TRIO/Student Support Services
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Location: Room 2-141 (near the college library)
Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. M-F
Phone: 651.423.8420
Toll-free: 1.877.937.3282 ext.420
A Program with Three Goals:
TRIO/Student Support Services(SSS) is a program with 3 goals:
- Help you do well in your classes
- Help you re-enroll each semester and graduate on time
- Help you transfer to a 4-year college and attain your Bachelor's degree
Student Eligibility
To be eligible for TRIO/SSS Program you must be one or more of the following:
- Low-income student
- First-generation college student (neither parent has a bachelor's degree)
- Student with a documented disability
TRIO/SSS is an educational opportunity program funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
TRIO/SSS serves 150 students. This means that our students receive intensive one-on-one and small group services designed to meet the specific needs of program participants.
Download TRiO Application & Verification Form
TRIO/Student Support Services (SSS) Provisions:
- Effective retention and graduation strategies
- Assistance for students developing academic plans
- One-on-one academic advising
- Monitoring of students' academic progress
- Peer mentoring
- Assistance with the financial aid process
- A Summer Bridge Program to familiarize new students with college
- Career plan exploration
- Assistance for students transferring to four-year colleges
- Supplemental grant aid for qualifying program participants
- Technology: experiential lab
- Academic enrichment and leadership activities
First Year Involvement
The First-Year Involvement (FYI) begins with the Summer Bridge Program, which takes place the summer before your first semester. It is designed to improve your reading, writing, math, and study skills. You will participate in other workshops designed to help you transition smoothly into college life.
- Summer Bridge Program
- Peer tutors
- Peer mentors
- Supplemental group tutoring
- Supplemental instruction courses
- College survival strategies
- Degree options/course selection
- Career decision-making
- Career interests and abilities
- Funding your education
- Mini-workshops
Second Year and Beyond
- Tutors
- Study Groups
- Supplemental instruction courses
- Transfer selection and preparation
- Graduation preparation
- Career networking
- Job search preparation
- Becoming a mentor