Harvey Mudd College Upward Bound

Harvey Mudd College Upward Bound Upward Bound is a federally funded program for low income, first generation college bound high school students in the El Monte, La Puente, and Pomona area.

The Upward Bound program dates back to 1968 when it began at the Claremont University Center. In 1972, the grant was moved to Harvey Mudd College by then president Joseph Platt and then newly appointed Dean of Faculty, Sam Tannenbaum. From the start, Octavio Boubion, the grant’s project director, distinguished himself and the grant with a reputation for innovation and creativity. At the time, such

satellite programs and internship models were unprecedented nationally. By 1972, what we now know as the La Jolla Science Project had begun exposing students and staff to the wonders of nature and science by combining classroom and internship experiences in a residential program built around the notion of mentoring. In the mid-1970s, the Capitol Internship Project extended the model to the state capitol. And in the early ’90s, the Georgetown Project started traveling across America with 10 students, a tutor and then director, Jim Sullivan. Academic Frontiers, which targeted students who had just completed the ninth grade, had also begun at Harvey Mudd College. Along the way, other creative projects have come and gone: a program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena (later passed along to East Los Angeles College); a wilderness program run from a high Sierra bunk house; a grant targeting students in the Central Valley and low desert with an interest in math and science careers started in the early 90’s with programs at Loyola Marymount University, UCLA and HMC; and a joint program with the U.S. Navy serving students from across the United States. But the defining spirit of the Upward Bound Program—a commitment to expand opportunity and academic innovation—has always remained a constant. Now, after more than 35 years of hope and creativity, the program turns to the talented staff, alumni and students to sustain it with energy, passion, integrity, wit, and, above all, an abiding commitment to justice and opportunity.

Homework Hotline is Back!!!
08/30/2023

Homework Hotline is Back!!!

Homework Hotline is back! We are open Monday - Thursday 6pm - 9pm. You can call us or join us via chat on our website askhmc.org

We are getting ready to send another UB senior class to college! If you would like to donate funds that would go towards...
04/22/2021

We are getting ready to send another UB senior class to college! If you would like to donate funds that would go towards senior graduation and scholarships you can visit the link below and make sure you designate your donation to “Upward Bound”. No donation is too small!

If you’d like to support Upward Bound with a monetary donation, please visit the College’s giving form. Please Note When Completing Form When filling out the form, please be sure to use the Other Initiatives section and designate Upward Bound in the Identify Area of Support. Any other support ca...

Today we celebrate our UB Scholar, Vanessa Amezcua who was one of thirty high school seniors named 2021 Edison Scholars....
04/09/2021

Today we celebrate our UB Scholar, Vanessa Amezcua who was one of thirty high school seniors named 2021 Edison Scholars. Each recipient will be awarded a $40,000 scholarship to pursue their dreams in STEM! Congratulations!

Meet our 2021 Edison Scholars

Today is Laura Garcia's last day as a full-time staff member as she focuses on her second year of grad school (always a ...
09/18/2020

Today is Laura Garcia's last day as a full-time staff member as she focuses on her second year of grad school (always a scholar)! Help us wish her well.

It's always great when a fellow Upward Bounder returns to take on a staff role and aid the next generation because it truly takes a "community," and who better to understand that than an alum. Thank you for being part of the UB community.

Here's to the past, the present and the future!

UB Scholars shine even through ZOOM. Earlier this week the 14 students participating in a daily, virtual internship with...
07/30/2020

UB Scholars shine even through ZOOM. Earlier this week the 14 students participating in a daily, virtual internship with the Library of Congress, rocked their final presentation! UB scholars are amazing

Congratulations Vanessa Marquez on earning your BA from UC Irvine! What an awesome accomplishment!
07/12/2020

Congratulations Vanessa Marquez on earning your BA from UC Irvine! What an awesome accomplishment!

Summer Coordinators in action!
06/16/2020

Summer Coordinators in action!

Congratulations to Lupita Huerta and the Huerta Family!!! We are so very proud of both of you!
06/15/2020

Congratulations to Lupita Huerta and the Huerta Family!!! We are so very proud of both of you!

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Congratulations Shiyanne Gaytan from earning your Bachelor’s from UCLA!!
06/13/2020

Congratulations Shiyanne Gaytan from earning your Bachelor’s from UCLA!!

Congratulations for Myrka Vargas! Myrka earned her AA in anthropology from Rio Hondo Community College and is heading to...
05/30/2020

Congratulations for Myrka Vargas! Myrka earned her AA in anthropology from Rio Hondo Community College and is heading to CSU Long Beach in the fall!! Awesome!

Congratulations are in order for Miranda Peñaloza for earning an MA in Special Education from Arizona State University!
05/30/2020

Congratulations are in order for Miranda Peñaloza for earning an MA in Special Education from Arizona State University!

Let's keep celebrating our Class of 2020 grads! Congratulations Jocelyn De La Torre on earning Bachelor's in Animal Scie...
05/30/2020

Let's keep celebrating our Class of 2020 grads! Congratulations Jocelyn De La Torre on earning Bachelor's in Animal Science from Cal Poly Pomona!

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