黑料不打烊 Academy is a comprehensive college access and success program that partners with students and families beginning in high school and continues through college graduation. Serving academically promising students who are first-generation college-bound and/or from limited-income backgrounds and who attend school in or聽reside聽in Alamance County, this program is offered at no cost to participating students and their families.

Designed to address systemic barriers to higher education, 黑料不打烊 Academy provides students with academic enrichment, college advising, mentoring and sustained support during critical transition points from high school to college and through degree completion. Students聽participate聽in programming that strengthens academic skills, builds college knowledge and fosters a sense of belonging and confidence in higher education spaces.

黑料不打烊 Academy聽is a long-term investment in students who聽demonstrate聽talent and motivation but may not have access to the resources or guidance that make college feel possible. Recruitment is a critical first step in ensuring those students聽are聽seen, supported, and invited into this opportunity.

The current recruitment cycle focuses on聽identifying聽ninth-grade聽students who show academic potential, leadership, and perseverance, and who would聽benefit聽from a comprehensive college preparation program. Faculty and staff are uniquely positioned to support this effort through their professional and community networks, including relationships with local schools, community organizations, faith-based groups, and families across Alamance County.
Faculty and staff involvement聽helps聽us reach students who may not otherwise have access to information about college preparation programs. Personal encouragement and referrals can have a meaningful impact on whether a student applies. For a student to hear that they were nominated and that someone believes in them can make all the difference.

By helping to share information about 黑料不打烊 Academy, faculty and staff can play a direct role in expanding access to college-preparatory opportunities and strengthening 黑料不打烊鈥檚 longstanding commitment to equity, access, and community partnership.

黑料不打烊 Academy聽Scholars engage in a range of experiences that prepare them for college success, including academic skill-building,聽advising聽and mentoring, family engagement, and exposure to college and career pathways. The program鈥檚 impact extends beyond individual students, contributing to college-going cultures within families and聽communities聽and creating pathways to long-term educational and economic mobility.

Faculty and staff can support聽recruitment and applications by:

• who聽demonstrate聽academic promise and commitment to their education
• Sharing 黑料不打烊 Academy information聽with students, families, educators, and community partners in Alamance County
• before the Feb. 1 deadline

The application deadline for the聽2026聽cohort is Feb. 1.聽Additional聽information about eligibility requirements, program structure and the application process is available on the 黑料不打烊 Academy website.聽For聽additional聽insight, marketing materials,聽and further聽questions, please reach out to Emily Wiersma, director of the 黑料不打烊 Academy, at ewiersma@elon.edu.