Upward Bound Math & Science

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Bevill State Community College, Fayette Campus, Upward Bound Math and Science

The Bevill State Community College Upward Bound Program serves nine schools located within the nine counties of the Bevill State Community College Service Area: Brilliant, Hamilton, and Marion County High Schools in Marion County; Lamar County and Sulligent High Schools in Lamar County; Berry, Fayette County, and Hubbertville High Schools in Fayette County; Pickens County High School in Pickens County.

Upward Bound provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and, ultimately, in their higher education pursuits. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families; and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree.

The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education. 

"Upward Bound projects provide academic instruction, tutoring, counseling, mentoring, cultural enrichment, work-study programs, education, or counseling services designed to improve the financial and economic literacy of students.”  -USDE 

Services Provided

  • Instruction in math, laboratory sciences, foreign language, literature, and composition.

  • Tutorials for academic subjects

  • Mentoring for careers and college life

  • College entrance exam preparation

  • Counseling for academic, personal, and career goals

  • Financial aid assistance

  • Exposure to academic and cultural events

  • Seminars to enhance awareness in the areas of academics, social skills, health and physical maintenance, lifestyles, and values clarification

  • Monthly stipends

  • Summer college credit classes for graduating seniors at Bevill State with tuition and fees paid by the project

  • Summer component for the UBMS participants on the Bevill State - Fayette campus

  • mentor the UBMS participants to enter and complete a program of postsecondary education and embark upon careers in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics fields