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Snapshot of Recent Activities
Fall College Tour in Pittsburg Pennsylvania (fall 08)
Twenty-first century scholars & UB Student and Parent Conference (fall 08)
The Lion King (fall 08)
The Nutcracker (Christmas)
Parent Meetings (During current second Saturday sessions)
Peking Acrobats (Winter 09)
New Student orientation I & II (spring o9)
Asante Children’s Theatre: A tribute to Curtis Mayfield (spring 09)
Vincennes College Tour (spring 09)
Spring College Tour in North Carolina (spring 09)

Senior Success Seminars (SSS)
Mrs. Commissiong meets with the seniors on the IUPUI campus during the SSS sessions to ensure that UB students are on track for a successful high school graduation and ready for the college-going process. Topics discussed during this meeting included valuable information regarding the Groups Student Support Services program and the Bridge Program, both post graduation educational opportunities available to our students. Future topics will include financial aid assistance, college entrance exam information, major and career exploration, and understanding the first-year college experience. 81% of active 2008 UB seniors enrolled in college.

Mentoring
Mr Jones and other UB staff members meets with the students at the high schools and also on the IUPUI campus for mentoring sessions. Students and mentors will be reading and discussing the following books: The Pact: Three Young Men make a promise and fulfill a dream by Dr Davis, Dr Jenkins, and Dr Hunt. Also, First in the Family: Advice about College from First-Generation Students, Your High School Years by Cushman. Our expected outcomes are that diligent student will gain greater motivation to complete high school, Upward Bound, and college because of their participation in UB mentoring.

Tutoring
Mrs Montgomery and other UB staff members meet with the students at the high schools and also on the IUPUI campus for tutoring sessions. Students tutor and get refreshments. Our expected outcomes are that diligent students will earn higher grade point averages because of participating in UB tutoring.

Fall Break College Tour
October 17-19, 2007
This year's Fall Break College Tour allowed our students to explore and learn more about 4 universities in Nashville, TN. The students visited Belmont University, a small, private Christian church strongly involved in the Nashville music industry; Vanderbilt University, private, research institution of about 6500 undergraduates; Tennessee State University, a public Historically Black College/University (HBCU); and Fisk University, a small, private HBCU with about 800 students. For our cultural activity we attended a guitar solo by renowned guitarist John Johns, Chair of Guitar at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music. Overall, the students thoroughly enjoyed the visit to these universities- some of our students completed admissions applications to some of schools during our visit.

2006 Activities

Shades of Brilliance
November 11
“The IUPUI Office of Admissions' Shades of Brilliance program provided students and parent with valuable information about the admissions process at IUPUI. Students and parents also gained useful information the financial aid process and about scholarships available at IUPUI.”
Mrs. Commissiong

Drummers of Burundi
November 2
IU Auditorium (Bloomington)
“This was a high-energy and culturally-enriched event that introduced our students and their parents to the prestigious art of drumming inBurundiand the traditional Kenyan music (MombasaParty). All who attended were treated to a dinner and a great time. All expenses were paid by Upward Bound.”
Mrs. Commissiong

The Color of Justice
November 1
"This event was very informing and very well coordinated by the IU Law School at IUPUI. Students that attended heard personal testimonies from attorneys, judges, paralegals and others in the legal field. Some of witch attended the same high schools as the students."
Mr. Harris

Saturday Session- Post Graduation opportunities- Groups Student Support Services Program (IUB) and the Bridge Program (IUB and IUPUI)
October 28
“The Groups Program is a holistic student support program that allows our students interested in IUB to attend college courses during the summer right after graduation completely free of charge. The Groups program provides on-going academic and personal support throughout the students' career at IUB. The Bridge program allows our students to attend college-level classes (up to 6 credit hours) the summer following graduation completely free of charge. The Bridge Program is offered at IUPUI (non-residential) and IUB (residential).”
Mrs. Commissiong

Fall Break College Tour
October 19 & 20
"Participating students visited these colleges in Indiana: The University of Evansville, the University of Southern Indiana, Oakland City University, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Indiana State University, and DePauw University. Our students seem to enjoy dining in the campus cafeterias."
Mr. Harris 

Fall Etiquette Luncheon
“If you missed the 2006 Fall Etiquette Luncheon you missed an educational opportunity regarding the ins and outs of fine dining!”
Mr. Jones