![Project REACH: Award Ceremony](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/Reach_Squad-tf2gm9-e1440171184144-470x140.jpg)
Project REACH, a TRIO Talent Search Program on the campus of UMass Boston, had its end-of-the-summer celebration on Friday, August 7. The director of the…
![John Hancock MLK Summer Scholars Intern: Tanaja Cole](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/19535429340_bc19dba1cc_o-yiuxcw-e1440086180803-470x140.jpg)
Tanaja Graham Cole is a rising senior at Excel High school in South Boston. This summer, she received an internship from the John Hancock MLK…
![Urban Scholars' Suffolk University Tour](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/19108035534_5897e0ed9c_o-p52oog-470x140.jpg)
The rising seniors and juniors of the Urban Scholars program visited the Suffolk University campus on July, 15. Students learned the many reasons that pre-collegiates…
![Summer Transportation Institute conclusion 2015](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/STI_GOODBYE-20e66h3-470x140.jpg)
On July, 31, the Summer Transportation Institute (STI) had its end of summer closing ceremony. Thomas Materday, the director of the program, shared some final…
![Project Reach: Gardening Club](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/08/20159470522_6cf6c1637d_o-swhdtw-470x140.jpg)
Students and staff in Project REACH are underway with their summer gardening project. This is the fifth year Project REACH, a TRIO Talent Search Program…
![Summer Transportation Institute: NASA Conference](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/07/19904531830_15a2d21e20_o-2as4qej-e1438363881188-470x140.jpg)
As part of the Summer Transportation Institute (STI) summertime curriculum, students got the opportunity speak with Robert Storm, a member of the National Aeronautics and…
![Project Reach: The Haymarket Challenge](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/07/20044740006_1bbec8db0e_o-1tot7xx-470x140.jpg)
The Haymarket Challenge is a competition between teams within the different classes at the Project REACH program. Students are separated into teams, and are required to…
![Project Reach: Summer 2015](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/07/19894238346_0e40d0cf2e_k-23vp3by-470x140.jpg)
Project REACH (Realizing Educational And Career Hopes), a TRIO Talent Search program, is one of the pre-collegiate programs at UMass Boston. The program identifies and…
![Summer Transportation Institute: 2015](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/07/19140610643_c23574cdcc_o-1nhfqs0-470x140.jpg)
Summer Transportation Institute (STI), a youth program here at UMass Boston, allows high school-aged students to explore the possibilities of a career in the transportation…
![Greetings From Phillip](https://blogs.umb.edu/summeryouth/files/2015/07/IMG_20150713_144316-25xssj3-e1437508090457-470x140.jpg)
From sea to land, running a business to arguing about oil shipments, I am a young man open to new experiences. I am now a…