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These grants are designed to help qualified Alpena Community College students increase their chances of college success. Special services offered to these selected students include assistance with enrollment and registration; personal, academic, career and financial aid counseling; assessment and remediation of students' reading, writing and study skills; tutoring; workshops; peer mentoring; students with disabilities accommodations; college and community agency referrals; and free admission to community activities.
Services for transfer students include fee waivers, field trips, workshops, and contacts with four-year institutions. Offices of the grant coordinators for the Vocational Support Services and Student Support Services grants are located in The Student Services Center.
Educational Talent Search Grant
MISSION STATEMENT
Educational Talent Search is a federally funded, Title IV national program which seeks to significantly increase the number of students graduating from Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, Oscoda, or Presque Isle secondary schools in pursuit of post-secondary academic or vocational training programs.
Educational Talent Search serves area youth and adults between the ages of eleven and twenty-seven, whose potential for success at the post-secondary level, and beyond, is constrained by educational and socio-economic disadvantages. Many services are available to assist participants in realizing and pursuing well constructed career goals.
For 6th through 12th Grade Students and Adult Education.
For More Information, please contact:
Robert Newton, Educational Talent Search Director
Alpena Community College
665 Johnson Street, Besser Tech. Center
Alpena, MI 49707 phone 989.358.7348
Student Support Services Grant
This federally-funded program offers special support services to increase the chances for success in college of first generation college, low income, and/or students with disabilities. Program of study is not a consideration. Student Support Services include counseling, professional instruction and transfer assistance.
For More Information, please contact:
Dana LaBar
Student Support Services Coordinator
labard@alpenacc.edu
or phone 989.358.7255
Upward Bound Grant
What is Upward Bound?
UPWARD BOUND is a pre-college program for first generation college bound students. It is designed to prepare young people for education beyond high school by providing strong academic, cultural and social programs to develop the skills, attitudes and motivation necessary for post-secondary education.
Who can qualify?
You may qualify for UPWARD BOUND assistance if you:
- Are in the 8th, 9th, or 10th grade
- If neither of your parents graduated from a four-year college
- If your family income meets federal low-income criteria
- You have a desire and the potential to go to college
How to Apply
Applications are available in the UPWARD BOUND office at Alpena or Posen High School or through any high school counselor.
For More Information, please contact:
Joe Klemens, Upward Bound Director
Alpena Community College
665 Johnson Street
Alpena, MI 49707
989.358.7260
Alpena High School
3303 South Third Street
Alpena, MI 49707
989.358.7203
Posen Consolidated School
490 Michigan Avenue
Posen, MI 49776
989.766.2471