more impressive. We’re so lucky to have such dedicated students to take advantage of all of the opportunities they’re given.

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 03/15/2024

Gilmer Upward Bound had the pleasure of visiting The University of Georgia, today! Go Dawgs!

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 02/21/2024

Johnson Upward Bounded ended the winter break with a quick trip to Atlanta to visit Georgia State University and The World of Cocoa-Cola. We even got to visit a former Gilmer Upward Bound student in between classes!

02/07/2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO UB’S VERY OWN, GALE MULLER!!

Congratulations to Gilmer High School’s Class of 2024 Valedictorian, Allyson Muller and Salutatorian, Caden Farist!

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 02/03/2024

First trip of the season! We had a blast at Georgia Southern’s Eagle Preview Day in Statesboro, GA.

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 12/31/2023

Before we end the year, here’s a last minute photo dump from the last few activities of this semester! See you again next year!

12/08/2023

Congratulations to Upward Bound’s very own, Gale Muller, on this incredible achievement 🎉

Gilmer High School is proud to announce our STAR Student and Teacher:

STAR Student: Allyson Muller
STAR Teacher: Mary-Melissa May

The program is sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators where they recognize the highest score on a single test date on the SAT in addition to being in the top 10, or 10%, of their class.

Congratulations!

11/17/2023

Another “Dinner and a Show” in the books for Johnson’s Upward Bound! Thank you to Mark at for catering our dinner before the show, it was the best spaghetti we’ve ever had and to the for always putting on the best productions!

11/05/2023

Seniors, submit those applications for free this month!

11/05/2023

Exciting news! GAfutures is proud to partner with USG and TCSG for Georgia Apply to College Month. Take advantage of this incredible opportunity to waive your college application fees and take the first step towards your future!

https://www.gafutures.org/college-planning/apply-to-college-initiative/application-fee-waivers/

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 11/04/2023

UNG’s Educational Talent Search Program also had a big day today over at Middle Georgia State University at the Student Leadership Conference hosted by Our students placed first in the spelling bee, super quiz and academic bowl and second place in the written exam and poetry slam!! They will also be representing Georgia in the SAEOPP Academic Bowl next April! Congratulations, ETS!! We are so proud of you!!

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 11/04/2023

This is us on a tour of Emory University. A beautiful campus in the historic Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta. Emory is one of the world’s top research institutes but also values a liberal arts curriculum.

10/14/2023

It’s a great day in Dahlonega for day! UNG’s Educational Talent Search (ETS) woke up early to explore the campus and degree programs. Why you ask? Because TRIO changes lives and so does college access and completion!

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 10/07/2023

The STEAMExpo was a success…the traffic on the way back was not. But we’re glad to be home safe and sound!

07/08/2023

"My mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.'" -Forrest Gump

07/07/2023

Day two took us south of Orlando to the Kennedy Space Center. We were only here a few hours but we could have spent all day learning and exploring! STEM is so important!

Photos from UNG Upward Bound's post 07/07/2023

The selfies were abundant on day one. Follow along for more!

Photos from Gilmer County Schools's post 07/07/2023

Congratulations to Upward Bound’s very own, Miley Hanson! So proud of you!

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The University of North Georgia Upward Bound program provides support to eligible high school students, encouraging them to achieve new successes and motivating them to build skills as they prepare for college.

With access to academic advising, mentoring, field trips and other educational opportunities, Upward Bound participants can expect to be propelled to their highest potential, ready and able to succeed in the next level of their academic careers.

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