Ceremony Planned for Upward Bound Students
The Upward Bound program at Cal Lutheran University is set to hold a graduation ceremony on Friday at 7 p.m. in Samuelson Chapel.
Students who have completed the program have been accepted at colleges such as UCLA, Stanford, Harvard and Cornell.
The federally funded program is designed for first-generation, college-bound high school students from low-income families.
Cal Lutheran’s program serves 55 students from across Ventura County and offers participants academic, career and cultural development activities.
The program includes a five-week stay at the university, where students take classes.
“The whole idea is to get them prepared for college,” said Linda Paige Fulford, Cal Lutheran spokeswoman.
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