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Our Stories

Members of the GEAR UP Achieve board of directors gather around a conference table and listen to presentations on the state of the grant.
Faculty engagement in GEAR UP Achieve enriches summer camp experiences

Faculty engagement with the GEAR UP Achieve initiative's summer residential camp is transforming how students, particularly those from marginalized communities, prepare for and thrive in higher education.

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Rucker named new director of GEAR UP Achieve

Erika E. Rucker has been named the new director of GEAR UP Achieve, Alabama’s statewide Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant administered by Auburn University, effective Mar. 1.

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The Science of Reading

Auburn College of Education doctoral student Larry Saulsberry and Alabama Reading Initiative Director Bonnie Short delivered testimony last week before a U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on the topic of “The Science of Reading,” sharing Alabama’s progress and continued needs in advancing evidence-based reading instruction.