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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
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    Date: 8/25/99
      Contact:                           Carol Dotson 144

EDITORS: PLEASE NOTE LOCAL INTEREST
AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN SLU UPWARD BOUND 
     HAMMOND -- Ninety students from three parishes and 16 high schools came to the
campus to participate in Southeastern Louisiana University's Upward Bound program this
summer.
     Twenty-eight area high school seniors were in the Upward Bound Bridge program.
Bridge students are recent high school graduates who have previously participated in Upward
Bound and will be attending college in the fall. Bridge students take college level courses at
Southeastern during the summer. 
     The 1999 Upward Bound Bridge students were:
TANGIPAHOA
Edward Brown, Kentwood High; Monica Coleman, Latraiel Courtney, Myesha Graves, Chante
McKnight, Antonio Muse, Leslie Ricard, Amite High; Lil Jerrish Huff, Sumner High;
Gerquanti Jackson, Hammond High; Barbara Miller, Lauren Porter, Loranger High; Chantel
Seneca, Independence High.
LIVINGSTON-ST HELENA
Abigail Boyd,  Monica Dorame, Steven Greene,  Allison Kimball, Angela Pizzalato, Bradley
Valentine, Denham Springs High School; Harry Brignac Jr., French Settlement High;
Katrinka Burns, Doyle High; Melissa Houston, Walker High; Brandon Hawthorne, Marcus
Jackson, Bobby Ray Matthews,  Karen Page, Kayla Pikes, St. Helena High; Nora Melancon,
Live Oak High; Karla Rogers, Holden High.                     
          Participants in this summer's regular Upward Bound program were:
TANGIPAHOA
Daniel Nicholes, Gabriel Perry, Tomyria Courtney, Melvin Holmes, Desha Burton, Tara
Jackson,
Brandon Jones, Nikkiana Knight, Kedrian Landrew, Amite High; Tiffany Kimble, Sequoia
Anderson, Joy Brown, Willie Conner III, Shequila Franklin, Jenifer Patterson, Tiffany

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ADD ONE/Upward Bound Participants

Showers, Kenyatta West, Hammond High; Veronica Wright, Anna Clement, Kesha Robinson,
William Jones, Independence High; Chiantay Cation, Jessica Harrell, Kentwood High; Jason
Esler, Timothy Sander, Ashley Brown, Gabrielle Brown, Chalaine Morgan, Gerard Esler, Lauren
Porter, Brigitte Walker, Joey Zito, Loranger High; Calinda Cantu, Jennifer Sprouse, Jonathan
Sprouse, Ponchatoula High; Katrina Fox, LaMonica Brumfield, Jillette Huff, Sumner High.

LIVINGSTON-ST. HELENA
     Christina Baker, Dustin Brown, Jordan Degraw, Erin Hermann, Kristen Kinchen, Craig
Petho, Kaci Raborn, Crystal Short and Lacie Whiddon, Albany High School; Tyler Sessions,
Denham Springs High; Joseph Teston, Doyle High; Nicole Lambert, Holden High; Heather
Cockerham, Dawn DeMers, Christopher Paixao, Carmen Westberry, Live Oak High, Shemekia
Cox, Alicia George, Katera Joseph, Springfield High; Ashley Lee, Shananekia McClendon and
Richard Sopsher, St. Helena High; Bessie Berard, Walker High.    




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