Upward Bound and Other Youth Programs
Reginland McGowan, Assistant Vice President for Educational and Personal Development Programs
201 Holton Hall
785-532-5399
E-mail: reggiem@ksu.edu
Upward Bound
532-6497 or 532-6374 (math and science program) or 826-2981 (Salina campus)
Upward Bound provides academic and personal counseling and guidance to disadvantaged high school students from Pottawatomie, Riley, and Geary counties. Upward Bound Math and Science serves students from Topeka and Salina. Upward Bound at Salina serves students from Canton Galva, Clay Center, Ell-Saline, Newton, Lincoln Junior and Senior, Hanover, and Linn High Schools. Each program motivates students with academic potential and prepares them for postsecondary education. Emphasis is on academics, social, cultural, and vocational activities and experiences during the school year and a summer campus residential program.
Gear Up
532-5380 (Gear Up I) or 532-3658 (Gear Up II)
Gear Up I and II provide academic support to encourage and motivate youth to successfully complete secondary and postsecondary education. The target school is Junction City Middle School.
Earl Woods National Youth Golf Academy/The First Tee
532-5399
This nonprofit organization serves underrepresented youth by providing accessibility to the game of golf. Students (ages 6 to 17) from the Manhattan and Junction City areas, including the Upward Bound and Gear Up programs along with a weeklong National First Tee Academy, are given instructions in golf, life skills, and leadership.
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