As part of our celebration of Black History Month, take a look back when Roderick Figgs, assistant director of GEAR UP, was named the 2019 Professional of the Year by the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships.
Roderick Figgs, assistant director of GEAR UP at Cal State San Bernardino, has been named the 2019 Professional of the Year by the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP).
CSUSB’s Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math have been awarded $4,023,440 in federal funding for their programs to help students in San Bernardino and Rialto graduate from high school, and enroll and graduate from college.
The expertise of Alemayehu Mariam (political science) and Kelly Campbell (psychology) and the community work of Margaret Hill (professor emerita, education) are highlighted by the news media.
GEAR UP is part of an effort to make students, and their parents, aware of the opportunities available to them to attend college, and what the students need to do so that they can determine their own future.
The week commemorates the continuing success of GEAR UP, a college access program providing students and families the support and resources they need for college success.
During the three-day conference, educators will explore what impacts students, how outside factors impact students and what they can do to impact students’ lives.