The
five-year
award
supports
one
of
the
longest-running
TRiO
Upward
Bound
programs
in
Ohio,
serving
some
5,000
Cleveland
high
school
students
since
1968.
The
U.S.
Department
of
Education
has
awarded
Baldwin
Wallace
University
more
than
$513,000
in
grant
funding
to
support
the
University's
TRiO
Upward
Bound
program.
The
new
award
cycle
grant
will
serve
105
students
from
four
Cleveland
Metropolitan
School
District
(CMSD)
high
schools:
John
Adams,
John
F.
Kennedy,
James
F.
Rhodes
and
Lincoln
West.
The
TRiO
Upward
Bound
program
has
been
on
the
BW
campus
for
54
years,
one
of
the
longest-standing
TRiO
programs
in
the
state
of
Ohio.
Formula
that
works
for
students
"TRiO
works
at
BW,"
says
Bonnie
Munguia,
director
of
the
University's
Upward
Bound.
"The
program
has
served
over
5,000
CMSD
students
since
it
began
on
this
campus
in
1968,
with
approximately
65%
of
those
students
completing
a
post-secondary
education."
In
fact,
according
to
the
Council
for
Opportunity
on
Education,
"Students
in
the
Upward
Bound
program
are
four
times
more
likely
to
earn
an
undergraduate
college
degree
than
students
from
similar
backgrounds
who
did
not
participate
in
TRiO
programs."
Range
of
free
services
Upward
Bound
works
by
providing
pre-college
support
to
high
school
students
from
low-income
families
and
high
school
students
from
families
in
which
neither
parent
holds
a
bachelor's
degree.
Among
the
many
services
provided
at
no
charge
are
advanced
tutoring
in
preparation
for
end-of-year
exams
and
college
placement
tests,
academic
advising,
career
and
college
exploration,
financial
aid
assistance,
educational
and
cultural
events,
and
a
residential
Summer
Academy
that
simulates
the
college
environment
to
prepare
students
for
the
social
and
academic
aspects
of
college
life.
The
new
U.S.
Department
of
Education
grant
covers
a
five-year
funding
cycle.
