TRiO Facts
This is the number one thing TRiO staff wish students would check more often.
What is emails?
This organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body?
What is the heart?
This Neflix Documentary about exotic animal owners became a huge sensation in 2020
What is Tiger King
This document students must complete to receive most federal financial aid?
what is the FAFSA?
This month is celebrated as Black History Month in the United States
What is February?
This federal department funds TRiO programs?
What is the United States Department of Education?
This system carries messages between the brain and the rest of the body.
What is the nervous system?
Before becoming an Oscar-nominated actress and television producer, this East Orange-raised entertainer helped pave the way for women in hip-hop with songs like "Ladies First." She is now most known for her amazing acting and great silk presses.
Who is Queen Latifah?
This is a course guide that explains assignments, policies, and deadlines.
What is a syllabus?
This court case ended legal school segregation and helped lead to the end of segregation nationwide?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
Name three services TRiO provides.
what is college tours, application assistance, financial aid help, mentoring, workshops, etc
The average adult has this many bones.
What is 206?
This 1997 film featured Brandy and Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother.
What is Cinderella?
Federal law protects the privacy of college students' educational records under this act.
What is FERPA?
This person became the first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968?
What is Shirley Chisom?
This was the year the first TRiO program was established?
What is 1964 (Upward Bound)?
This part of the brain is primarily responsible for decision-making and impulse control.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex?
Name four members of the original Destiny's Child lineup.
who are Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, LaTavia Roberson, LeToya Luckett
This campus office typically assists students with resumes, internships, and job searches.
What is the Career Center
This Supreme Court Justice became the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
Name as many TRiO programs as you can and briefly describe the primary purpose of each. You only need one correct program and description to receive credit, but additional correct answers may earn bonus points.
What is Upward Bound Math & Science (STEM-focused preparation), Student Support Services (college retention and graduation support), Educational Opportunity Centers (assistance for adults returning to education), Veterans Upward Bound (college preparation for veterans), and the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program (preparation for doctoral study and research careers)?
This organ uses roughly 20% of the body's energy despite making up only about 2% of body weight.
What is the brain?
This group consisted of AJ, Howie, Nick, Kevin, and Brian.
What is the Backstreet Boys
The national average credit score in the United States is approximately in this range.
What is 700–720?
This New Jersey city was a major destination during the Great Migration and became a center of Black arts and activism.
What is Newark, NJ