H-P gives Upward Bound students calculators
The organization of UCSD’s Upward Bound program surprised this year’s summer program students with high-speed calculators to enhance problem-solving.
The Upward Bound program is a UCSD outreach program. The federally funded initiative is designed to encourage and motivate students from low-income families to attend college.
The Upward Bound Program is a year-round program. During the year, counselors go out to high schools and do one-on-one counseling and tutoring for children of underserved families in San Diego and Imperial counties.
For four weeks during the summer, about 100 students experience college life firsthand when they get the chance to live on campus and attend challenging classes in math, science, English and foreign language.
Michael Dabney, director of news media and public relations for Student Educational Advancement at UCSD, said that many of the students would be the first in their families to attend college.
This year Hewlett-Packard presented more than 100 high-speed graphic calculators worth $8,000 as a gift to underline the partnership with UCSD.
The students will have the opportunity to use the calculators not only during the summer program at UCSD, but also throughout the year.
“The calculators can be used for such subjects as algebra, trigonometry, chemistry and earth sciences,” Dabney said. “They will be very useful for the students.”

City selected to share fed solar energy funds
San Diego was one of 13 U.S. cities recently selected by the Department of Energy to receive funding to promote solar energy use.
San Diego will share $2.5 million in federal funds to develop a comprehensive plan to increase the use of clean, renewable solar-powered technologies.
Currently the city has photovoltaics at 12 facilities to generate approximately 1.8 million kilowatt-hours each year.