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The UB Scholar's Digest NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON UPWARD BOUND The UB Scholar’s Digest PROGRAM UB MISSION Our mission is to NOVEMBER 2011 provide the skills and motivation for low- Director’s Notes... income and first gen- eration youth to be Greetings! Almost every week I hear the school board. successful in high I had the privilege of intro- inspiring news from alumni I am fired up as we head ducing Lindsey Wilson „09 who are pursuing their col- school and to be able into the most challenging at the Massachusetts Edu- lege and career dreams and grant competition ever. We to enter and succeed cational Opportunity who can trace their success hope to secure the next five Award Luncheon on Octo- back to their time at UB. in college. years of funding to con- ber 18th. She was one of We are particularly excited tinue serving our current five recipients of a scholar- to welcome Adriana Lara students while hopefully INSIDE THIS ISSUE: ship. Lindsey is thriving at „07 as our AmeriCorps adding more students. Brandeis University where member this year. Her Keep letting your elected she is a junior studying long history with UB as a Director’s Notes 1 officials know how UB and psychology and women student, summer office TRIO programs change Alumni Making Difference 1 and gender studies. manager and TC make her lives so they will fight to a fantastic addition to our preserve Staff Spotlight 2 Lindsey‟s story and pres- team. and in- Oh the Places You’ll Go 3 ence made a powerful im- crease pression on the profession- We are also extremely ex- Senior Spotlight 3 these als who were there to cele- cited to hear that Alex pro- Senior Spotlight Cont’d 4 brate TRIO students who Morse „07 is the new grams. accomplish so much in mayor of Holyoke and Josh Summer Collage 5 spite of daunting obstacles. Garcia‟04 was elected to Life at NMH 6 Student Spotlight 6 Upward Bound Alumni Making a Difference Food Justice Theme 7 Alumni Class Notes 8 The recent election in Holy- ated in 2008. He is cur- Alex is determined UB Staff and Friends 9 oke placed two UB rently pursuing a to make Holyoke the alumni in important Masters in Public best place it can be. leadership roles in Administration at Morse, 22, takes their community. Westfield. office in January. Josh Garcia ‟04 has Alex Morse ‟07 won He told CBS news been elected into the mayor‟s seat "I think of my age as the Ward 1 School with 53% of the an incredible asset, Board. He won vote. Morse graduated in that I haven't been around 71% of the vote. from Holyoke High in for 20 (or) 30 years. I'm not Garcia graduated 2007 and Brown Uni- beholden to special interests. I from Holyoke High in 2004 versity last spring. With a haven't been around long and went on to study psychol- focus on education, economic enough to owe anybody a ogy at Westfield State Uni- development, public safety, political favor" Good luck to versity, from which he gradu- and creating Holyoke pride, both of you! P A G E 2 New Faces at Upward Bound: Staff Spotlight Jenny Gross What is your favorite part about Hometown - Northampton, MA but I UB? I love being part of the process lived in Jackson Hole Wyoming for that helps local students get into col- 20 years! lege and move upward on their life's Current town - Wendell, MA. path. Position: Office Manager If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you go? I always What did you do before UB? I thought it was Tahiti but recently I worked at a residential school for at- realized it is probably the Scandina- risk youth. My job title was Quality vian countries. I'd love to see Norway Assurance Coordinator and that is the and Sweden. job that helped me realize I like work- Favorite TV show right now? The ing with young people and seeing Office! It makes me laugh out loud them prosper in their lives. which is my favorite thing to do. Jenny Gross Adriana Lara What is your favorite part about UB? The dedi- cated staff and students. Everyone is always work- Hometown: Greenfield, MA ing hard to reach their goals. Current Town: Shelburne Falls, MA If you could travel anywhere in the world where Position: AmeriCorps Member would you go? I‟ve been fortunate enough to go to the Nether- What keeps bringing you back to UB? I have lands, England, Morocco, and Croatia. I think I been a UB scholar, office manager, and a tutor would go to Scotland to try and find the Loch Ness counselor. It seems the natural progression for me Monster. was to be the AmeriCorps member. UB has given Favorite TV show right now? I love TV more me a place to call home. I have always felt wel- than most people. Comedies, dramas, dramedies, I come and supported by UB staff and students. This love it all. How I Met Your Mother is always at the is what keeps me coming back. top of my favorites list. It is hilarious and has a lot Adriana Lara of heart. We are family — All my AmeriCorps members and me!! (From left to right: Adam Roberts, Breyana Roman, Rachel Evenson, and Adriana Lara. MIA members: Dorinda Bell-Upp and Drew Hammill.) THE UB SCHOLAR’S DIG EST P A G E 3 Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Dowling College Providence College Seniors are applying to: Drexel University Rochester Institute of Technology Duke University Roger Williams University Alfred University Elms College Saint Anselm College American International College Emerson College Salem State College American University Emmanuel College Sarah Lawrence College Anna Maria College Fairfield University Skidmore College Assumption College Fitchburg State College Smith College Bard College Fordham Springfield College Bates College Framingham State College Springfield Technical Community College Bay Path College Franklin and Marshall College Stonehill College Bennington College George Washington University Temple University Bentley University Greenfield Community College UMASS Amherst Boston College Hamilton College UMASS Dartmouth Boston University Hampshire College UMASS Lowell Bowdoin College Harvard University Union College Brandeis University Holyoke Community College University of New England Brandeis University Lesley University University of Vermont Bridgewater State College Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Wesleyan University Champlain College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Westfield State University Chapman University Middlebury College Wheaton College Clark University Mount Holyoke College Worcester State College Colby College Muhlenberg College Yale University Colgate University New England College College of the Holy Cross Northeastern University Colorado College Oberlin College Connecticut College Oral Roberts University Denison University Senior Spotlight: Highlighting Outstanding UB Seniors Radame Jusino Holyoke High School What colleges are you apply- What has been the most diffi- Advice for the rising ing to? cult part? seniors next year? Fitchburg State, UMass Dart- Focus on your school Filling out the Common Appli- mouth, Framingham State, work and don‟t slack Westfield State, Springfield cation. off. College, and more. What about college are you most looking forward to? Favorite UB snack What has been the most excit- Meeting new people and mov- over the years? ing part about the college ing on to a new environment No preference. process? with different things. The most exciting part is look- ing up the colleges that I want to apply to and seeing what kind of colleges there are avail- able for me. P A G E 4 Turners Falls High School Alicia Hathaway is, what there is to do, and all that Advice for the rising sen- What colleges are you apply- stuff. iors next year? ing to? What has been the most difficult My advice for rising sen- Westfield State, UMass Dart- part? iors is to not slack off with The most difficult part so far is just mouth, American International your classes junior and filling out all the applications. I College, Anna Maria College, senior years. Stick with started filling out online applica- them even if you don‟t University of New England, tions but they started to aggravate want to do the work to UMass Lowell, Salem State, me so now I‟m doing all paper ones. push through it. You don‟t Springfield Technical Commu- want your GPA to drop nity College, Elms, Fitchburg What about college are you most because you got lazy. State, Worcester State. looking forward to? The part of college that I am most Favorite UB snack over What has been the most ex- looking forward to is living on cam- the years? citing part about the college pus and meeting a ton of new peo- My favorite UB snack has process? ple. I am really nervous for this part to be the fruit stick things The most exciting part about as well but I think that it is going to we use to get. We don‟t the college process is going to be a really great experience for me. really get them anymore visit all of the schools to see but we definitely should! how big they are, what the dorms look like, how the food Springfield High School of Science and Technology Noemi Collazo What has been the most dif- Favorite UB snack over What colleges are you apply- ficult part? the years? ing to? Writing all the supplement Pirate‟s Booty. Smith College, UMass Am- work. herst, Skidmore College, Franklin & Marshall College, What about college are you Union College, Connecticut most looking forward to? College, Fitchburg State, The college life; the social Hampshire College, Clark Uni- events, the classes I‟m going to versity, and Denison Univer- take, and the great people I sity.
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