TRIO Upward Bound at the University of Montana

This extraordinary partnership continues to have a tremendous impact on our rural students! Watching them try on their new glasses and suddenly experience the world with greater clarity is always moving.

We are incredibly grateful to the wonderful staff at Mountain Health Gives and Envision Eyecare for making this achievement possible. Their generosity and commitment are helping our students see a brighter future—one pair of glasses at a time 👓

We need the support of folks like you to continue this important work. Upward Bound kids are first-generation and college bound and often have no access to the vision care they need. Please give today to help us help these amazing kids! https://www.mountainhealthgives.org/donate

Congratulations to Brooklyn, Logan, Daniel, Sophia, Rylynn, Paulina, Jaylea, and every member of Browning High School's Class of 2026! 🥳

Dannette, Jonathan, and Andrew are so proud to celebrate these graduates as they close one chapter and begin another. It has been a privilege to support these students and watch them grow from one year to the next. We know they will continue achieving great things at Blackfeet Community College, Flathead Valley Community College, the University of Montana, Northwestern University, and beyond! 🎓

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Our department is proud to be home to the University of Montana's 2026 Student Employee of the Year: Andrew Curran! A big thank you to UM Experiential Learning and Career Success for making this well-deserved recognition possible and celebrating Andrew's exceptional contributions to UM TRIO Upward Bound.

Andrew's character is best represented by his remarkable ability to form strong relationships with the first-generation high school students we serve in the Blackfeet Nation and Missoula. Throughout this academic year, he has taken the lead in coordinating weekly afterschool programming at Big Sky, Hellgate, and Sentinel High Schools, as well as a Saturday Academy at UM to help our high schoolers see themselves on campus. While being a full-time student himself, he is eager to show up for our students at every possible opportunity, including orchestra concerts, wrestling meets, choir performances, and graduation ceremonies. Taking to heart our program's focus on occupational exploration, Andrew's employment has inspired him to incorporate youth development and mentorship into his future career.

Andrew has a deep passion for our program because he experienced firsthand that . As an alumnus himself of UM TRIO Upward Bound, he has now participated in a total of 8 Summer Academies as a high school student, a Bridge Scholar, and a Residential Advisor (including AmeriCorps service with the Montana Campus Network for Civic Engagement). We are thrilled he will return once more this summer for Round 9 before graduating from UM. By being part of 9 of our program's 60 years at UM, his legacy of empowering several hundred first-generation high schoolers to believe in a brighter future through education will not be forgotten.

Join our team and make a difference in the lives of high school students from Browning Public Schools and Missoula County Public Schools! Apply today!

Academic Coordinator, TRIO-Upward Bound TRIO-Upward Bound invites applications for an Academic Coordinator. This position participates in mentoring and tutoring and offering educational programming at 3 high schools in Missoula: Hellgate, Sentinel, and Big Sky High School. The Academic Coordinator implements afterschool programming, colle...

We are so proud of our students Brooklyn, Paulina, and Rylynn at Browning High School! They have bright futures ahead and we can't wait to see all they accomplish 🥳👏