Upward Bound Graduation Set at California Lutheran University

(THOUSAND OAKS, CA – May 11, 2005) Upward Bound’s 2005 Senior Graduation Ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 15, at 5:30 p.m. in California Lutheran University’s Samuelson Chapel. This special graduation ceremony will recognize the achievements of the 32 Upward Bound students and their families.

Upward Bound is a college preparation program for first–generation high school students from low–income families in Ventura County. The program provides various academic services such as tutoring, academic advisement, weekend classes, college tours, parent workshops, and a five–week summer residential component at CLU. Students participate in the program for three or four years while in high school in order to prepare for their post–secondary education.

This year, graduates of the Upward Bound program have been accepted to universities such as Harvard, UC Berkeley, USC and many other prestigious schools. Upward Bound is a highly successful program with 100 percent of program participants graduating from high school and enrolling in a program of post–secondary education. At least 85 percent of Upward Bound alumni graduate from a program of post–secondary education.

For more information about the graduates or the ceremonies, please contact Diva Ward, Director of the Upward Bound Program at CLU, at 805–493–3352.