Student Support Services

UAA TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) offers support services to students with limited income, whose parent(s) or guardian(s) have not earned a baccalaureate degree, and/or who experience a documented disability. Each year, TRIO SSS supports 160 participating students navigate through to graduation. There is no cost for eligible students accepted into the program. 

Services SSS Provides Participating Students:

• Academic Mentoring Support.
• Assessment Testing: Accuplacer, Learning Styles and Strengths Quest Inventories.
• Assistance with Degree Planning and Academic Mapping.
• 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 Exposé, 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.
• Skill Development Workshops: Financial Literacy and Resume Development.
• Tutorial Assistance: Individualized tutoring and referral to campus/departmental tutoring. 

TRIO Support Student Services participates annually in TRIO National Day of Service, which is a nationally a nationally organized event between colleges and universities across the country that unite together to bring awareness and advocate for TRIO Programs.

Student Support Services is a fully-funded TRIO program of the U.S. Department of Education in the amount of $228,186.00 annually. Sec. 402D HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 SEC. 402D.20 U.S.C 1070a-14.

 

 

 

Meet the SSS Team