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TRIO Student Support Services

What We Do
From Start to Finish

TRIO Student Support Services is a federally-funded, comprehensive support program for first-generation and limited-income college students. The goal of the program is to offer every possible form of support for participants along with their journey to graduation from Grand Valley State University.

What We Do
 

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Gain all the benefits of being in TRIO Student Support Services by applying today! As an active participant you will have access to an advisor, peer mentors, graduate school visits, cultural immersion, community engagement, and much more. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

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Appointments
Schedule an Appointments

TRIO Student Support Services offers holistic and personal advising to all participants. You can meet with any TRIO professional staff member. All appointments are currently virtual or by phone unless a different accommodation is requested. 

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2024-25 Individualized Service Assessment (ISA)

Each year every TRIO SSS Classic participants are required to fill out a new Individualized Service Assessment. To make this an easier process, this is online.

TRIO Events

Post Family Farms Fall Festivals w/ TRIO

October 5, 2024 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Join TRIO for a Fall fest afternoon at Post Family Farms!  Post Family Farm is a family owned and operated farm that is rooted in family values and commitment to excellence. This...

TRIO SSS: Kent County Parks Fall Volunteer Events

October 12, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Experience the beauty of fall in Michigan and make a difference at one of your favorite Kent County Park locations! Visit TRIO SSS for more details and to sign up for a weekday Stewardship Day or a...

Fall Break Day Trip: Six Flags

October 19, 2024 All Day

Join us for a day filled with exhilarating fun and heart-pounding thrills at Six Flags Great America! With over 17 jaw-dropping roller coasters and spectacular live shows, every moment promises excitement....

Fall Break: Washington, DC

October 19, 2024 All Day

Join TRIO Classic for an Unforgettable Trip to Washington, DC! Experience the grandeur of Washington, DC, where history and culture converge in the nation's capital. Explore neoclassical monuments...

TRIO SSS: Kent County Parks Fall Volunteer Events

October 19, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Experience the beauty of fall in Michigan and make a difference at one of your favorite Kent County Park locations! Visit TRIO SSS for more details and to sign up for a weekday Stewardship Day or a...

Fall Break: Washington, DC

October 20, 2024 All Day

Join TRIO Classic for an Unforgettable Trip to Washington, DC! Experience the grandeur of Washington, DC, where history and culture converge in the nation's capital. Explore neoclassical monuments...

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In The News

Joy Murerwa sharing how REP4 has influenced her journey with the Secretary of Education Miguel Cardon.

In The News

TRIO students Joy Murerwa and Maria Rocha standing with U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten at REP4 Leadership showcase. 

In The News

McNair scholar Maria Rocha sharing the impact of REP4 with Education officials in Washington D.C..

GVSU Campus Events

Laker Con

September 27, 2024 All Day

Laker Con is a three-day comics convention held at the Mary Idema Pew Library in the GVSU Allendale Campus. Our mission is to celebrate comics literacy, the scholarly merits of sequential storytelling...

Tour the Gordon Gallery (Pew Campus)

September 27, 2024 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

During ArtPrize, the Gordon Gallery will be open for extra hours! Visit us for a tour of work by artist Mathias Alten. Take a moment to relax surrounded by art and air conditioning, and then make sure...

Mental Health Ambassador Training

September 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

The Mental Health Ambassadors Program is designed to provide a cohort of students with a practical workshop that supplies the tools, resources, and skills necessary to identify situations of mental...

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GVNext News

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$241K NSF grant helps experts bring cutting-edge water research instrument to GVSU

Faculty members say undergraduate water research opportunities will expand with this addition.

Sep 24, 2024

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Great Lakes History Conference speakers will relate historic substance abuse in warfare to current events

Speakers at the annual conference will explore the theme 'Intoxicated Warfare: Psychoactive Substances, Violence and Trauma.'

Sep 24, 2024

Clarke Borgeson tries on stereoscopic 3D glasses to view a rendering at The Blue Dot Experience during Tech Week September 19

Five visionary projects seen at Tech Week GR

Catch up on some of the groundbreaking research and inventive applications from GVSU alumni, faculty and students and Grand Rapids tech firms specializing in AI, software engineering and data science.

Sep 23, 2024

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LOCATION

200 Student Services Building
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, Michigan 49401-9403

USDE

TRIO Student Support Services is funded through a grant from the 
U.S. Department of Education

CONTACT US

Phone: (616) 331-3401
Fax: (616) 331-3440
Email: [email protected]

DONATE
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TRIO Student Support Services offers several programs and opportunities to students throughout the year and your donations help to make that possible. 

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