SSS provides grant aid to qualified SSS participants and assists students in completing the FAFSA, scholarship applications, and budgeting college expenses.
TRIO Student Support Services
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TRIO SSS Student: Abril Radillo Luna -
TRIO SSS Student: Beeke Kadriu -
TRIO SSS Student: Hamsa Ibrahim -
TRIO SSS Student: Lieu Dinh -
TRIO SSS Student: Rachel Nill
TRIO SSS helps bachelor degree-seeking students complete their degree within four to six years and prepare for life beyond college.
The following services are FREE to accepted students:
A 5-week summer residential program for incoming first-time freshmen. Students earn college credit, build necessary skills, connect with peers and learn how to navigate college life.
Students receive both individual and group coaching and guidance to identify barriers to their degree completion and provide support when needed.
All new SSS participants are required to enroll in a first year foundations course that is exclusively designed to equip students for college success
SSS staff assists students in identifying their skill sets and desired lifestyle and connecting them to available degree pathways, through hands on exploration.
SSS offers workshops and experiences designed to develop participant's abilities to navigate college and stand out in the workforce.
TRIO Student Support Services Team
Cassie Jurasek
Retention Coordinator / Program Assistant
Location
Rasmuson Hall 103A2
Phone
(907) 786-1383
Email
cljurasek@alaska.edu
Joshua Smith
Assistant Director
Location
Rasmuson Hall 103A3
Phone
(907) 786-4099
Email
jjsmith30@alaska.edu
Tamika Dowdy
TRIO Programs Director
Location
Rasmuson Hall 103A
Phone
(907) 786-4520
Email
tfdowdy@alaska.edu
TRIO Student Support Services is a fully-funded TRIO program of the U.S. Department of Education in the amount of $282,500.00 annually. Sec.402D HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 SEC.402D.20 U.S.C 1070a-14.