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Contents

  • 1 GUA Ambassador Stories
  • 2 What I Wish I Knew in 7th Grade
  • 3 A Letter to My Younger Self
  • 4 Reflecting Back: What I’d Tell My 7th Grade Self
  • 5 Morning Assembly
  • 6 Reasons to be Thankful
  • 7 What Am I Thankful For?
  • 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. 

What I Wish I Knew in 7th Grade

By Kiara Posey Georgiana High School Time is a fickle thing. It doesn’t stop or slow down for anyone. In this life, there is no going back into the...
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A Letter to My Younger Self

By Tatyana Martin Selma High School  There's several things I would tell my 7th grade self about growing up and going through school. I could...
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Reflecting Back: What I’d Tell My 7th Grade Self

By JaMiyah CameronAliceville High School Whether we know it or not, high school is an important time of our lives. It serves as a middle stage for...
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Morning Assembly

By Tekajah LewisBooker T. Washington High School At Booker T. Washington High School, we have something called morning assembly where we come...
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Reasons to be Thankful

Tatyana Martin Selma High School There are a number of things in my life that I am thankful for. My life itself, my family, my friends and all the...
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What Am I Thankful For?

By JaMiyah CameronAliceville High School My education is something that I take very serious. As a young girl with many big goals and dreams, I take...
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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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