{"id":1875,"date":"2023-08-09T11:20:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T11:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dae.utk.edu\/ero\/math-and-science-center-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:20:51","slug":"pre-college-upward-bound","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dae.utk.edu\/trio\/pre-college-upward-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-College Upward Bound (PCUB)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mission Statement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pre-College Upward Bound (PCUB) works with disadvantaged youth to encourage and ensure their timely high school graduation and guides them toward attaining a post-secondary education to assure the students achieve success to contribute to their families, communities, and societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vision Statement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our vision at PCUB is to inspire and empower youth from disadvantaged backgrounds to envision and embrace a life in and after a post-secondary institute that will lead to outcomes that will provide a better life for them, their families, and their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program History, Background, and Evolution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pre-College Upward Bound is a federally funded program through the US Department of Education. The original grant for Pre-College Upward Bound was written and funded in 1984 and has received continued funding for the past thirty-five plus years. PCUB is currently funded to serve 100 high school students at eight target schools in Blount, Knox, and Sevier counties on a five-year grant cycle. Pre-College Upward Bound provides these services at no costs to the participants and to their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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STUDENTS WE SERVE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pre-College Upward Bound serves those individuals who may be identified as potential first-generation college students, individuals who come from a financially disadvantaged background, or both. Individuals must be attending or zoned to one of the following high schools:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Knox County<\/strong><\/td>Carter, Gibbs, South-Doyle, West<\/td><\/tr>
Blount County<\/strong><\/td>Heritage, William Blount<\/td><\/tr>
Sevier County<\/strong><\/td>Northview Academy, Sevier County<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PCUB assists East Tennessee youth with resources and opportunities for educational growth in a variety of ways: attending extracurricular programming, providing financial support for additional standardized testing and tutoring, providing visits to post-secondary institutions, and providing exposure to local and regional cultural activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-College Upward Bound also provides a summer transitional experience for up to five graduating seniors the summer immediately following their high school graduation. PCUB provides the TRiO Achiever\u2019s Scholarship which provides room and board, tuition for up to two courses, academic supplies, and weekly meetings for tutoring and transition to college support. This scholarship helps many students jumpstart their college transcript, especially in those schools that do not have dual-enrollment and AP\/IB courses available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PROGRAM SERVIces<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PCUB\u2019s individualized approach to student success supports college and career advising, academic coaching, tutoring assistance, and exposure to post-secondary education. Participants are engaged weekly at their target high schools during each school\u2019s lunch block. They also receive monthly programming in the form of academic and career workshops covering topics on STEM, financial literacy, college readiness, life skills, college tours and meetings with admissions staff, service-learning opportunities, and cultural activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants may also participate in a six-week extensive academic summer program. Participants begin their experience in a one-week commuter experience working in a hybrid three-day on-site, two-day off-site experience. Participants will engage in team building, standardized test prep or ASVAB testing, and the opportunity for service learning. Participants will spend the next four weeks in a residential experience living a simulated college experience. Participants will partake in academic coursework during the morning and early afternoon establishing a foundation for the coursework they will take in the fall. They will then spend the evening in recreational, social, and cultural programming as simulated by Upward Bound Resident Assistants. Students will spend the last week on a cultural enrichment trip touring colleges and participating in a variety of experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student Application Form<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Only the student applicants fill out this part. It\u2019s better to do it on a computer in one sitting. FORM LINK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confidential Financial Statement, School Release Form, and\u00a0Transportation Permission Slip & Liability Release Form<\/strong>\u00a0– both\u00a0student<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0parent<\/strong>\u00a0have to fill out this form.\u00a0It’s better to do it on a computer in one sitting.\u00a0FORM LINK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

School Counselor Recommendation Form <\/strong>– to send to school counselors only. FORM LINK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teacher Recommendation Form<\/strong> – to send to teachers only. FORM LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jonathan Curry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Principal Investigator\/Project Director<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Irina Bobrovitskaya<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Educational Specialist<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Counties Served: <\/strong>Knox County – Gibbs HS, Carter HS, and West HS. Sevier County – Northview Academy
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Counties Served: <\/strong>Heritage and William Blount
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Hana Crace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Educational Specialist<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Counties Served: <\/strong>Knox County – South-Doyle HS, and Seiver County – Sevier County HS <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>hcrace@utk.edu<\/a>
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