As of October 1st, it is the season to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), used to apply for financial aid (grants, work-study, and loans) to pay for college or career school. Completing the FAFSA can be a minor headache for some of our scholars and their parents but we want to […]
College/Career Success Team: Ambassadors
We are thrilled to introduce the Project GRAD Success Ambassadors who are located at colleges with a high number of GRAD scholars. Success Ambassadors will provide our scholars with a realistic glimpse into the college experience which includes an overview of campus facilities, programs, and culture. Ambassadors will provide valuable insights to prospective students and […]
Let the under-G.R.A.D Sendoff Begin!
Every year before the new cohort of recent high school graduates ventures off on their higher education journey, the College/Career Success Team puts together a seminar of support designed especially for them! The 2018 under-G.R.A.D Sendoff seminar took place on July 21, 2018 at the main Project GRAD Knoxville office. Once again, this event proved […]
Success Story
Project GRAD believes that Scholars are capable of being or becoming something great. Part of the GRAD vision statement, “where there are no limits on potential,” is motivation to many of our scholars, including Taylor Teasley. Taylor graduated from Austin-East Magnet High School in 2017, where she was involved on the basketball team, track, #YEP! […]
Success in the Ring and in Life
We are always excited to celebrate the accomplishments of our current and past GRAD scholars! On Sunday, February 4, 2018, Project GRAD Knoxville Scholar and now a Professional wrestler Bianca Blair, known as Bianca Belair (stage name) took her place in the ring at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum. Bianca graduated from Austin-East Magnet High school […]
It’s a Wrap!
The College Success Team has officially wrapped up their college visits for the fall semester. During this leg of the tour we visited scholars in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Middle TN areas. On October 17th, over 50 scholars from classes of 2005-2017 and their family members came out and enjoy a great meal and fellowship […]
The College/Career Success Team is en Route on College Visits
Ms. Annette and Jasmine recently got back from visiting our scholars in the East TN area. ‘ First stop… Carson Newman and Tusculum where we did a “Pop-Up” on the scholars’ campuses. We chatted a little and supplied them with some necessities from the Scholars Bucket! Final stop… East TN State University, where the Success […]
College Success Summertime Adventures
The Project GRAD College Success Team hosts two annual summer events for our scholars, the Freshmen Seminar and the Back to School Bash. These events are designed to support scholars through the sharing of information and fun! The GRAD College/ Career Success team works to prepare our scholars for […]
