(News release) MARYVILLE, Mo. – The United States Department of Education has granted Northwest Missouri State University’s Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) program funding that will allow it to continue for another five years.
The funding for the program is approved through 2022. UBMS will receive $335,715 for the 2017-2018 academic year and roughly $1.77 million for the five-year period.
“The process to secure awards continues to be extremely competitive, with Northwest being one of four programs in Missouri to be awarded in the first slate,” Cassie Tavorn, TRIO program director at Northwest, said. “The strength of our programs lies within the support and commitment of Northwest’s administration, faculty, staff, students and community leaders.”
UBMS at Northwest is a six-week, hands-on summer learning experience for eligible high school students in grades nine through 11. The college-prep program helps students explore math, science and technology topics that many of their peers might never experience while exposing them to a university campus and reducing anxieties about college. Students live in a campus residence hall while receiving instruction from college and high school faculty.
Launched in 1992 and fully funded through the U.S. Department of Education, UBMS at Northwest serves 71 students at 11 high schools throughout Missouri, Iowa and Kansas to help them pursue an education or career in a math or science-related field.
Northwest’s Upward Bound Math and Science program serves the following schools:
· Clarinda High School (Clarinda, Iowa)
· South Page High School (College Springs, Iowa)
· Turner High School (Kansas City, Kansas)
· Central High School (St. Joseph, Missouri)
· Lafayette High School (St. Joseph, Missouri)
· Benton High School (St. Joseph, Missouri)
· Northeast High School (Kansas City, Missouri)
· Lincoln College Prep (Kansas City, Missouri)
· North Andrew R-VI High School (Rosendale, Missouri)
· North Nodaway R-VI High School (Hopkins, Missouri)
· Worth County R-III High School (Grant City, Missouri)
For more information about Upward Bound Math and Science at Northwest, call 660.562.1538 or email Assistant Director Tanya Riley at [email protected], or visit www.nwmissouri.edu/dept/