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Since 1990, Peru State College has hosted a Student Support Services (SSS) project as part of the college’s commitment to equal educational opportunity. SSS, a federally funded TRIO program, aims to level the academic playing field for students from low-income backgrounds, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities. The SSS project at PSC is called Student Success Services. SSS Staff members are committed to increasing retention and graduation rates by providing a supportive network of intensive individualized services, proactive peer leadership, and extensive campus collaboration.
Targeted areas of service include:
ACADEMIC SUCCESS
- Academic advising (We provide supplemental advising and encourage you to work closely with your faculty advisor as well)
- Academic advocacy
- Assistance with academic goal setting/prioritizing
- Assistance with study skills development
- Assistance with time management
- Disability accommodation advocacy
- Guidance on enrolling in or dropping college courses
- One-on-one peer tutoring
- Tutorial programs on computers
- Workshops on study strategies, healthy living, etc.
COLLEGE COST MANAGEMENT
- Access to equipment for doument preparation
- Equipment check-out
- Guidance on applying for Financial Aid
- Guidance on applying for scholarships
- Supplemental Grant Aid
- Workshops on scholarships and Financial Aid
SOCIAL NETWORKING
- Assistance in learning campus procedures
- Cultural events
- Guidance for personal adjustment to college life
- Newsletters & updates
- Participation in SAIL, a leadership development program
- Peer mentoring services
CAREER DEVELOPMENT & JOB SEARCH PREPARATION
- Assistance with resume writing, filling out applications, and practicing interview skills
- Career exploration services
- Guidance on choosing a program of study
- Workshops on careers, resume writing, the job application process, etc.
SSS is one of seven federal TRIO programs created to help Americans overcome class and social barriers to higher education. The term TRIO was coined in the late 1960s in reference to the first three educational opportunity programs to emerge out of President Roosevelt’s War on Poverty. Over the years, TRIO has expanded to include Student Success Services, Talent Search, Upward Bound, Veterans Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math/Science, Educational Opportunity Centers, and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. While the other TRIO programs help students prepare for college or pursue graduate degrees, SSS helps undergraduate college students persist in their studies and graduate.
Peru State College’s SSS project serves approximately 230 students at any given time and is funded at a rate of $278,566 per year. Participants are selected based on federal eligibility criteria.
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