{"id":20711,"date":"2017-08-04T09:38:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T13:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=20711"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:36:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:36:34","slug":"impact-upward-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=20711","title":{"rendered":"Impact through Upward Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"APPLES Service-Learning | Griffin Smith\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jwt8tQYQhfg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Griffin Smith is a rising senior majoring in mathematics and history and is considering a career in education.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, he has spent a lot of time teaching and\u00a0mentoring with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cccc.edu\/trio\/mathandscience\/\">Upward Bound Program<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cccc.edu\/\">Central Carolina Community College<\/a>. Upward Bound prepares recent graduates for college.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kids I work with are first-generation college students, so any way that I can give back and shrink the income gap is something that I think is important,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt\u2019s really been amazing to see what a little bit of effort and my time can do in terms of impacting kids\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The internship was part of the APPLES Service-Learning program based out of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ccps.unc.edu\/\">Carolina Center for Public Service<\/a>. The student-led program pairs Carolina students with community or governmental organizations for a variety of internships in either the spring semester or during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>To learn about becoming or hosting an intern,\u00a0visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ccps.unc.edu\/apples\/\">APPLES\u00a0Service-Learning\u00a0online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we\u2019ve profiled three Carolina students participating in the program. Watch videos about Carolina student and APPLES Service-learning interns\u00a0Jennifer Barber\u00a0and\u00a0Zareen Farooqui.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Rob Holliday, University Communications<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Griffin Smith has spent a lot of time teaching and mentoring with the Upward Bound Program at Central Carolina Community College, which prepares recent graduates for 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