Upward Bound at USM Staff News 2008

June 22, 2008: Summer Program Begins

Summer Program begins and students moved in. We had a 100% student attendance on opening day. Students from all target high schools moved in to begin Upward Bound's six-week summer program.

May 9, 2008: Workstudy Receive Award for Their Hard Work

Tony Molina awarded his workstudy students Justin Adams, Gina Cardamone Carin Jollotta and Ryan Nichols for their hard work throughout the spring semester. A potluck was held at 99 School Street to celebrate their completion of another great year.

May 1, 2008: Dollars for Scholars' Awards Announced

The winners have been announced.

Congratulations Tony Clark, April Wood, Kat Records, Codi Booher and Ashley Wakefield!

If you want to learn more about Dollars for Scholars please visit their website by clicking here.

March 30, 2008: Summer Jobs are now filled

Thank you for everyone's interest. Upward Bound's summer jobs have now been filled.

February 22, 2008: Summer Jobs are now posted

Upward Bound at USM posted job descriptions for Summer Program 2008. Job descriptions can be viewed by visiting Upward Bound at USM's job opportunities page.

January 15, 2008: Upward Bound’s New Faces (2nd Edition)

Gina Cardamone is Upward Bound’s new work study student. Gina was hired to be Upward Bound’s Alumni Coordinator. She contacts alumni through different sources to find out what they have been up to. Gina is an alumnus of USM’s Upward Bound program and graduated from Bonny Eagle High School. She is currently a sophomore and plans to major in Psychology.

January 15, 2008: Work study's New Job Titles

Tony Molina has worked with work study students for the past year and a half. This year Mr. Molina put together job titles for Upward Bound’s work study students.

Gina Cardamone is Upward Bound’s new Alumni Coordinator. She will be working on contacting alumni of Upward Bound. Carin Jollotta and Franklin Kendrick are Upward Bound’s new Summer Employment Coordinator Assistants. Both will work on the planning and implementing of Upward Bound’s summer program internships. Justin Adams and Ryan Nichols are Upward Bound’s Admin Assistant’s Assistants. Both will work with Mr. Molina on various tasks around the office such as large mailings and database entry.

All of Upward Bound at USM’s work study students have been working very hard in their new job titles. We are very thankful for having each of our work study students.

December 28, 2007: Upward Bound at USM Accept Letters Have Been Sent

Thank you to all who took the time to apply to participate in Upward Bound at USM. There were over 100 applicants this year. The decisions on who to accept was a difficult one. Congratulations to the students who were accepted. New student orientation will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2008.

November 16, 17, 2007: Upward Bound Rally

Upward Bound’s rally is an annual event. Students had a chance to meet Governor Baldacci and ask questions. Speaker of the House, Glen Cummings held a mock debate on a proposal to lower the voting age to 16 and students got to actually vote in the House Chambers. In addition students met with other Upward Bound programs in the state of Maine.

September 30, 2007: Upward Bound's New Faces

Laurie Davis grew up in Augusta, Maine. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and after graduating, was a residential director at both Macalester College in Minnesota and Hartwick College in New York. After working in the Midwest and studying in Philadelphia, she finally made it back to Maine. Here in Maine, she worked as Assistant to the Dean of the Faculty at Bates College, a youth employment counselor and for the City of Portland as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) coordinator for Portland Pulic Schools. From 1995 to 2006, she attended USM part time to attain her Master’s degree in Education. She is now working for Upward bound as the Director. She is very passionate about working with people, especially high school students who are college bound like UB students. She also is the parent of two sons, who currently attend college, one in Montana and the other in Denmark on a junior year abroad program. She is very much looking forward to meeting the parents of UB Students. “This is my dream job,” she said. We all look forward to working with Laurie for many years to come.

Ryan Nichols is one of the three new work study students and is enjoying working for Upward Bound on their newsletter. He is an alumnus of USM’s Upward Bound program and graduated from Sacopee Valley High School. He is currently a freshman at USM and is Undeclared but is planning on declaring a Philosophy or English major next semester.

Carin Jollotta is having fun entering student data on Upward Bound’s new database. She is an alumnus of USM’s Upward Bound program and graduated from Sanford High School. She is a freshman at USM and is majoring in Social Work.

Justin Adams is having fun stapling applications for Upward Bound. He is an alumnus of USM’s Upward Bound program and graduated from Bonny Eagle High School. He is a freshman at USM and soon will be majoring in Music Education.

September 15, 2007: Fall Semester Begins/Recruitment

Greetings Upward Bounders! The school year has been off to a busy start and we’ve enjoyed meeting with all of you at your schools. Recently, Upward Bound has traveled to various open house visits at colleges University of Maine at Farmington, University of Maine at Orono, and Thomas College. Students visiting these colleges have often found a good match and have intentions of applying for admission.

We want to extend a big thanks to the students that helped recruit wonderful 9th and 10th graders for Upward Bound. All of you have done a fabulous job of spreading the word.

Please try to take advantage of the different activities offered by Upward Bound such as college visits, college fairs, UB rally, reunions, etc. Not only are these opportunities to learn more, but it’s also a chance to see others from UB. Please make note of the upcoming important dates that are included in this newsletter. Keep up the good work and stay focused on your goals. Please let us know how we can assist you, as either a current student or alum.