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Article ItemFor incoming students, Summer Start is a springboard to the fall semester , article
The six-week program offers first-year and transfer students a chance to ease into campus life by taking classes and building friendships over the summer.
Date: Aug 29, 2023 -
Article ItemUpward Bound awarded $5.7 million to support low-income, first-gen students , article
The federal Department of Education has renewed funding to continue the university’s three Upward Bound programs serving hundreds of high schoolers in Southwest Virginia for another five years.
Date: Jul 08, 2022 -
Article ItemTalent Search maps out a path to college for hundreds of first-generation students , article
Virginia Tech's TRIO Programs has been awarded a $1.88 million, five-year extension from the U.S. Department of Education to continue helping first-generation and economically disadvantaged students in Southwest Virginia graduate from high school and pursue higher education.
Date: Oct 19, 2021 -
Article ItemFor VTCSOM’s Richard Vari, Upward Bound opened his eyes to the world , article
The senior dean of academic affairs at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke says Upward Bound widened his perspective and helped keep him on track to become the first in his family to attend college.
Date: Jul 26, 2021 -
Article ItemFirst in the family , article
On their paths to graduation, many first-generation students must contend with a variety of structural and social barriers. In this first part of a two-part series, we look at a slate of Virginia Tech programs that supports them as they strive for success.
Date: Jul 12, 2021