MAY 2017 SPRING NEWSLETTER VOLUME 16

A word from our Project Director:

“Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning”
Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Can you believe it? Graduation is finally come and gone. Hopefully, you’re
preparing for your next endeavor. Thanks to you all, we have had a great year.
Our mission is your success! We are here for you. We want to see each of you
succeed; and we want to see you prosper.

Since 2009, Veterans Upward Bound has worked with almost 500 veterans.
Of those served by the program, 269 veterans have successfully completed the
program and enrolled in post-secondary education. To date, almost 100
Veteran Upward Bound Alumni Participants have completed a program or
degree of study. We look forward to you being next!!!

Spring 2017 Graduates

Oakley Atkinson
Terry Davis
Jessy Green
David Hall
Charles Holland 1100 Henderson Street, Box 7503
Hickory House
Andrea Retzloff Arkadelphia, AR 71999
Correy Retzloff (870) 230-5710 office • (870) 230-5708 fax
Joshua Sherman Toll Free: (877) 832-5710
www.yourvub.com
Email: vub@hsu.edu
 Highlights
VUB Participant-Oakley
Atkinson (Graduate 17)

Senator Bruce Westerman

visits with VUB
participants

ROTC Dining Out

International Food Bazaar

with VUB Participant

ROTC Commission
Program- VUB
Participant-Jessy Green
along with his spouse
commissioned together

ROTC CPT David Hall

Instructor Military Science
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Visit our website at: www.yourvub.com for updates!

Financial Literacy/Budgeting Tips

Time Management

Stress Management & Test Anxiety

VUB Paint Night

Murry’s Dinner Playhouse

Team Building Activities @ Dave and Busters

New! Online Workshops

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This program is federally funded in full by a grant

from the U.S. Department of Education for the
2016-2017 budget period for $257,500
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VETERAN SUCCESS STORY

Oakley Atkinson is in the United

States Army and recently
graduated with a degree in
Aviation and a Minor in Political
Science. His post-graduate plans
are to teach high school students
OUR MISSION
about aviation, as well as flight
instructing at the airport.
IS YOUR
He credits Veterans Upward
Bound for assisting him in
SUCCESS!
enrolling at HSU and informing
him about his military benefits
which included the Post 9-11 GI
Bill. He appreciates the Education
Specialist Coordinators for
assisting in making his degree
plan and class schedule a much
simpler process.

Veterans Upward Bound

HSU Box 7503
Arkadelphia, AR 71999