{"id":48626,"date":"2023-03-03T00:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T05:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=48626"},"modified":"2023-03-03T00:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T05:19:02","slug":"trio-day-event-brings-high-school-students-from-across-tennessee-to-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/trio-day-event-brings-high-school-students-from-across-tennessee-to-utc\/","title":{"rendered":"TRIO Day event brings high school students from across Tennessee to UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jason Harville, assistant director of Student Success Programs at UTC, talks to TRIO Day participants about first-gen programming (photo courtesy of Kristina McClure).<\/p><\/div>\n

In honor of National TRIO Day, eight TRIO programs from across Tennessee visited the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus on Saturday, Feb. 25.<\/p>\n

The event was organized by TN TRIO, a non-profit educational organization that helps disadvantaged students persevere and matriculate. Due to COVID-19, UTC had not hosted the get-together since 2020.<\/p>\n

TRIO programs, which have been part of the UTC campus for more than 50 years, are federal outreach systems designed to identify and provide services for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The initiatives are intended to serve and assist low-income and first-generation college students and those with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline.<\/p>\n

There are 60 different TRIO programs within the state spanning 22 institutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of our state\u2019s student initiatives,\u201d said Kristina McClure, education specialist for the UTC Upward Bound Math Science program and chair of TN TRIO\u2019s Student Initiatives Committee. \u201cNational TRIO Day is when TRIO programs perform community service, come together and work together. So as a student initiative, this is a great way for students across Tennessee to meet their TRIO peers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five of these programs can be found at UTC. These initiatives run from working with students in middle schools (Educational Talent Search) to high schools (Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math Science) to college students (Student Support Services) to adults trying to get back into college (Educational Opportunity Center).<\/p>\n

The UTC TRIO programs are led by:<\/p>\n