The TRiO - Student Support Services Project will be holding its annual Fall Student Conference on Friday, September 11. This is a required event for project participants and includes breakout sessions on study skills, life skills, financial literacy, and much more. Plus, you get to meet lots of other students!

TRiO – Student Support Services is a federal program that helps students achieve college goals. To be eligible, you must be enrolled in an Associate Degree program at PPCC, need some academic support to successfully complete your degree, and be either low income, or have a documented disability, or be a first-generation college student (first in your family to go to college). If you think you qualify and want to sign up, talk to Ed Quesada, project director,  at 719-502-3352.
NOTE: SSS Scholarship applications will only be accepted at this conference.

Fall Student Conference Schedule:

8:30 – 9 a.m. Registration and Breakfast, Atrium

9 – 9:50 a.m. Breakout sessions – choose from:
Why Underwear Has Two Sides, room A-225
Understanding Your Loans, room C-211
Online Study Skills, room A-219
Managing Your Time, room A-216c

10 – 10:50 a.m. Breakout sessions – choose from:
Scholarships and Financial Aid, room A-225
Success in Life and School, room C-211
Coping with Math Anxiety, room A-219
SQ3R – Digesting a Textbook One Chapter at a Time, room A-216c

11 – 11:50 a.m. Breakout sessions – choose from:
Meet the Four-Year College Representatives, room A-225
More Joy of Science, room A-160
My Math Test, room A-219
Relaxation Skills for College Students, room A-216c

12 – 12:30 p.m.
Wrap-Up and Door Prizes