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Contents

  • 1 GUA Ambassador Stories
  • 2 Studying Tips
  • 3 A Head Start to Your Future: Dual Enrollment is Key
  • 4 Getting Involved On Your Campus
  • 5 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before College
  • 6 A Conversation with Young Men on a Mission Founder Nicholas Rankins
  • 7 The Elevation and Depression Surrounding the Military: An Interview with Butch and Larry Johnson
  • 8 GUA in the News
    • 8.1 CBS 42: Gear Up Alabama program inspires mom, kids to go to college
    • 8.2 CBS 42: UAB GEAR UP Alabama volunteers take trip to mentor students
    • 8.3 UAB: GEAR UP Alabama brings college and career readiness to Black Belt communities
    • 8.4 UAB: 50 ways UAB has changed Birmingham, Alabama, and the worldes
    • 8.5 WBRC: Hundreds of high school students experience college life at UAB
  • 9 Upcoming Events

GUA Ambassador Stories

Through GUA Ambassador Stories, GEAR UP Alabama students share their perspectives on GUA events, overcoming challenges in school, and other topics. 

Studying Tips

By Raevyn Pritchett, Clark Atlanta University Studying plays a huge role in the outcome of an assignment. The way in which a student decides to...
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A Head Start to Your Future: Dual Enrollment is Key

By Myeah Taylor, GUA 2020 Alumni, Mississippi University for Women You are probably sitting around wondering how you can get ahead in life. It may...
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Getting Involved On Your Campus

By Clorinda Weeks, GUA 2020 Alumni, University of Alabama at Birmingham College is the best way to explore and gain knowledge about the world and...
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10 Things I Wish I Knew Before College

By Jacquez Deloach, GUA 2020 Alumni, University of West Alabama College is the very visible elephant in every high school classroom across the...
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A Conversation with Young Men on a Mission Founder Nicholas Rankins

By Raevyn Pritchett, Clark Atlanta University I interviewed Alabamian Nicholas Rankins, a man well known for his service in our community. His peers...
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The Elevation and Depression Surrounding the Military: An Interview with Butch and Larry Johnson

By Ja'Kiya Price-Singleton, Tennessee State University As a citizen of the United States, I cannot count how many times I have heard the saying,...
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GUA in the News

CBS 42: Gear Up Alabama program inspires mom, kids to go to college

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) –Thanks to Gear Up Alabama, over 9,000 students throughout the Black Belt are getting the guidance they need to prepare for college. CBS 42’s Malique Rankin introduces us to the Taylor family, who have taken full advantage of the program.

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CBS 42: UAB GEAR UP Alabama volunteers take trip to mentor students

Birmingham, Ala. (WIAT) — UAB’s GEAR UP Alabama program is continuing its mission of preparing students for higher education and training beyond high school. 

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UAB: GEAR UP Alabama brings college and career readiness to Black Belt communities

Students residing in Alabama’s Black Belt will have the opportunity to receive mentoring and education from University of Alabama at Birmingham students, faculty and staff through the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs “Black Belt Friday Bus Tours.”

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UAB: 50 ways UAB has changed Birmingham, Alabama, and the worldes

UAB’s birth was like a ray of sunlight punching through the smog. In 1969 the newly independent university, uniting a pioneering academic medical center and a growing extension center, brought the promise of a brighter future to a city eager for change.

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WBRC: Hundreds of high school students experience college life at UAB

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) – The University of Alabama at Birmingham welcomed more than 300 students to participate in Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness of Undergraduate Programs, also known as GEAR UP, mini-camps.

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