WAUKESHA – On Thursday, February 21, 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 fourth 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 Dean Brad Stewart, UW Colleges Chancellor Bill Messner, a representative from Senator Feingold’s office, and Study Center Director Janet Brown 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 22 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.
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.
Burlington: Kristin Hintz (Clean Sweep in English)
Delafield: Dawn Hetzel (Leadership/Service) and Jessica Jankovich (Athletics)
Elm Grove: Amanda Loveridge (Clean Sweep in English)
Germantown: Steve Hahn (Outstanding Alumni)
Ixonia: Angela Broom (Dean’s List-Highest Honors)
Menomonee Falls: Melissa Manabat (Leadership/Service) and Noah Vogel (Dean’s List-Honors)
Milwaukee: Joe Hankins (Athletics, Outstanding Student Employee), Michael Lavender (Clean Sweep in English, Leadership/Service, Outstanding Student Employee) Andy Olejnik (Clean Sweep in Math and English), and Joe Vang (Outstanding Student Employee)
Mukwonago: Peter Thomet (Dean’s List-Honors, Leadership/Service)
Muskego: Rich Kokott (Leadership/Service) and Sharon Robinson (Dean’s List-Honors)
Nashotah: John Solveson (Clean Sweep in Math)
New Berlin:Rob Hernandez (Clean Sweep in English) and Renee Jaeger (Dean’s List-Highest Honors)
Pewaukee: Maria Janke (Dean’s List-High Honors), Andi Knutson (Clean Sweep in English), Ann Pham (Scholarship Winner), and Dennis Stanford, Jr. (Dean’s List-Honors)
Sussex: Cari Duffy (Dean’s List-Honors, Scholarship Winner)
Watertown: Kandy Kimball (Dean’s List-High Honors) and Suzette Sandri (Fred Moss Achievement Award, Clean Sweep in Math, Scholarship Winner)
Waukesha: Mireya Casarrubias (Leadership/Service), Angela Ditello (Scholarship Winner, Clean Sweep in Math, Leadership/Service), Mary Jo Lloyd (Leadership/Service), Mario Monterrey (Leadership/Service), Beth Plestina (Clean Sweep in English), Pam Rollefson (Outstanding Student Employee), Hannah Schefus (Clean Sweep in English), and Ivy Sturgen (Leadership/Service)
West Allis: Angela Jasicki (Dean’s List-Honors) and Suzanne Roundy-Schmidt (Dean’s List-Honors) |
