{"id":21465,"date":"2015-10-24T16:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T21:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=21465"},"modified":"2015-10-24T09:44:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T14:44:49","slug":"apsu-trio-sss-program-receives-five-year-1-3-million-federal-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2015\/10\/24\/apsu-trio-sss-program-receives-five-year-1-3-million-federal-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU TRiO SSS program receives five-year, $1.3 million federal grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – In 1998, Austin Peay State University initiated the TRiO Student Support Services program\u2014a federally funded program designed to help those students who are first-generation college students, disabled or who come from low-income backgrounds.<\/p>\n

APSU\u2019s Student Support Services (SSS) has assisted thousands of students in the last 17 years, and the program will continue to serve even more thanks to the recent awarding of a five-year, $1.3 million U.S. Department of Education grant.<\/p>\n

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Educational Opportunity Center Director John Johnson. (Taylor Slifko, APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

APSU received the highly competitive federal grant after earning a perfect score of 106 in the application process. John Johnson, director of the program, said it\u2019s easy to keep his staff motivated because their main goal every day is to help these students.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of times, these are the students who will fall through the cracks because they sometimes need additional support,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you\u2019re low-income, first generation, you don\u2019t have parents who have been to college so you don\u2019t know the whole process. You don\u2019t know your responsibilities for going to school, such as coming to class ready to learn, making sure you have all your materials ready, meeting with your professors and using all the resources available. We fill in those gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n

The SSS program provides eligible students with tutoring, academic counselors, financial literacy training, academic workshops, cultural activities and information on graduate schools. The program serves about 180 students each year, with the goal of getting them to earn a college degree within six years. Since its inception in 1998, the program has helped boost APSU\u2019s retention and graduation rates.<\/p>\n

For Johnson, the program has also helped changed the trajectory of hundreds of families.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are changing generations by what we\u2019re doing,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re breaking that family cycle of not having a college education. Now you have someone who has broken that, and they\u2019re going to spread the word, and the family is going to do better for generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new federal award will provide APSU with $257,000 a year for the next five years to continue the program. With 79 percent of APSU students eligible for financial aid, Johnson said the SSS program serves a real need within the student population.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re here to help students,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s our whole premise.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on the TRiO Student Support Services, visit the program\u2019s website at www.apsu.edu\/SSS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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