UAB MiniCamp 2019: Student Perspectives
In May, we welcomed over 400 GEAR UP Alabama students to UAB’s campus for our second year of UAB MiniCamps. MiniCamps are designed to simulate a “day in the life” of a UAB student. Rather than have us tell you about their time here, we decided to use...
Junior Year: Learning New Things and Seeing the Bigger Picture
My junior year of high school was an amazing time for me to grow as a person and also learn new things about the world around me. To kick off this year I dived into my second year as a majorette for the Sidney Lanier Marching Poets band. From the time we marched in to...
A Volunteer’s Perspective on Black Belt Fridays
My name is Grace Whitmire and I am a senior at UAB pursuing my Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood/Elementary Education. I changed my major to Education a little over a year ago and it has been one of the best decisions of my life. I first heard about GEAR UP Alabama...
It Was Both a Fast and Slow Year
This year has really had its difficulties for me. I thought so many times, “Naudia you should just give up already it is too hard.” I’ve been through so much this year it is so crazy, but with God by my side I knew I just couldn’t give up because there are way too...
