FORT KENT — The TRiO, Student Support Services Program, at the University of Maine at Fort Kent held its third annual recognition banquet to honor students, faculty, and staff involved in the TRiO program.
TRiO Student Support Services is funded through the Department of Education under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and are referred to as the TRiO Programs because there were initially three programs. TRiO programs are designed to help low-income, first-generation, and/or disabled students, under the guidelines of the American with Disabilities Act, Americans enter college, graduate and move on to participate more fully in America’s economic and social life.
A few central Aroostook TRiO students receiving recognition and 2010 Student Support Services award included:
• Sarah Englund of Caribou, who received a Leadership Award and an Outstanding Persistence Award. Englund also received honorable mention for the Most Successful Freshman Award.
• Recognized and presented with cords, which they can wear at graduation, included Nicole Moss and Laura Tardif, both of Caribou.