A Week in North Carolina with TRiO

Twenty-nine Mizzou students journeyed to North Carolina over spring break with TRiO Student Support Services. Accompanied by advisors and staff, the students explored graduate schools and potential career paths.  Students headed to the airport. (Photo by Taylor Stevenson) TRiO SSS serves students who are first-generation college students, have a documented disability, or have financial need. The…

Three Mizzou TRiO students earn Educational Opportunity Association Awards

Nahomi Gonzalez, Jacob Phillips and Lindsey Roberts Three participants in TRiO Student Support Services at the University of Missouri were recently recognized for their success. Nahomi Gonzalez, Jacob Phillips and Lindsey Roberts each received awards from the Educational Opportunity Association (EOA), a non-profit consortium that supports first-generation, low-income, disabled and other underrepresented students. Nahomi Gonzalez…

What is TRiO?

MU’s TRiO Program is part of the federal program called Student Support Services. This program is designed to help promising students from underrepresented groups meet the academic, financial, and social demands of a college education.