Haywood County GEAR UP TN was honored to receive a programmatic site visit from Dr. Richard Rhoda, Executive Director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission; Troy Grant, Director of GEAR UP TN; and Shayla Guy, GEAR UP TN Regional Coordinator-West, on March 20 at the Haywood County Board of Education. The site visit included an overview of the Haywood County GEAR UP TN program and its implementation in Haywood County, a discussion of the challenges and successes of the program, and a tour of the REACH Academy. Haywood County GEAR UP TN received a framed canvas of art completed by students at the GEAR UP TN Youth Summit at Trevecca Nazarene University during the summer of 2013. Pictured are (from left) Dr. Richard Rhoda, Executive Director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission; Sharon Hayes, Planning Director of the City of Brownsville and Tennessee Higher Education Commission Member; Troy Grant, State Director of GEAR UP TN; Jacqueline Whitten, Haywood County GEAR UP TN Site Coordinator; Teresa Russell, Director of Haywood County Schools; Dorothy Bond, Haywood County Schools Federal Projects Director; Shayla Guy, GEAR UP TN Regional Coordinator – West.