GEAR UP Kentucky

GEAR UP Scholars

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What is a GEAR UP Scholar?

If you are a GEAR UP Kentucky high school senior, you will become a GEAR UP Scholar Path Student once you declare your intention to participate in postsecondary education after you graduate from high school. (Postsecondary education refers to any education completed after high school, whether it be a certificate program or a 2-year or 4-year college or university.)

If you attend one of GEAR UP Kentucky's nine partner postsecondary institutions after high school, you will become a GEAR UP Scholar. (These partner institutions are: Bluegrass Community & Technical College, Eastern Kentucky University,  Elizabethtown Community & Technical College, Gateway Community & Technical College, Kentucky State University, Maysville Community & Technical College, Morehead State University, Northern Kentucky University and University of Louisville.)

As a GEAR UP Scholar, you will receive services from GEAR UP Kentucky that will help you successfully transition to your first year of college. GEAR UP Kentucky Postsecondary Transition Coordinators (PTCs) are available to assist you!

GEAR UP Kentucky PTCs

Tony Bartley headshot
Tony Bartley
Tony.Bartley@ky.gov
859-227-2199

Channing Lawson headshot
Channing Lawson
Channing.Lawson@ky.gov
502-229-7210

Randall Hampton headshot
Randall Hampton
Randall.Hampton@ky.gov
859-360-8778

Amy Tobin
Amy Tobin
Amy.Tobin@ky.gov
859-473-5937
Student Transition Guide

GEAR UP Scholars Transition Guide

Click on the above image to view the GEAR UP Scholars Transition Guide, which provides month-by-month task lists (April-August) to help you figure out what you need to do to prepare for college in the fall. It also provides information about who to turn to when you need assistance at college.