We welcome our new Counselor
Ms. Adriana Palmer!!!!!!
It is my privilege and honor to work with all of you. It feels good to be home. I remember the spring of 2009 like it was yesterday. I was a young girl from the south side of Chicago, IL about to embark on something new. I was a member of a grant funded TRIO program called Educational Talent Search. It was much like Upward Bound in its aim to help first generation and low income college students go to college. I was a troubled youth who was always summoned into my disciplinarian's office with a suspension or detention.
Even though I was smart, college was a farfetched dream of mine. In the Spring of 2009, my life changed forever because Educational Talent Search invited me to go on an HBCU college tour and among the schools we visited was Kentucky State University in little Frankfort. I fell in love with the thought of attending an HBCU or even going to college. I began to understand that college was my way out. I changed my behavior and began to focus and buckle down. I applied and got accepted into 22 schools. The only school I could think about was Kentucky State University. In the fall of 2010, I came to Kentucky State University as a freshman ready for wherever life would take me.
I was granted work study in my financial aid package. I began applying to jobs on campus but there was one office in which I had to interview. It was the office of Upward Bound on the 5th floor of Upward Bound. I got the job. It was an intense office and I had to be on my "A" game. It was in that very office where I sharpened my professional skills and became more acquainted with Upward Bound. I only worked there my freshman year but it was a year full of experiences and fun. As I matriculated through KSU I was heavily involved and became a student leader. I joined Student Support Services, another TRIO program like Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search. They aided in my success through the rest of my collegiate career. I had a burning passion to help students who stood where I once stood and let them know they can make it.
Upon graduation from Kentucky State University in the spring of 2015, I started working as a child care instructor. It was a great experience but I felt it wasn't enough. It was then when I realized that TRIO Programs were where my heart was because it was home. When I say it's good to be back home, I mean it. This has been the most rewarding 3 months of my life. I wake up each day, excited to pour into the next generation.
Please remember as you go through life that it doesn't matter what it looks like, anything you set your mind to, YOU CAN DO IT! Your circumstances can't dictate your future. YOU are in control of YOUR destiny. If you believe you can achieve, you will succeed. Remember that we will always be your arm of support at Upward Bound. Go be great, I can see your future and it is bright!
SUMMER 2017
Monday-June 12th 11:00—12:00 Move in
12:00—1:00 Student ID's
Tuesday-June 13th Example of Daily Schedule, Monday-
Thursday 7:00-7:50 Breakfast
8:00-12:15 Exum Center for classes
12:20-1:20 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Computer lab, game room
3:00-4:30 Library and study time
4:30-5:30 Dinner
5:35-9:30 Activities
9:30-10:00 Dorm Life
Friday 7:00-8:00 Breakfast
8:05 Exum to load bus for college tours-Return time TBA
July 3rd-4th Celebrate July 4th—No Upward Bound
July 5th Starts Commute Week-9:00 A.M. return on July 5th all other days 8:00 A.M.
July 17th-July 19th Summer Trip
Summer Orientation
Welcome to our new
Tutor/Mentors
And
Resident Assistants
They are excited and ready to assist our
students.