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Boone News @ March 9, 2010 # No Comment Yet
BOONE – The Watauga PARC (Preventing Alcohol Related Crashes) is seeking proposals from community groups for creative projects that will help reduce drunk driving and/or impact underage drinking. Mini-grants will be awarded for the projects in the amounts of $500 to $1,500.
Projects should be completed by June 30 and be designed to make a lasting [...]
Boone News @ March 4, 2010 # No Comment Yet
BOONE — Appalachian has received funding to implement an Upward Bound Math and Science Program in conjunction with its classic Upward Bound Program.
A total of 130 high school students in the 9th-11th grades in Watauga, Ashe, Avery, Alleghany, Burke, and Wilkes counties are being recruited to participate in one of the two programs. Eligible students [...]
Boone News @ March 1, 2010 # No Comment Yet
BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Upward Bound program has received a $1 million grant from U.S. Department of Education to increase and augment math and science preparation for first generation, low-income students from Wilkes, Watauga, Avery, Ashe, Burke and Alleghany counties.
The four-year grant will serve as many as 50 students in the 9th-11th grades annually through the [...]