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Upward Bound
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Henry
Wojnicki |
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Director |
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Henry serves in the capacity of Program
Director for Upward Bound. During the past
15 years he has provided leadership and
direction to students and staff. He is
involved with planning program events,
recruiting new participants, developing
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Education |
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B.S. –
Psychology/Biology, Northern
Michigan University |
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M.A. –
Guidance and Counseling, Northern
Michigan University |
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LPC –
Licensed Professional Counselor,
State of Wisconsin, #123-125 |
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Hobbies
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Fruit
tree gardening, hiking, and
traveling |
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summer and academic year
programming, meeting with parents,
budget management, fund raising and
promoting Upward Bound to central
and northern Wisconsin communities. |
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In
the role of counselor and student
advisor he works to assist
participants in Upward Bound achieve
their potential in preparing for
college and completing their
degrees.
Upward
Bound works! |
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Judy Young |
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Coordinator/Academic
Advisor |
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Judy is responsible for providing academic,
career and personal counseling, college
planning information and career advising to
the Upward Bound students. During the
academic year, Judy travels to target
schools to provide academic support services
to program
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Education |
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B.A. – Sociology, UW-Stevens Point |
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M.S. – Social Work, UW-Madison |
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Hobbies
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Walking, weight training, reading |
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participants on a
monthly basis. She
also plans and coordinates facilities and
activities for the Fall and Spring
Workshops, College Campus Visits as well as
Parent/Participant Workshops. In
preparation for the annual Summer Session,
Judy arranges the use of campus classrooms,
housing and facilities and develops student
and teacher class schedules.
Judy also plans the summer
session activities and coordinates with
program staff to make sure all field trips
are organized and conducted efficiently.
A smaller yet important of Judy’s job is to
track the postsecondary placement and
success of program graduates and collect
data used in performance report and grant
renewal writing. |
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Alexandra Curless |
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Program Assistant |
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Alexandra brings many years of
experience to her position as Assistant to
the Director and Upward Bound Program.
Her responsibilities include providing
administrative support to the Director and
Coordinator/Academic Advisor and during the
summer session |
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Hobbies
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Walking, resistance weight training, flower
gardening designing stainless glass artwork, antique
collecting, reading and decorating. |
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twenty summer session
staff. Throughout each program year
she submits federal reports, maintains
databases, budgets and website, assists in
coordinating travel arrangements for staff
and enrolled student body.
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Education |
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Currently enrolled at
UW-Stevens Point |
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Hobbies
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Walking, training, reading |
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Paraprofessionals |
Current
College Seniors
at UW-SP |
Paraprofessionals are a new addition to
staff in the Upward Bound Program.
These individuals travel to provide services
to students once a week at their school. |
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Parapros as they are called provide career, academic
and limited personal counseling under the direction
of the Director and Coordinator/ Academic Advisor. |
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