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November,
2006
Welcome aboard Heather!
We are pleased to announce
that Heather Holland has joined the UBMS staff as a
Workstudy Student. Heather started working near the end
of October, and we are thrilled to put her skills, talents,
and brains to work for us! We asked Heather to write
something for you about what the transition has been like
between high school and college. Heather writes:
What I thought was
going to be a hectic transformation ended up being a
rather easy one. Although I had a few bumps along
the road from high school to college, the overall
experience was worth it.
Some positive aspects
going from high school to college is that the
diversity in college is so broad. I was able to get
out of the “Small town simple-minded likeness” and
learn about other cultures and other people just by
sitting outside on my dormitory porch steps. I met
and conversed with all different types of people and
learned more through them then I ever could in my
high school.
Another positive aspect
of going from high school to college is the sense of
freedom. Go to class or don’t go to class- just
remember you paid for it! The way one can schedule
what he or she wants to do is phenomenal.
O n
the other hand, some negative aspects associated
with the transformation of going from high school to
college is that some students end up having too much
free time. So much free time causes boredom or
laziness, so prepare yourself and motivate yourself
to join clubs and team events. Most campuses have a
lot of organizations just waiting for members to
join.
So my advice is to just
go out there with an open mind and have fun. Be
responsible with yourself and your classes, but have
fun.
 
Hey Gang,
Bubba is going to get a little philosophical on
each of you. The following is a poem by Robert
Frost.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
So what does this have to do with each one of
you? Take a moment to reread this poem. One
can come to several conclusions as to what the
intended message Robert Frost is trying to
convey. My conclusion is that the author is
suggesting that we blaze our own path. That by
taking the road less traveled we may receive a
true blessing knowing that we have accomplished
something that we have earned.
To a large extent our lives are about choices.
Are you making the right choices? Are you going
down the same path that has been worn out by the
mistakes of your peers? Or are you considered a
pioneer? Are you the one setting the pace, or
standard for yourself and your friends.
As Robert Frost suggests at the closing of his
poem....sometimes taking the road less traveled
makes all the difference.
Bubba
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Well Guys….I’m BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK! I know. I
can see the excitement in you guys’ faces
already. But, it’s great to be back here in
the office. I’m really looking forward to
this and had basically been counting down
the days until I was allowed to return. I
can’t wait to head back out on school visits
and getting the chance to see you all
again. Recruiting starts here really soon,
so we need your help. Talk up the program
and encourage good candidates to apply.
Also, we can not tell you guys enough how
important it is that we sell magazines this
fall. Sell as many as you possibly can.
Like Bubba mentioned in his e-mails, your
final trip and summer all depends on how
well we can do on the fundraising. Speaking
of Bubba, I think we all need to thank Tim
for all of his hard work the past couple of
months in the office. He has been faced
with many obstacles in the program during
this time and has done a lot of the work on
his own. He has spent many hours in the
office and at his home working on the grant,
looking at the budget, and trying to get you
guys to have a fun and successful program.
GREAT JOB BUBBA--WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.
And lastly, keep the grades up.
Seniors—start looking out for scholarships.
You’re almost there! This is a very crucial
time for you all and we are here to help if
needed. I hope you have a good
Thanksgiving. Don’t stuff yourselves too
much. I want to give my own thanks to you
guys for supporting me when things weren’t
really going my way. I can’t express how
much I appreciate the letters of support and
encouragement. You guys are an amazing
bunch of students and I am very happy and
thankful to be back. Take care all and see
you very soon.
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Scholarship Opportunities
The Denison University Upward Bound Scholarship
$15,000
We are please to announce the Denison University Upward Bound
Scholarship! This scholarship, valued at $15,000, was
established by Denison for students who are involved in the Upward
Bound Program across the country. Successful candidates must
present strong academic credentials and be outstanding participants
in the Upward Bound Program. The Upward Bound Scholarship is
available to students for the four years they are at Denison as they
maintain a stipulated grade point average.
To be considered for admission to Denison and the Upward Bound
Scholarship, seniors must apply by January 15th using the Common
Application. If you apply online at
www.commonapp.org we will
waive your $40 application fee!
Denison University is located in Granville, Ohio, 27 miles east of
Columbus, the state capital of Ohio. It is a
fully-residential, selective, four year, co-educational liberal arts
college. Nearly 2,200 students attends Denison and they
represent 49 states and 42 countries. The student body also
has a multicultural population of 17%.
Please contact Nancy Gibson, Sr. Associate Director of Admissions at
(740) 587-6791 or at
gibsonn@denison.edu if you have any questions about the Upward
Bound Scholarship or Denison University.
The Dell Scholars
Program is about you, and your determination to
succeed. It recognizes your potential and rewards
your determination to achieve great things through
higher education. It looks beyond academic
performance and test scores. It can open up the
doors to opportunity through funding your college
education.
The Dell Scholars Program is a need-based
scholarship that recognizes academic potential in
lower-income and underserved students. To be
eligible to apply, high school seniors that are in
an eligible college readiness program must meet all
of the
criteria.
Important dates are:
November 1
Application opens
January 15
Application deadline
February 12
Semifinalists announced
March 5
Semifinalist materials deadline
April 10
2007 Dell Scholars announced
Saint Louis
University Grant Opportunity
The Trio Programs at Saint Louis
University, St. Louis, Missouri have collaborated
with the university administration to establish 50
grant aid packages for Trio students. They are
looking for 50 seniors with a G.P.A. of 3.0 or above
and an ACT score of 22 and above that will be
entering college in the fall of 2007. If you
are interested, we will send your name, e-mail, and
mailing address to SLU. Once received, they
will forward your information to the admissions
counselor from Saint Louis University who recruits
in our area so that he/she will be able to identify
you as eligible Trio grant recipients.
On average, Trio grant recipients
received over $15,000 in aid this year, making Saint
Louis University an affordable option for many
students. If you are interested, send Bubba an
e-mail with your complete mailing address and let
him know you want him to submit your name.
Don't miss out on this great opportunity!
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Homework Assignment
Remember, it is essential we
receive your assignment. If you are late, or do not complete
any two monthly assignments, you will not be considered eligible for
college visits or the winter retreat.
Seniors: Share with us one of
your favorite memories of this year’s final trip. Give
a brief description, explaining where we were and why
you enjoyed that particular moment.
Juniors:
Share with us one of your favorite memories of this
year’s Chicago trip. Give us a brief description,
explaining where we were and why you enjoyed that
particular moment.
All:
Choose a scholarship that you would be eligible for
and send us a copy of it. Seniors must choose one
scholarship and apply for it, sending us an actual copy
of the scholarship application you are applying for.
Assignments should now be
sent to Steve's e-mail address:
scunningham@shawnee.edu
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From The Peanut Gallery
Each month, we will spotlight your creative writing
pieces from the October assignment! These will
appear in no particular order. Enjoy!
The
Real Me
by Angie Coody
Before I went to
UBMS in the summer of 2006, I didn't know the real
me. I was afraid to show people the real me because
I thought they would run away or not like me for who
I am. When I joined UBMS everything changed.
Everyone was so nice and so welcoming. They made me
feel like I was a part of something and like I was
their family. Before I didn't talk to people who
were different from me or who weren't a part of my
usual crowd. I was afraid to speak out and show who
I really am. Not anymore though. The people at UBMS
have really opened me up and changed my life. Don't
get me wrong though there is still some shyness and
fear inside of me, but not as much. So I am
grateful that the people of UBMS decided to pick me
to be in this program. I have made so many friends
and just hope that we stay in touch and continue to
be friends for the rest of our lives. My experiences
and places that I have gotten to go to have changed
my life forever and are something that I will never
forget.
The trips were
amazing, I never would have dreamed that I would be
going to the places we did and that it would be so
fun. I really enjoyed them. The college visits kind
of helped me to decide what kind of college I want
to go to and what I want to do with my life. This
summer has changed my life and will always stay with
me. I can't wait to see everyone again and for next
summer to begin. I just know it will be a great
one.
UBMS 2006
by Seth
Harper
Well to start off right I would
consider this to be the best summer I have ever had.
I was somewhat skeptical going into it but it turned
out to be one of the best decisions of my life.
Thanks for giving me the wonderful opportunity to be
a part of this great program.
The only person that I knew going
into the summer was one of my best friends Zac Kiser
but that was okay because I am never afraid to meet
new people. Trust me this attitude would most
certainly pay off later on during the program. We
were both open minded about the program and the
people that we would meet but we just didn’t know
what to expect. It turns out that there was no need
to worry because I did not meet hardly anyone
involved that I did not like. Zac and I both made
many friends this summer, in fact, some of the best
people that I have ever encountered. I think that
the friendship between Zac and I also grew due to
the time that we spent together over the summer,
especially since we roomed together for almost six
weeks.
The first few days were a little
difficult because you had to get to know everyone
and start with all of your classes. From then on
however, it was pretty much all fun. I can say that
I am not a huge fan of school but the classes that I
took were great and I really had a lot of fun. My
favorite had to be newsletter. Steve was great and a
lot of fun. Plus, it was a lot of fun to write about
all of the trips and activities that we had done
over the time that we were there. I really liked
weightlifting too because it helped me stay in shape
for cross country that was coming up in the fall. My
coach actually told me that my performance as a
runner had increased tremendously and I told him
that it was due to the training that I had done over
the summer.
Spotlight, which was done on
Wednesday, would come to be a big part of the summer
and very important especially to me. It was a lot of
fun doing all of those crazy skits during spotlight.
Our dorm was very active in participating, with a
skit pretty much every week of the summer and if I
must say they were very funny and entertaining. I
would even have to sing the first week because I had
left something behind and one of the RA’s had found
it. This of course, would also be the place that I
ask my current girlfriend to go out with me. I wrote
a poem for Samantha and read it in front of the
whole group and to my great pleasure she agreed to
go out with me! I love her more than anything and
she was the best part of the entire summer and also
the best thing that has ever happened to me.
You can’t leave out all of the
places that we went to this summer either. UK,
Berea, Lake Erie, Chicago, Cincinnati, the list just
goes on and on. It was awesome visiting all of these
places, most of which I had never been to. I learned
a lot from these trips and it helped me with
narrowing down my college choices. Chicago was my
favorite though. It was cool to go to the third
largest city in America but it also made me see how
wonderful my home of Greenup KY truly is. Maybe it
was just me but I could not stand all of the hustle
and bustle of a large city like Chicago has.
The summer was great and I will
never forget it till the day that I die. It was a
pleasure to meet all of those friends like Josh,
Andrew, Adam, Tim, and of course the infamous Matt
Hartley. Nothing has ever been that much fun and so
educational at the same time. I just wish that I
could go back and live it again.
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UBMS
University Spotlight
of the Month:
Hocking College
"Where nature meets technology"
www.hocking.edu
Location:
3 301
Hocking Parkway
Nelsonville, Ohio 45764
Phone: 1-877-462-5464
Fax: 1-740-753-4940
Email:admissions@hocking.edu
Main Programs:
Ecotourism, Culinary, Wildlife Management,
Cost Of Attendance:
Tuition & Fees
2006 - 2007 Academic
Year
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Credits |
Tuition |
Fee |
Total |
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1 |
$68.00 |
$30.50 |
$98.50 |
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2 |
$136.00 |
$61.00 |
$197.00 |
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3 |
$204.00
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$91.50 |
$295.50 |
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4 |
$272.00
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$122.00 |
$394.00
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5 |
$340.00 |
$152.50
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$492.50 |
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6 |
$408.00 |
$183.00 |
$591.00
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7 |
$476.00
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$213.50 |
$689.50 |
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8 |
$544.00 |
$244.00 |
$788.00 |
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9 |
$612.00 |
$274.50 |
$886.50 |
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10 |
$680.00 |
$305.00 |
$985.00 |
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11 |
$748.00
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$335.50 |
$1,083.50
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12 |
$816.00 |
$366.00
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$1,182.00 |
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13 |
$884.00 |
$396.50 |
$1,280.50 |
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14 |
$952.00 |
$427.00 |
$1,379.00 |
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15-18* |
$816.00
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$366.00 |
$1,182.00 |
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*15
- 18
IS
THE
STANDARD
FULL-TIME
LOAD |
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Out-of-State/Out-of-Country
Surcharges |
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Out-of-State
Surcharge/Non
Subsidy
Eligible |
$1,182.00
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Per
Credit
Hour
Surcharge
will
be
Assessed
non-Ohio
resident
part-time
students |
$98.50 |
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Out-of-Country
Surcharge |
$1,182.00 |
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*Fee
may
be
adjusted
for
actual
costs |
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The
college
president
and
treasurer
are
hereby
authorized
to
establish
a
"Program
by
Program"
1
fee
rate,
and
when
appropriate
establish
course
fees
for
the
purpose
of
covering
extra-ordinary
expenses.
Incarcerated
fees
will
be
established
through
mutual
agreement
with
the
Dept
of
Rehabilitation
and
Corrections.
The
College
Board
of
Trustees
reserves
the
right
to
alter
the
fee
schedule
when
necessary
without
notice.
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Additional Living Expenses
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There are some additional academic costs to
factor into your budget.
They fall into three (3) categories:
1.
Course Fees - vary,
depending on specific courses of enrollment
Course fees cover the “expendables” used in each
class, like course materials, supplies, etc. To
determine the course fees associated with your
technology (major), find your program listed
under
Areas of Study and link to the Course
of Study. Course fees are listed for each class.
2.
Equipment - needs vary,
depending on specific courses of enrollment
Some technologies require the purchase of
special equipment. Of course, you get to keep
your equipment so that you're ready for your
first day on the job! Equipment lists are
featured on each technology page, so find your
program listed under
Areas of Study and find the Equipment
List section.
3.
Books - approximately $300
per quarter
As the web becomes an even more powerful
resource, the cost of books continues to
diminish. We will make every effort to insure
that any expensive books you might need to
purchase will be a worthwhile addition to your
personal library.
Also, some class texts are placed on reserve in
the
Learning Resource Center. Or, connect
with
Darlene Innis who coordinates our
book Lending Library for eligible students. |
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TO BE ANNOUNCED!
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UBMS Photo Page
Heather Holland
came up with the idea of sharing summer photos with one another
through the internet. She has setup a webpage through
photobucket.com in which UBMS participants can share their photos
and order a CD of photos if they desire. The following are
directions and a link so that you can view and upload your own
photos.
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save your pictures to a folder on your computer
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go to
www.photobucket.com
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put in these two items:
sign in name:
UBMSsummer2005
password:
bubba
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click on browse and find the folder your pictures
are in
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double click on the picture (it will bring you back
to the main page) then click submit
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it’ll take some time
depending on how fast or slow your computer is, but your picture
will load up there.
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keep adding pictures from the summer, the final
trip, anything to do with UBMS
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SAT/ACT Deadlines
2006-2007 SAT Test Dates
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Test Date |
Registration Deadline |
Late Registration |
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November 4, 2006 |
September 29, 2006 |
October 11, 2006 |
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December 2, 2006 |
November 1, 2006 |
November 9, 2006 |
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January 27, 2007 |
December 20, 2006 |
January 4, 2007 |
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March 10, 2007 |
February 2, 2007 |
February 14, 2007 |
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May 5, 2007 |
March 29, 2007 |
April 11, 2007 |
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June 2, 2007 |
April 27, 2007 |
May 9, 2007 |
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2006-2007 ACT Test Dates
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Test Date |
Registration Deadline |
Late fee Required |
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December 9, 2006 |
November 3, 2006 |
November 4-16, 2006 |
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February 10, 2007 |
January 5, 2007 |
January 6-19, 2007 |
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April 14, 2007 |
March 9, 2007 |
March 10-23, 2007 |
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June 9, 2007 |
May 4, 2007 |
May 5-18, 2007 |
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Birthdays
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November Birthdays |
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01 |
Angie Coody |
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09 |
Christine Myers |
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12 |
Amanda Perry |
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26 |
Brittany Flynn |
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30 |
Tess Holloway |
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