STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

Memorial Student Affairs Building (308) 865-8988
http://www.unk.edu/offices/sss/

Student Support Services(SSS) is a federally funded TRIO program that works with eligible students towards persistence and graduation.   SSS offers a long-term academic support relationship for these students who want a custom-designed package of services.  Services for individual students may include:

• Peer, faculty, and professional staff mentoring
• Intense academic transition support for freshmen
• Academic tutors in a variety of subject areas
• Monitoring grades and enrollment
• Networking to other UNK services
• Information for Financial Aid assistance and links to scholarships
• One-on-one success planning
• Primary advising for deciding students
• Supplemental advising for students who have declared majors
• Building a bridge to special needs assistance

Eligibility guidelines include students who are first generation (neither parent has completed a four-year college degree), students with low income, students with disabilities, and students with a combination of these criteria.  Applications for the program are available at the SSS office,  on-line at http://www.unk.edu/offices/sss/, and during enrollment.

Student Support Services also provides a number of opportunities for student involvement:

• Academic workshops and cultural events
• The Scholar Program for students with good academic performance
• Intrusive advising, strategies, and monitoring for students with poor academic performance
• Peer mentoring focused on the freshman year
• Leadership development
• Recognition and awards for academic performance and leadership

11 May 2006
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