- [Heather] I really push TRIO
to all of my friends. I tell
them the benefits and I
know a few of them have applied.
I tell them that it's a great
program and they've
pretty much been my backbone
throughout my experience so far.
And I couldn't have
done it without the support of
TRIO.
- [Mary] Being a first-time
generation student and,
basically,
that's what the TRIO program
works with is first generation
students,
I believe it's low income and
students that might have some
type of disability.
So to me, it was a support
system that I needed that
encouraged me on the process
of how to become a student and
how to be successful.
- [Sarah] We provide one-on-one
advising and counseling, help
with transferring to
four-year schools, help with
students filling out financial
aid forms,
financial literacy education,
and also one-on-one tutoring for
students.
- [Alexis] I went to high school
in Front Royal, Virginia and
that's where I grew up
my entire life. I became a TRIO
member because neither of my
parents went to
college so that was kind of how
I was able to be in TRIO. TRIO
has helped me become
successful in a lot of ways.
Like the biggest way would
definitely be my
advisor, Ashely, helping me find
my career path that I wanted to
take.
- So all students who apply to
TRIO need to either be a first
generation college
student, which would mean that
neither of their parents has a
bachelor's degree,
or they need to be low-income
students, or they need to have
any sort of documented
disability. All of our students
need to have an academic need
and not yet have an
associate degree, and be
enrolled here at the Middletown
Campus.
- You build a relationship with
those students and to me, it was
just making new
friends outside of the work,
which was something that I
needed.
That you always think, you know,
your story is bad. When you
listen to somebody
else talk, you find out you
actually have stuff in common
with the other students so
we actually created a bond with
those students.
- So students in TRIO can
receive free printing. So we
have laptops here in the
office where students can print
out their PowerPoints or
assignments for their
classes. Students in TRIO can
register for classes five days
before the general
population of students get to.
We also have some emergency
financial assistance
that TRIO students can qualify
for as well as some gas cards
and Sheetz gift cards if
students have trouble getting to
campus.
- LFCC is definitely the way to
start. You're going to save
money.
It's a great environment. The
professors are awesome. And if
you do come to LFCC,
TRIO is a great program to be
in. They help guide you and help
you with any
problems you have even if it's
not school related. It can be
anything.
Your advisor can help you a lot
along the way, and TRIO is just
a great
program to be in.
- When I first came to the
college, I was really terrified.
I thought I would be an
outlier because I'm older and I
haven't been to school in so
long.
But when I came, everyone was so
welcoming and friendly and
just...it was really well
received. And I'm so glad I made
the decision to come back to
school.
