1976 July-September - NASA Ames History Office

Summer Upward Bound Program
The Upward Bound Program enjoyed its first year
as one of the student groups participating in Ames"
:,ummer employ menl program.
Upward Bound is a pre-col]ege program for
disadvantaged high school age students Students are
selected for the program by high school leachers and
counselors who fee} they have the necessary intel]igence
and motivation to go on to college. Upward
Botmd is national in scop~+ and is funded by the
Federa~ government. The group nl nine students at
Ames this summer is one ol three Lpward Bound
groups sponsored by The Clarcmont (’o]leges in
SmJthern CaliJornia. |’he two ,~ther sites arc located
,t the Universir~ of California at San Diego for
.ceanography and mathematics study and Yosemite
National Park f~,r studies in science and ecology.
The Upward Bonnd group and their two counwl [hal S]l~" ha> experienced no ~.ex di.criminalu!n
5;he cor~tllLle> "In tacI. I rca~13, iU~T 1eel ]ike
0[7~’ ~n TPI~ gll3,,! I LI~,O comn7cm >en. qualified to
adcqualL’[~, ~ompL’lc ila~mg had a positive and
~,uccc.siul ~ork experience a~ ARC.
col~,,cF’.,atpon the remainder oi the di.,tancc: the
~o3cc ha~ already gone¸ of course. (rein KS( I~ the
satcL]dc and Uten l,a GE Schenectady On some
da~.,,. ~c~ce quality, is not adequate ellen h¢caus,."
el ~ealhel CO~ldilJOlls Or llllerlegenc¢ b} ~ttl~l US~.’I3
/q dHiclenl ~a~clenglhs on the saie]]il~ btaI abc;ut
h air-a-dozen hrle{ colt~ ersatlons have been
toni p[L’l cd
l he hand-i+cld lransmitter has been d,:~,ckq’,:d to~
possible u-,e HI the (tttLire for such LLSeF’. a:- hikers
and ..mq’,ers ]lieS: ~,iil be ab]c to report Their
Location OF allnounce lhat lhe} arc c,,perieHcmg
prolqenl,,, al!d their atlllOUilCelllellts ~ i]] ~e relayed
"~lit s:Hc]Ii~c tO, a ll~Oll[~fl[Hlg ~,t;GiOI1 who can i/Otll~,
the appropriate ~.otnrct? ol help