SOAR CENTER
TRIO & Grant Administration
Talent Search
Talent Search programs serve young people in grades six through twelve. In addition to counseling, participants receive information about college admissions requirements, scholarships and various student financial aid programs.
This early intervention program helps people from families with incomes under 24,000 (where neither parent graduated from college) to better understand their educational opportunities and options. Over 323,541 Americans are enrolled in 361 Talent Search TRIO programs.
Purpose
As one of Claflin University’s TRIO programs, the purpose of TS is to provide educational, college and career guidance services for low-income, first-generation students.
Goal
TS assists students in setting and achieving educational and career goals.
Services
The TS program has two full-time career counselors who visit the target schools on a regular basis. During site visits, the students are taught a wide range of age-appropriate academic subjects and material on social skills.
Tutoring is provided to help students in school subjects, as well as preparing for PACT and BSAP testing and the ACT, SAT and GED. The career counselors also offer guidance in the following areas:
-Career Options
-College Search and Selection
-Financial Aid Searches (grants, loans and scholarships)
Students are also taken on field trips during the year visiting college campuses and businesses.
If you would like to apply to the Upward Bound program, do one of the following:
Download an application from (pdf) the website.
Print it and complete the application:
Mail the application to:
Claflin University
887 Goff Avenue
Orangeburg, SC 29116
Or request an application be mailed to you
Michelle Burns, Career Counselor
Phone: 803/268-1130
Fax: 803/268-1131
Email: mburns@claflin.edu
Dirk Lary, Career Counselor
Phone: 803/268-1129
Fax: 803/268-1131
Email: dlary@claflin.edu
