Nearly one year after Boost launched at Wake Technical Community College (Wake Tech), Bailey Thompson said she sees a difference in her students.
As one of the college’s dedicated Boost advisers, Thompson oversees a caseload of roughly 150 students that joined Wake Tech’s first Boost cohort in the fall of 2025.
By the end of the spring semester, Thompson said, many of her students who were once shy were now eager to speak with her about their hobbies, volunteer work, and academic achievements…