Every student involved in this program has attended college after graduation from high school. The college also offers a special mentoring program for neighborhood children. In this program, local teachers trained 40 Union students on how to prepare children for the New York State elementary school assessment tests. Utica College s Young Scholars Liberty Partnership Program a collaboration with the Utica City School District has been helping junior high and high school students reach the goal of attending college. Since its inception in 1993, the program has helped hundreds of students who were at risk financially and socially.
Program is a nonprofit national organization devoted to eliminating prejudices and racism.
In Wells' Mentoring Alliance, volunteers from the college attend weekly sessions with teenage girls and serve as basketball coaches and mentors. Students also serve as tutors in the Homework Clinic, helping middle-school children with homework issues. Yeshiva University students are mentors in a number of informal ways, including volunteering at summer camps and acting as counselors for children with mental and physical disabilities. GEAR UP stands for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs and is a federal initiative to help low-income youth prepare for college. Private colleges and universities involved with the GEAR UP program are Adelphi University, The College of New Rochelle, Dowling College, D Youville College, Fordham University, Hofstra University, Iona College, Long Island University s Brooklyn Campus, Manhattanville College, Mercy College, New York University, Pace University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, St. John's University, and Syracuse University.