GEAR UP Higher Education Partners

Our higher education partners work with school systems to improve educational pathways and degree attainment in Western North Carolina.

College	Partnering School District	Contact
Appalachian State University	All school districts and higher eds	Adam Warren warrenap@appstate.edu
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College	Madison	Debra Joseph 828-398-7757 (office) debraljoseph@abtech.edu
Blue Ridge Community College	Transylvania	Danielle Fox d.fox@blueridge.edu
Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute	Watauga	Bobbie Watson 828-264-1330 (office) bjwatson@cccti.edu
Catawba Valley Community College	Catawba	Tina Propst tpropst599@cvcc.edu
Isothermal Community College	Polk	Lacey Arrowood lbarrowood@isothermal.edu
Mayland Community College	Yancey	Jennifer Jenkins jjenkins@mayland.edu
McDowell Technical Community College	McDowell	Chuck Bowling cdbowling70@go.mcdowelltech.edu
Southwestern Community College	Swain	Susie Bryson d _bryson@southwesterncc.edu
UNC Asheville	All school districts	Sarah Stone sstone3@unca.edu
Western Piedmont Community College	Burke	Blaise Boone boonetr@wpcc.edu
Wilkes Community College	Alleghany, Ashe, and Wilkes	Lacey Kilby lkilby157@wilkescc.edu