15 high school seniors from northcentral Montana awarded $20,000 by "GEAR UP"

Several students from some of northcentral Montana’s more impoverished communities have received a major boost in their pursuit of a college education.

Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, a division of the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education known by the acronym Montana GEAR UP http://www.gearup.montana.edu/ , has awarded 15 seniors from high schools across the state $20,000 Montana GEAR UP Pathways scholarships each to attend a university or community college in Montana.

By KRISTEN CATES
Tribune Staff Writer

Full Story: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070525/NEWS01/705250310

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2007 GEAR UP Northwest Regional Conference

September 16-18, 2007, Spokane WA

Click here for more information http://www.gearup.montana.edu/files/professional_development_related/Reg_RFP.pdf

Click here for submission form

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Montana GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) believes that postsecondary education is possible for all Montana students, regardless of economic background, and strives to empower them to realize that ambition. Montana GEAR UP brings this message to middle and high schools, students, their parents, and the community through early college and career awareness activities, scholarships, financial aid information, and improved academic support to raise the expectations and achievement of all.
http://www.gearup.montana.edu/