{"id":5260,"date":"2025-07-10T10:41:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=5260"},"modified":"2025-07-10T10:41:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:41:46","slug":"ssc-secures-two-federal-grants-to-enhance-academic-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-secures-two-federal-grants-to-enhance-academic-support\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Secures Two Federal Grants to Enhance Academic Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Seminole State College Student Support Services and STEM SSS Director Janna Wilson-Byrd speaks before a crowd at fall 2024\u2019s new student orientation event. The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded the college with an SSS grant totaling $1,532,570 and a STEM SSS grant at the amount of $1,351,820.<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Seminole State College two federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grants. The first is a traditional SSS grant totaling $1,532,570, and the second is a STEM SSS grant totaling $1,361,820. Both grants are for a five-year period and are designed to improve college retention and graduation rates among low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through services including academic tutoring, financial aid, scholarship guidance, career exploration, counseling and mentoring, TRIO SSS helps students overcome barriers to success and graduate or transfer with minimal debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis grant allows Seminole State College to deepen our commitment to ensuring that all students\u2014regardless of background\u2014can thrive academically and personally,\u201d Janna Wilson-Byrd, SSS \/ STEM SSS Director said. \u201cStudent Support Services helps level the playing field and equips our students with the tools and confidence to graduate and lead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nationally, the SSS program has a proven track record. According to a 2019 evaluation by the U.S. Department of Education, students in SSS at two-year colleges were 48 percent more<\/p>\n\n\n\n

likely to earn an associate degree or transfer, and those at four-year institutions were 18 percent more likely to graduate with a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTRIO programs generally and TRIO SSS, in particular, transforms students from the least resourced backgrounds into college graduates,\u201d Kimberly Jones, President of the Council for Opportunity in Education in Washington, D.C., said. \u201cThis vital program makes all the difference for nearly a million students each year across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SSS is one of eight federal TRIO programs funded under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove social, academic, and cultural barriers to higher education. Since its inception in 1968, SSS has helped millions of low-income, first-generation students graduate from college and contribute to their communities and the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese grants enable us to provide focused support that helps students succeed in their studies. We appreciate the support of U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Bice and other members of the Oklahoma Congressional delegation for their ongoing efforts on behalf of SSC\u2019s federal grant programs,\u201d SSC President Lana Reynolds said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notable TRIO SSS alumni include former NASA astronaut Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez, U.S. House Clerk Cheryl Johnson, and Michael Cashman, Supervisor of the Town of Plattsburgh, N.Y.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about TRIO Student Support Services at Seminole State College, visit www.sscok.edu or contact Janna Wilson-Byrd at j.wilsonbyrd@sscok.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Seminole State College two federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grants. The first is a traditional SSS grant totaling $1,532,570, and the second is a STEM SSS grant totaling $1,361,820. Both grants are for a five-year period and are designed to improve college retention and graduation rates among … Continue reading SSC Secures Two Federal Grants to Enhance Academic Support<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,87],"tags":[157],"class_list":["post-5260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grant-programs","category-news","tag-july-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5262,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5260\/revisions\/5262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}