NEW TRIO PROGRAM COMES TO UM

The University of Montevallo TRIO Upward Bound Programs are pleased to announce that we have been awarded a Math and Science grant from the U.S. Department of Education in the amound of $263.936.00 per year for the next five years.  This grant will allow us to serve an additional sixty (60) students from Bibb, Chilton, and Shelby counties.

The TRIO Upward Bound Math and Science program is designed to strengthen the math and science skills of participating students.  The goal of the program is to help students recognize and develop their potential to excel in math and science, and to encourage them to pursue postsecondary degrees in related fields of study, and ultimately move on to careers in math and science professions.

This program will offer a six week summer residential program with intensive math and science training and skill development; year-round counseling and advisement; exposure to faculty members who conduct research in mathematics and the science; computer training; and student-involved scientific research under the guidance of faculty members and graduate students, who are serving as mentors.

This fall we will offer a one-time open enrollment for students in grades 9-12.  Students must have at least a 2.5 grade point average, be a first generation college student (neither parent graduated from a 4-year college), and/or from low-income household (a family of four annual income of less than $36,900). Students must also be interested in pursuing a postsecondary degree in math or science.