Upward Bound Students Get a Taste of College

Edgecombe Community College recently hosted Saint Augustine’s University Upward Bound Program on its Rocky Mount campus. Shown is instructor Ethel Johnson leading Nia Dickens and her classmates in a course on presentation skills. The two-week program, held each summer on the Rocky Mount campus, exposes rising 10th, 11th, and 12th graders to college life.