We are in our second year of offering not only two Upswing students a scholarship — but fortunate enough to be able to offer three this year! Once again our scholarship winners floored us by their inspiring stories and tenacity to push through any and all obstacles they experienced and…

We will close this round of inspiring scholarship winners with Hannah. At the age of seventeen, Hannah entered the foster care system due to some unforeseen circumstances of homelessness. Having the ability to think of finding money to pay for college tuition was difficult and possibly unfathomable. Not only thinking…

By Sejal Kothari Online tutoring entered my life when I needed it the most! I had been on a sabbatical following a recent childbirth and in my country of India, in those days, career breaks were not viewed very favorably, so going back into the banking sector (the industry I…

By Marissa Rodriguez, Customer Experience Manager We continue to learn COVID-19 will not be a short-term crisis. As we approach the start of the Fall semester, it is probable that as institutions restart and plan for students to go back to campus, we’ll see yet another resurgence of cases due…

By Kevin Hejna It’s no secret that the education landscape has changed. The medium for learning has drastically shifted from being a formal classroom environment to, in some cases, entirely an online experience. Some educational institutions have progressed from a credit hour model to a demonstrated proficiency model. All this…

By Melvin Hines, Upswing CEO The COVID-19 pandemic has unquestionably changed the landscape of higher education. Video conferencing software and online study tools have replaced classrooms and buildings as students become 100 percent online. …

By Marissa Rodriguez Growing up I did not see the value or purpose of education. During my upbringing I was surrounded by friends and family members at the time who would not have more than a high school education. In fact, I would get made fun of for being the…

By Kassie Lamoreaux I started peer tutoring at the Writing Center when I was a college student and thought tutoring was just something that paid the bills while I was going to school. I quickly learned, however, that tutoring was (and is) so much more for me! Even though I…

We are looking forward to selecting our 2020 Upswing scholarship winners, but before we do, we wanted to spotlight our other primary scholarship winner from last year. This incredible Upswing user, Sharmane, has withstood dealing with some of life’s challenges. With all the difficulties she experienced, she decided to turn…