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Location: New Cabell Hall Floor 0 Room 065 | Address: PO Box 400171, Charlottesville, VA 22904 | Fax: 434.982.4554 |
![]() Upward Bound Administrative Team
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Background: B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Marketing
& Management from Hampton Institute (currently Hampton
University). An M.A. in Higher Education Administration from the
University of the District of Columbia. She has also undertaken
further course work in Higher Education Administration and
Counselor Education from the Curry School of Education at the
University of Virginia.
Biography: Leah
originally joined the UB program in November of 1980, as the
program's first full-time counselor. In the fall of 1981, she
became the program's acting director when Winston Edmonds took a
U.S. Department of Education fellowship. This position became
permanent in the fall of 1982. Leah's appointment was historic,
because she became the first female director of the UVA Upward
Bound Program. Mrs. Puryear also serves on the Charlottesville
City School Board; she can be reached at lcp6f@Virginia.EDU.
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Background: M.Ed. in Guidance and Counseling from the University
of Virginia and BA from Sweet Briar College.
Biography: Mittie has
been with UB for over twenty years acting as the Academic Skills
Specialist. In this capacity Mittie manages the academic and
summer curriculums. She is also in charge of charting the
academic success of the programs participants. In this position
she also trains and coordinates the volunteer tutoring program.
Mrs. Harvey can be reached at mjh4m@virginia.edu.
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Background: Dominion Business College (1995 graduate).
Biography: Worked at
the University of Virginia Medical Center for twelve years and
three years in private practice before joining Upward Bound. Ms.
Miller can be reached at tmw2j@virginia.edu.
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Upward Bound - University of Virginia
New Cabell Hall Floor 0 Room 065
Address: PO Box 400171, Charlottesville, VA 22904
Fax: 434.982.4554
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