About Student Support Services (SSS)

Our Motto: "Navigate to Graduate"

ABOUT STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES: Please take one of our brochures.

Student Support Services (SSS) is a federally-funded TRiO Program at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). Our mission is to assist 160 low-income and/or first-generation or disabled students per year to navigate (or persist) through, and graduate from, one of UAA's rigorous degree programs by providing an interconnected series of academic support services (academic skill development opportunities, professional and peer tutoring to master course content, and individual and group academic mentoring to build confidence). In this way, we help to navigate our students through to graduation. There is no cost for eligible students accepted into the program. We are located at 4500 Diplomacy Drive in Suite 105. 

Currently, there are over 1,000 SSS programs across the nation. Although each program differs in culture, we all share the same purpose: to retain and graduate the students we serve. Attached is our 2011-12 Policies and Procedures Manual and End-of-Year Report for 2011-12.

 End of Year Cover Page 2011-2012 End of Year Report, 2011-12

 


AFFILIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS:

SERVICES WE PROVIDE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS:

  • Academic Mentoring Support.
  • Access to Electronic Technology: computers, note-taking recorders, and time management devices.
  • Assessment Testing: Accuplacer, Learning Styles, Myers-Briggs, Strengths Quest, and Strong Interest Inventory.
  • Assistance with Degree Planning (Degree Works Assistance).
  • Bridging Program/Mentoring: Orientation to UAA and the College Experience.
  • College Survival Skills Instruction (3 Credits): Formal instruction on keys to successful college learning and degree completion.
  • Community and Campus Cultural Events: SSS Club, Cultural Expose's, Performing Art Culture Exposure, and Welcome Gatherings.
  • Financial Aid Assistance: Help completing the FAFSA, scholarship essay and referral assistance, tuition waivers, and Financial Literacy 101 Instruction.
  • Notification Services: email, text, and mobile phone announcements and campus alerts via School Messenger.
  • Skill Development Workshops: Financial Literacy and Resume Development.
  • Tutorial Assistance: Smarthinking On-line tutoring, individualized tutoring, and referral to campus/departmental tutoring. 

 

TO CONTACT US:

We are located at 4500 Diplomacy Drive, Suite 105. Our Main Number is (907) 786.1380 / Fax: (907) 786.1383 / Email: aysss@uaa.alaska.edu

Dr. Kim Patterson
Director
Phone: 786.1378 / Email: kim.patterson@uaa.alaska.edu

Andrew Mullins
Success Coordinator
Phone: 786.1379 / Email: ajmullins@uaa.alaska.edu

Connie Carlisle
Office Manager                                                                                                                          
Phone: 786.6714 / Email: aysss@uaa.alaska.edu