June 23, 2026
For Immediate Release
Office of Public Information
Crowder College
Neosho, MO– Crowder College Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math Science programs have over 235 high school students who recently completed grades 9-12 participating in their summer College Prep Academy. The students reside on campus Sunday-Thursday for a five-week period, preparing for the upcoming school year while gaining a college experience by living on campus. Those who recently graduated will take college credit hour classes which may be used at Crowder or any college or university they plan to attend.
UB and UBMS serves 300 students from 37 high schools in southwest Missouri from 10 counties. UB/UBMS are part of the TRIO programs which are federally-funded and designed to provide educational access and assistance to income-eligible, first-generation, and/or students with disability.
Each student will select a research class based on career interests. There are 20 research options for the students including: Medical Mysteries, Crime Scene Investigation, Business, Law, Entrepreneurship in Practice, Summer Sociology, Fire and Forest Ecology, and more.
Many of the research classes provide hands on projects to learn more about the subject as well as occupations. The summer program will wrap up with research presentations held June 24, 8-11am and 2-5pm.