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“By all these lovely
FALL 2013, UACCB
Volume 4, Issue 1
tokens September
days are here, With
summer's best of
weather And autumn's
Welcome Back,
Students!
best of cheer.”
-Helen Hunt Jackson
From the Director:
to anyone who needs it. And, the
Welcome and Welcome Back to
TRiO/Student Support Services!! SSS staff is ready to answer all of
We are so excited to be starting your questions.
TRiO/SSS offers:
Peer Tutoring
Transfer Trips
Increased probability of
college retention and
graduation rates
Cultural enrichment
Academic, financial and
personal counseling
Career Guidance and
options
Grant Aid (Spring Only)
a new year at UACCB. We have
a lot planned for the new year
and are ready to get going.
Events such as the Fall Student
Symposium “Building Your Future”, the Financial Literacy Series, and the fall cultural trip to
Memphis to see West Side Story
are all on the calendar and
ready for RSVP.
We are here to support you. Study
hard. Work hard. And see us for
help along the
way. Good luck
with the new
“We are here to
year!
Beth R. Bruce
TRiO/SSS Director
Transfer trips are also being
planned. Tutoring is available
SSS Snapshot
September 25th-Lyon
Transfer Rep. Visit
September 27th-Student
Symposium
Oct. 4,11,25-Transfer
Trips
Oct. 10—Q&A
Oct. 17 - Financial Literacy Series pt.3
Nov. 7– West Side Story
I’m a traditional student. Why would I want
to join TRiO/SSS?
If you are a traditional student who came to UACCB
straight from high school,
the TRiO/SSS team can
give you the transfer and
personal help (along with
other useful tidbits of wisdom) that help you stay
on the traditional path
toward achieving your
goals and dreams. Plus,
we’re just cool like that.
What’s
Happening Now?
Don’t forget the
Student Symposium on Sept.
27th!
support you.
Study hard.
Work hard.
And see us for
help along the
way.”
I’m a non-traditional student. How can TRiO/SSS
support my educational
journey?
If you are a student who has
been away from school for some
time, feels unprepared for what
is expected in college, or if
you're wondering if you can succeed, TRiO/SSS may be the
right place for you. TRiO/SSS
staff understands your concerns and our office is a place
where someone will listen and
provide assistance.
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Fall “To Do” List
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Attend all 3 days of the Financial Literacy Series
Attend the Student Symposium
Work with your advisor on
transfer plans
Get advised for the Spring semester...or
Register for Graduation
Check the most recent calendar and SSS Snapshot to find
out about up coming Transfer Trips and Cultural
Events
Sydney Bullard, Kristi Canard, Jarred Corley,
and Trae Richardson consider the best way to
solve a brain teaser at Loco Ropes.
Meet the TRiO/SSS Team
During her studies, she balanced
a baby, part time work, and a
Beth R. Bruce comes to us from the
long commute into New York City.
Enrollment Office. A GED graduate
She earned her B.S. in 2004 and
and former UACCB student, she
completed her M.A. in Applied Lingrew up in the Batesville area. In
guistics at Columbia University in
2011 she earned a masters in Work2008.
force Development Education. As a
former college
recruiter, she
Jarred is ready to listen and encourage!
has contacts
at colleges
around the
TRiO/SSS Project Advisor:
state making access to transfer information very accessible.
Jarred Corley is a recent graduate
TRiO/SSS Director:
TRiO/SSS Project Advisor:
Dorianne Dias has been a nontraditional and at-risk academic advisor for more than 7 years. Originally from Conway, AR, she moved
with her family to the Hudson Valley
area of New York where she attended the local community college. As a
non-traditional student, she received
a scholarship to pursue an education
bachelors at New York University.
His primary goal is to be a positive
encouragement to everyone he
comes in contact with.
Administrative Assistant:
Lisa G. Lewis is a GED graduate and
a current non-traditional, first generation student here at UACCB. She
worked part-time in Career Pathways
and in the Row-Johns Library. She
has received Technical Certificates in
Banking & Finance and Accounting
Support. She also graduated from
UACCB in May 2011 with an A.A.S.
in Business Services: Accounting Foof Lee University Graduate School cus. She is currently working toin Counseling with a Master’s of
wards a Bachelors of Applied Science
College Student Development. His through U of A Fort Smith.
undergraduate degree is also
"There is a harmony
from Lee.
His hometown is Velvet Ridge,
AR but has most recently live in
Cleveland, TN. He has many connections to the Batesville area.
He loves to meet diverse types of
people and learn other’s stories.
In autumn, and a lustre in its sky,
Which through the summer is not heard
or seen,
As if it could not be, as if it had not
been!"
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Student Symposium
As a TRiO/SSS student, one of your
requirements for being a member in
good standing is to attend three (3)
workshops per semester. In an effort to make this easier to achieve,
TRiO/SSS is hosting a Student Symposium on Friday, September 27th
from 8:30am - 2:00pm. Students will
get to choose 3 workshops from a
variety of options. Lunch is included;
the only thing it costs you is your
time.
Don’t forget, it is in your contract
that you will attend workshops and
financial literacy events. This will let
you meet many of your responsibilities for the semester in one day.
While this event was designed with
TRiO/SSS students in mind, it is
open to the entire student body –
so tell your friends! Please RSVP on
Facebook, or stop by our office.
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Tutoring: It’s for the Successful
There is a general misconception gebra, A&P, and several other
that tutoring is only for students classes.
who are failing. Few students re- If you feel like you need a lot of
alize that many successful,
help, you can typically meet with
straight-A students also seek tu- your tutor once per week. Of
toring. If
course, you may
you are
(and should) still
earning a
use Student Success
B, but
Center (SSC). Furwould
thermore, you are
like an A
not obligated to
or just
the whole semester.
want to
If you only need
make
short-term help,
sure that
that’s ok too.
you realHowever, you
ly undershould know that
Tutor, Heather, explains mathematical
the goal of one-on
stand the
concepts to tutee, Teri.
-one tutoring is to
conhelp you be a better
cepts/
student
and
should
NOT be used
skills taught in class, then tutoring is as much for you as it is for ONLY for homework help.
students who are struggling to
The TRiO/SSS tutoring differs
pass. Fortunately, TRiO/SSS offers from the SSC in that, first, you
free one-on-one tutoring in Al- must be an accepted TRiO/SSS
student, while any student can
use SSC. Second, you are assigned
a tutor based on the subject and
times you are available instead of
dropping in. Therefore, you must
formally request tutoring by filling out one of our sign up forms
in the TRiO/SSS office.
“There are no secrets to success.
It is the result of preparation,
hard work, and learning from
failure.”
-Colin Powell
Tutors are assigned on a firstcome-first-served basis and the
best times fill up quickly. If you
know you’ll need tutoring, or
think you might, go ahead and
sign up. We tend to fill up before
mid-terms. Don’t wait!
e!
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Participant Resources
Besides all of the great
workshops, personal advising, and transfer trips,
there are many resources
available to TRiO/SSS
participants.
Digital voice recorders
and laptops are available
for short-term checkout.
In our suite,
you
can
But wait!
There’s
still more!
ing, and graphing calculators that you can
temporally check out
for a quiz/test.
For more details or to
check out any of
these resources,
please see Lisa.
use the iPads (with new apps),
we have a desktop with QuickBooks installed, several resource
manuals to help you with writ-
TRiO/SSS Cultural Events
This Semester:
In November, TRiO/SSS will be sponsoring
a trip to the Orpheum in Memphis to see West
Side Story. For this trip we will provide the
transportation, the ticket and a simple meal.
West Side Story is modern Romeo & Juliet
musical set in the slums of New York City where
a bicultural love story gets caught up between opposing gangs: the Sharks (Puerto Ricans) and the
Jets (Whites).
historical reenactment,
or perform 5 hours of
community service.
“ The value of an
education...is
not the learning
of many facts
but the training
of the mind to
think something
that cannot be
learned from
textbooks.”
-Albert Einstein
Why do you require a
cultural event?
Each semester
TRiO/Student Support Services sponsors a cultural enrichment activity for our students in an
effort to broaden your mind beyond textbooks
and classrooms. We try to vary the type of activity each semester so that we can find someWhat if I can’t go?
thing that interests everyone. In the past, we
Don’t worry.
attended the musical Les Miserables and ate at
There are other ways
a French restaurant, and attended the former
to meet your cultural
Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice Lecture.
event requirement. For This year we are once again looking to provide
example, you can atfun, stimulating, educational experiences for
tend any of the on cam- our students. Sign up early to save your spot!
pus performances (not The sign-up sheet is in the TRiO/SSS suite.
movies), attend a local
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SSS in Social Media
The TRiO/SSS team wants
you to be as informed of opportunities as soon as possible.
implementing Facebook
groups to try to help likeminded students work together.
signed to
help you.
Please feel
free to comment on our posts.
We’d love to know what you
think.
“Liking” our Facebook page is Sometimes, we ask for your
a great way to get quick
reminders of deadlines,
We’re on Twitter too. Evewww.facebook.com/uaccbtriosss
events, and activities
rything we post on Facethat are important feedback though a poll ques- book gets automatically posted
to you.
to our Twitter feed:
tion.
TRiOuaccb.
We have started
Everything we post is de-
TRiO/SSS Transfer Events
It’s never too early to start working on your transfer plans. The
first step is to talk to your advisor. She/he will help you decide
semester, TRiO/SSS takes multiple transfer trips to the colleges
of interest of our students.
These trips are FREE to
TRiO/SSS participants. Colleges
we visit include Lyon, ASU
Jonesboro, UALR, UAMS, and
UCA. Other visits may be
scheduled if a minimum of three
students want to go.
what you want and need from a
transfer program.
Be sure to take at least one
transfer trips a semester. Each
When you know what you want to
major in and which school you want
to go to, students should begin the
admissions process to the college of
their choice. Transfer scholarships
often go quickly, so it is important
to apply early.
The TRiO/SSS staff is here to answer your transfer questions and
assist you in any way we can. Our
doors and email inboxes are always
open.
Next, you should visit the
TRiO/SSS transfer specialist,
Jarred. Together you will talk
options, scholarships, commute
vs. move, and much more.
The transfer specialist is not
here to tell you where to go or to
do all of the paperwork for you
but is here to help you find your
way through the red tape and
information overload.
If you simply can not go on a transfer trip, watch our calendar for
transfer representative visits. In a
way, it’s like the school comes to
you!
Fall Line Up:
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Sept. 6—Lyon
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Sept. 25—Lyon Rep. Visit
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Oct. 4—U of A
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Oct. 11—ASU Jonesboro
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Oct. 25—Harding/ASU Beebe
UACCB TRiO/SSS/SSS Mi
ssion Statement
The mission of TRiO/SSS St
udent Support Services at UACCB is
to foster a
climate supportive of the su
ccess of economically challenged and fir
st generation students and/or student
s with disabilities. The ultimate goal
of the program is to increase college re
tention
and graduation rates of its
participants
and to help students make
the transition from one level of higher
education
to the next.
Beth R. Bruce, TRiO/SSS Director
Dorianne Dias, Project Advisor
Jarred Corley, Project Advisor
Lisa Lewis, Admin. Asst.
Phone: 870-612-2173
Fax: 870-612-2125
E-mail: [email protected]
Team TRiO/SSS
We’re on Facebook!
www.facebook.com/uaccbtriosss
General TRiO/SSS Information
Who is eligible for
SSS Services?
UACCB students who are
U.S. citizens or permanent
residents, demonstrate academic need, and are enrolled
in the current semester may
be eligible for SSS Services.
What is TRiO/SSS?
Funded by the U.S. Department of
Education, our TRiO/SSS program
is funded to serve 140 students.
ment. We also provide opportunities
for campus community involvement,
workshop participation, and cultural
events.
Working with a smaller population For more info., watch “TRiO/SSS: We
of students is what sets us apart
Set the Stage for Success” &
from other resources on campus.
“Reasons for TRiO/SSS” on
Having more one-on-one time with youtube.com
students allows us to get to know
You must also meet at least you better and proNeed Tutoring? GRANT AID
one of the following criteria: vide personalized
advising.
Eligible participants For eligible participants
 Be a 1st generation college
should contact SSS  Active SSS student
student
As a result, you will
Advisor, Dorianne Di-  >2.o GPA
 Meet low-income federal
become part of a
as, at 870.612.2140 or  Spring Semester Only
guidelines
network of individdorianne.dias  PELL eligible
 Have a documented
ualized and [email protected]  Enrolled in transferable
learning or physical disa- sive services defor more information.
program
signed to enhance
bility
 See TRiO/SSS for add’l
your academic and
personal developinfo
UACCB’s TRiO/SSS Student Support Program is funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Federal TRiO/SSS Programs. The funded award
for 2013-2014 is $202,310. All activities and services offered to students in SSS are made possible by these grant funds. UACCB does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability for admission or access to its programs or activities.