Upward Bound

RIC's Upward Bound college prep program to receive $622k

Rhode Island College President Nancy Carriuolo was joined by U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline to announce the college will be receiving over $622,000 in federal funding for its Upward Bound program.

Actress Meryl Streep has made a $10,000 contribution to the RIC Upward Bound Alumni Scholarship Endowment Fund in honor of her friend, Viola Davis

Viola Davis UB ’83 and her sister, Deloris Davis Grant UB ’82, founded this scholarship fund in 1988 as a way to “give back” to the program and help future graduates.  This gift, the largest single gift received to-date, is greatly appreciated.   Since its inception in 1988, fifty-five scholarships totaling more than $64,000 have been awarded to deserving Upward Bound seniors.  During the 2012 graduation ceremony, the Scholarship Committee will announce the recipients of this year’s prestigious awards.

Instructional and Residential Job Opportunities for the Summer 2012 Component

Rhode Island College Upward bound program announces instructional and residential job opportunities for the Summer 2012 component. visit https://employment.ric.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp for information and to apply. Only online applications through the RIC employment website will be accepted.

Ed Cooley RIC UB '88 Appointed to Head Men's Basketball Coach at Providence College http://www.friars.com/allaccess/

Rhode Island College has the distinction of being one of the first public institutions of higher education to establish an Upward Bound Program. The single such project in Rhode Island since its inception in 1966, Upward Bound is designed to generate in low-income, potential first-generation college students the skills and motivation necessary to complete high school and to enter and

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Upward Bound Graduation 2011

Robert Rawson, UB Class of '97, UB Graduation Speaker	Melitzi Torres, UB Scholarship First Place Winner
Scholarship recipients