Student Support Services
Talent Search
History of TRIO
TRIO & Outreach
100

This FGCU TRIO program helps low income/first generation college students, including those who are disabled, to successfully begin and stay in college.

What is Student Support Services?

100

This FGCU TRIO program prepares low income/first generation college students in the 6-12 grades for college admission OR vocational training certification.

What is Talent Search?

100
The TRIO programs began as part of this president's War on Poverty.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
100

The Office of TRIO and Outreach Programs is located here.

What is McTarnaghan Hall, Room 202?

200

This SSS Mascot greets you with wisdom as you enter the SSS office.

Who is Oliver the Owl?

200

The FGCU Talent Search program serves students from these two Lee County high schools.

What are East Lee and Dunbar High Schools?

200

This Act established the first TRIO program.

What is the Educational Opportunity Act of 1964?

200

The FGCU TRIO and Outreach Programs is abbreviated and often referred to as this.

What is TOPS?

300

Florida Gulf Coast University is host to these two TRIO SSS grants.

What is the SSS Classic Program and the SSS STEM Program? 

300

Name at least three activities, or services, the FGCU Talent Search program provides its students.

What are tutoring and study skills, ACT/PSAT workshops, financial aid and scholarship information and applications, college and vo-tech information and applications, summer enrichment activities, college campus visits, and the Career Fair and College Life Fair?

300
This was the first TRIO program ever established.
What is Upward Bound?
300

Aside from SSS & Talent Search these are the sibling programs that exist within the umbrella of TRIO and Outreach Programs.

What is CROP (College Reach Out Program) & Scholars?

400

The FGCU SSS Classic and SSS STEM programs combined serve approximately ____ students.

What is 289?

400

In addition to servicing students from East Lee County High School, and Dunbar High Schools, the FGCU Talent Search program also provides services to students from these middle schools.

What are Lehigh Acres Middle School and Paul Lawrence Dunbar Middle School?

400

This government agency funds all TRIO programs.

What is the United States Department of Education?

400

Name at least 4 services provided to students by the TRIO & Outreach Programs

What is Academic Coaching, Peer Coaching, Peer Tutoring, Free Computer Labs & Printing, Cultural Activities, Field Trips, Academic, Career, & Financial Workshops and Graduate School Advising?

500

This is the FGCU SSS motto.

What is 'Support Is Our Middle Name'?

500

These are the number of students that the FGCU Talent Search program is funded to serve.

What is 500?

500

By the late 1960's, the term "TRIO" was coined to describe these 3 federal programs.

What are Upward Bound, Talent Search, and Student Support Services?

500

Aside from supervising over TOPS, Dr. Suzanne Jones, Senior Director of Academic Support Programs and Services (ASPS), these are the other departments she supervises over.

What are Testing & Assessment Services, Adaptive Services and CAA?

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