Upward Bound Programs

The Upward Bound Programs are designed to prepare one hundred eligible students from ten area high schools for college entry and success. The successes are listed below. The program's rigorous academic and counseling components are designed to provide students with four years of continuous preparation for college beginning in the fall of their ninth grade academic year.

The UB Academic Component is comprised of both an academic year curriculum and a six-week summer component held on the Northwestern Oklahoma State University campus. The academic year curriculum consists of monthly meetings, monthly assignments and on-going academic advising. The six-week summer component consists of four consecutive summers (beginning after the eighth grade) where completion of a rigorous academic curriculum will be required of each student. The overall Academic Component is designed to develop college-requisite competency in mathematics, reading, writing, sciences, foreign language, and academic/study skills.

The Counseling Component connects to all other activities and services provided by the program. The counseling component consists of four interrelated sets of activities; career awareness and planning, college adjustment and financial aid training, personal advising and mentoring, and academic advising and motivation. The component is aimed at equipping students for college by teaching effective strategies for coping with stress in higher education. This direction on survival and success is continuous throughout both the academic year component and the summer component.

UB and UBMS Mission Statement  

The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Upward Bound Programs strive to create a harmonious, multicultural, educational community of students with great potential who demonstrate a strong desire to acquire higher education.  NWOSU Upward Bound programs provide our students and staff with a sense of belonging, pride, and personal responsibility; a deep commitment to give back to the larger community. Our educational community provides curriculum opportunities for academic accomplishiment, for self-governance, for individual and group empowerment as well as for personal and cultural growth. 

Participating High Schools:

Aline-Cleo High School
Alva High School
Burlington High School
Cherokee High School
Cimarron High School
Fairview High School
Freedom High School
Ringwood High School
Timberlake High School
Waynoka High School

For more information, contact the Upward Bound Office at:

Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Upward Bound
709 Oklahoma Blvd.
Alva, OK 73717
(580) 327-8114



** Classic Upward Bound is funded $250,000 annually 100% through the Department of Education.
** Upward Bound Math & Science is funded $250,000 annually 100% through the Department of Education.

                             UB & UBMS Saturday Session

                                        Pick Up and Drop Off

Saturday Pick UP                                            Saturday Drop Off

Pick-up schedule by school:                                 Drop-off schedule by school:

Fairview Bus                                                                    Fairview Bus

 Fairview - 7:15 a.m.                                                          Fairview - 1:15 p.m.

Aline - 7:45 a.m.                                                                Aline - 12:45 p.m.

Carmen - 7:55 a.m.                                                           Carmen - 12:35 p.m.

Cimarron Bus                                                                 Cimarron Bus

Cimarron - 7:00 a.m.                                                        Cimarron - 1:30 p.m.

Ringwood - 7:15 a.m.                                                       Ringwood - 1:15 p.m.

Timberlake - 7:30 a.m.                                                     Timberlake - 1:00 p.m.

Cherokee - 8:15 a.m.                                                       Cherokee - 12:30 p.m.

Burlington - 8:30 a.m.                                                       Burlington - 12:15 p.m.

Waynoka Van                                                               Waynoka Van

Pick Up                                                                           Drop Off

Waynoka - 8:15 a.m.                                                       Waynoka - 12:30 p.m.

Freedom Van                                                                 Freedom Van

Pick UP                                                                           Drop Off

Freedom - 8:15 a.m.                                                        Freedom -12:30 p.m.

** Your respective bus will arrive around the posted time, it may be early!!! Alva kids meet at 9:00 a.m. Everyone meets on the 1st floor of the Jesse Dunn Building at the Upward Bound office Room 113.

 Upward Bound Staff - Contact Information:

Jaunita Noble - (580) 748-1808 cell              Michelle Jaramillo - (720) 629-5448 cell

Pete Nesserella - (781) 820-1528 cell           Joe Phillips - (580) 748-1510 cell

Sue Burks - (580) 430-7854 cell