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    Humboldt’s VUB program has been operating since 1973. Photo by Yulia Weeks.
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    VUB director Cai Williams. Photo by Yulia Weeks.
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    VUB grad Matt Levesque now teaches English at Zoe Barnum high school in Eureka. Photo by Yulia Weeks.
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    Jared Chase-Dunn graduated from Veterans Upward Bound in 2006 and is a business and German major at Humboldt State. Photo by Yulia Weeks.
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    Vets line up for grub at a luncheon for new students held last week. Photo by Yulia Weeks.
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    Jared Chase-Dunn and Smokey the cat, VUB’s unofficial mascot. Photo by Yulia Weeks.
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    Dr. Milt Boyd, a professor of biological sciences at Humboldt State, has been teaching at VUB since the ’80s. Photo by Yulia Weeks.