Upward Bound will be hosting a Financial Aid Night and Holiday Potluck for all of our students and their families on December 3, 2008 in the Eisenhower High School Cafeteria from 6-8 p.m.  In today’s difficult economic climate, financial aid has become even more important to students who are pursuing higher education.  In order to provide the best and most current information, Upward Bound is pleased to host Mary Bauer, a financial aid counselor from Washington State University Tri-Cities to give a presentation and answer questions from our students and families.  Upward Bound will also have other financial planning and budgetary resources available to help students and their parents plan for the costs of higher education. 

On Friday October 10, 2008 the Upward Bound - Yakima program visited Whitman College for their Fall Visitor’s Day.  We started the day off by visiting the Whitman Admissions office and eating lunch in the Jewett Dining Center.  The food was excellent and we enjoyed meeting with one of our program’s former students who is now a student at Whitman.  He told us about his successes at Whitman and talked about the challenges and opportunities of being a first generation college student at a private school. 

After lunch, we embarked on a tour of the campus and learned about many of the activities that Whitman has to offer.  We saw their academic buildings and their excellent recreational facilities.  After the tour we stopped by the school bookstore and coffee shop to see what they had to offer.  The trip was a great success and opened the door for future conversations about private higher education.