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Show Upward Bound students conduct activities at SU H 11. zj A Barbara Starr, Leland Page, D.J. Wallace and Diane Glaser. Upward Bound is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. It is administered ad-ministered at SUSC through the Division of Continuing Education under the supervision of Pauline H. Nelson, assistant vice president for academic support. Because of the recent federal , budget cuts imposed by President Reagan, there has been some concern as to the future of Upward Bound. In answer to a letter from White, Representative Carl D. Perkins, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee Com-mittee on Education and r Labor, wrote: "I agree with you that one of the wisest investments the Federal government can make is to further the education of its citizens, and vou mav be sure that I will continue to do everything I can, as I have in the past, to see to it that funding levels are kept at least at present levels for these programs." By assisting disadvantaged disad-vantaged youth in raising their education and career aspirations, Ms. , White said, Upward Bound has proven to be a remarkably cost-efficient program across the nation. CEDAR CITY - An Upward Bound "family" of students from eight Utah and Arizona high schools has gathered for summer activities on the Southern Utah State College campus. The 59 students come from Beaver, Milford, South Sevier, Cedar City and Panguitch high schools in Utah and from Page, Tuba City and Monument Valley high schools in Arizona. The main goal of Upward Up-ward Bound, as explained by Director Carolyne J. White, is to generate the skills and motivation necessary for success in education beyond high school for selected youth between the ages of 14 and 17. Objectives of the program, she said, are to improve the students' skills through intensive classroom work; to further their personal, social, cultural and intellectual in-tellectual development; to broaden their un-derstanding un-derstanding and knowledge through the examination of issues relevant to their lives; and to motivate them to prepare for upward mobility through an assessment of their strengths and limitations. Exercising is an important im-portant part of the SUSC schedule. Upward Bounders can be seen out between 5 and 6:30 a.m. exercising and jogging. The rest of the day is blocked into a well-planned, well-planned, active schedule as follows: breakfast, 7-8 a.m.; classes (English, math, science and reading), 8 a.m. - noon; lunch, noon - 1 p.m., job sites, 1-5 p.m.; dinner, 5-6 p.m.; free time, 6-7 p.m.; special activity, 7-9 p.m. ; homework, 9-10 p.m.; with dorm hours at 10 p.m. Upward Bound students spend their afternoons at work sites offering them on-the-job training in positions selected to coincide with their career aspirations. Nancy Robinson, Upward Bound Field Coordinator, and Barbara Starr, Job bite Supervisor, have been busy coordinating some 25 apprenticeships which range from that of a radio technician to assisting with the Utah Shakespearean Festival. An important aspect of the Upward Bound Program, White said, "is to assist participants to become familiar with higher education." Staff members selected to participate in the 1982 summer session include Carolyne J. White, Nancy Robinson, Sandy DiCianno, Wendy Stolk, Patti Jensen, Jim Saltas, Robert Curleyhair, Kathy Odom, Gary Blagg, Bob Ogie, Rosie Fletcher, t;:. - (. v -x . , mtmnmi iumi .ii.mir-' Man Asia te, -af mw A mm The Upward Bound "family" gathered at John Bishop; D.J. Wallace, tutor-counselor; Southern Utah State College this summer in- Darl Taylor and Freddie Robbins. eludes several high school students. Pictured are |