| WAUKESHA – On Tuesday, February 20, the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha will observe National TRIO Day by celebrating the success of students who have participated in the Student Support Services program administered at the campus.
The UW-Waukesha third annual TRIO celebration will begin at noon in the Commons lounge. Along with honored students, several Congresspersons and the state’s US Senators have been invited to attend. UW-Waukesha Associate Dean Phil Zweifel, UW Colleges Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor Margaret Cleek, Jeri Gabrielson from Senator Feingold’s office, Study Center Director Janet Brown, and former TRIO student and tutor Trudy Barnes, who now manages the campus bookstore, all will speak. Refreshments will be served.
Established by Congress in 1965 and funded through the Department of Education (DOE), the TRIO programs – originally three in number – aim at bringing disadvantaged Americans into the mainstream of higher education. Since then, TRIO programs – now seven of them – have served millions of Americans.
For the past 21 years, the UW-Waukesha Study Center (formerly known as the Learning Lab) has administered a TRIO Student Support Services program. With continuing federal support, the program provides qualifying students with personalized academic advising, career counseling,
personal counseling and referrals, assistance with financial aid, and academic support in math, writing, reading, and study skills. In addition, six years ago, the campus started a mentoring program for students in the TRIO program, with TRIO students who are enjoying academic success helping newer students.
To qualify for Student Support Services, students must be low-income (eligible for federal financial aid) or first-generation college students (parents are not college graduates) or have special needs because of physical or learning disability.
At the ceremony, students and alumni of the program who have enjoyed success through it are honored individually. This year, the following will receive awards.
Delafield: Sara Krist
Dousman: Lori Carrao
East Troy: Sarah Hapka
Elm Grove: Luke Crow and Jennifer Schweiner
Franklin: Amy Zickert
Hartland: Sarah Casper
Ixonia: Angela Broom
Menomonee Falls: Melissa Manabat
Milwaukee: Michael Lavender and Andy Olejnik
Mukwonago: Jessica DiMaggio, Mike Dykas, April Smith, and Peter Thomet
Muskego: Nicole Clifton, Rich Kokott, and Sharon Robinson
Nashotah: Brenda Winzenried
New Berlin: Renee Jaeger and Sonia Salazar
Pewaukee: Laurie Patoka and Dennis Stanford, Jr.
Sussex: John Geers, Erna Kirsch, and Aaron Klein
Waukesha: Michelle Bjornstad, Joyce Cherry, Brent DeLeon, Jeffrey Gugin, Rebecca Jump, Mary Jo Lloyd, Ann Pham, Alex Pijpaert, Ivy Sturgen, Ryan Weaver, and Tasawar (alia) Zaureen
Wauwatosa: Mildred McCord
West Allis: Marcie Molleson |
