For the second year in a row, UB LPP took a group of 12th grade students to the annual Rochester Historically Black Colleges & Universities College Fair at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Last years group of seniors from Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts not only attended the event but several of them walked away with college acceptances as well as scholarships. This years cohort also had students that learned they had been admitted to a University w

This past Saturday, Futures Academy, a partner school of UB LPP, held its annual Fall Fest for students and their families. The entire Fruit Belt neighborhood was invited to participate in all of the activities and the event served as yet another example of the school's efforts to foster relationships as a designated Community School. UB LPP staff joined the festivities by setting up a crafts table, where kids of all ages were able to create their own bookmarks along with pa

Last spring, several UB Liberty students sought to make a difference in their community through our service learning initiative. Their efforts led them to partner with the Stop The Violence Foundation and create a video campaign against violence in the City of Buffalo. #Buffalo #UBLPP #BAVPA #leadership #StopTheViolence #ServiceLearning #BuffaloPublicSchools

"My son had a feel of what college was...however, this program opened him up a bit more," says one proud parent of a student that participated in the I Can! Summer Residential Program. "He has become more accountable for the things he's supposed to do. He was able to make new friends. He also gained more insight about the college experience." Parents of our I Can! students have been giving rave reviews of the program, describing it as a transformative experience and one th

University at Buffalo Liberty Partnerships Program is excited to partner with East Community High School. During the 2017-18 academic year. We will be servicing incoming freshman with a focus on Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and College Readiness. In collaboration with school administration, teachers, school counselors, and parents to assist students in reaching their fullest potential both personally and academically. We look forward to a successful year! Michelle Jones

Another school year has ended and we're proud of the work done here at UB Liberty Partnerships Program. Across all of our partner schools and in our community, UB LPP students made an impact. I'd like to explore some of the great gains our students made this school year: June means the end of the school year, so we spent some time closing out our in-class services and finding special ways to say goodbye to our students. ​Surveys: We completed comprehensive surveys with all

For the second year in a row, 100% of the UB Liberty Partnerships Program seniors have graduated! All of our program participants from Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts walked the stage Thursday, June 22, 2017 and are each enrolling in college this fall. We'd like to think we had something to do with that. ;-) We met with each senior multiple times per month during the 2016-17 school year to discuss important topics that were critical to graduation and their en