TRiO Student Support Services
ABOUT
TRiO – Student Support Services is a federally funded program created in 1968 to help students stay in college and graduate. Students can turn to TRiO-SSS for services including tutoring, counseling and peer mentoring as they reach their educational and career goals.
Since its inception at Paul Smith’s, TRiO – Student Support Services has contributed to a significant increase in student persistence and graduation rates at the college.
The TRiO-SSS at Paul Smith’s College is completely funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Our most recent five-year grant, for $1.2 million, serves 165 students a year.
LEARN MORE & APPLY
Services
- Academic, financial, personal, and career counseling
- Financial Literacy, money management, scholarships, and student loan repayment assistance
- Individualized Educational Success Plan and monitoring of academic progress
- Study skills, time management, computer literacy, and other strategies for academic success
- Personality and character strengths assessments
- Professional assistance with writing, research, and math
- Peer mentoring program
- Cultural enrichment trips and events
- Leadership and service learning opportunities
- Transfer advising, including graduate school preparation
- Study abroad opportunities, information, support, and scholarships
All TRiO services are provided at no cost to participants.
Application & Eligibility
Who is eligible?
A student who meets all of the following criteria:
- Is a citizen or national of the United States or meets the residency requirements for federal student financial assistance
- Is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at Paul Smith’s College
- Is a first-generation* college student, or an individual with a disability**, or qualifies for financial reasons***
How do I apply?
In addition to the admission requirements for Paul Smith’s College, applicants for TRiO – Student Support Services must complete and submit:
- 冰球突破mg平台 TRiO – SSS Application. Click here
- Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
*Student’s parents have associate’s (2-year) degrees or less.
**If a disability exists, the student must provide documentation which meets Paul Smith’s College guidelines for documenting a disability.
***If a student receives a Pell Grant, it is highly likely student is eligible.
TRiO Grant Aid Application Information
TRiO awards grant aid towards the end of each semester as funds are available. Review the Check List below and complete the Grant Aid Application by or before the last day of classes. If you are selected to receive grant aid, you grant aid will be added in Financial Aid Portal for the following semester. For the Grant Aid Application Link: Check back here or on Bobnet TRiO page or ask your TRiO Success Coach. There is a limited window toward the end of the semester to apply.
- Grant aid will be applied to the following semester (i.e., if grant aid is awarded at the end of the Fall 2024 semester, it will be applied Spring 2025)
Grant Aid Eligibility Checklist:
- PELL Eligible -Receive a federal Pell Grant as part of your Financial Aid;
- Academic Standing: Continue to the best of your ability to stay in good academic standing;
- Financial Literacy: Complete a TRiO Financial Literacy Activity;*
- Advocate Meeting: Meet with your TRiO Success Coach;
- Event Attendance: Attend at least one TRiO participation event(workshop, trip, etc); *
- Application Completion: Submit your application by the deadline. Remember to complete all required items and activities listed in the application before the deadline (usually the last day of classes)
- *explore TRiO Events, Cultural Enrichment Trips & Financial Literacy Activities bar below
TRiO Events, Cultural Enrichment Trips & Financial Literacy** Activities
Spring 2024 trips and events.
Join the Instagram page @psc_trio, check your 冰球突破mg平台 email, and see the TRiO Sharepoint page on Bobnet for updates.
Feb. 7th – Scholarships: How to find money for college**
Feb. 11th – Ice Skating: Saranac Lake Civic Center
Feb. 14th – TRiO Day
Feb. 21st – TRiO Lunch! Visit with TRiO staff in dining hall
Feb. 23rd – Tubing on the hill at Titus Ski Center
March 20th – TRiO Lunch! Visit with TRiO staff in dining hall
March 20th – Cutting Board Workshop with Deb Naybor
April 3rd – 冰球突破mg平台 Career Fair
April 13th – Thrift Shop Tour
April 15th – Student Loans: Know What You Owe**
April 20th – Montreal Biodome trip
April 24th- TRiO Lunch! Visit with TRiO staff in dining hall
- To register for trips, go to tinyurl.com/TRiO24
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Questions? Email trip leader or stop by the 冰球突破mg平台 TRiO office, JWALibrary 209.
- Attend a Peer Mentor workshop (offered each month) or Student Success Sessions(offered later in the semester) presented be CACS Peer Mentors (Library 2nd floor) Topics vary each semester. Previous topics include everything from a hike, planting seeds, to building a budget *, organizing, note-taking, pre-registration +++.
- **ANYTIME: ZOGO Financial Literacy Game app: Use the QRcode below to download and play the Zogo.* You MUST use Access Code: BOBCAT to connect you to 冰球突破mg平台 Zogo. 冰球突破mg平台 TRiO and Zogo have partnered to offer this app ad-free. Get gift cards for popular stores by collecting ZOGO pineapples and trading in for gift cards. For Since this is a new venture, this first year we will require only that you complete at least one module for TRiO Grant Aid Financial Literacy participation.
- http://zogo.app.link/Bobcat
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** Financial Literacy activity
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