TRiO Student Support Services

• Academic, financial, personal, and career counseling
• Financial Literacy, money management, scholarships, and student loan repayment assistance
• Individualized Educational Success Plan and monitoring of academic progress
• Study skills, time management, computer literacy, and other strategies for academic success
• Personality and character strengths assessments
• Professional assistance with writing, research, and math
• Peer mentoring program
• Cultural enrichment trips and events
• Leadership and service learning opportunities
• Transfer advising, including graduate school preparation
• Study abroad opportunities, information, support, and scholarships

All TRiO services are provided at no cost to participants.

Who is eligible?
A student who meets all of the following criteria:

• Is a citizen or national of the United States or meets the residency requirements for federal student financial assistance
• Is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at Paul Smith’s College
• Is a first-generation* college student, or an individual with a disability**, or qualifies for financial reasons***

How do I apply?
In addition to the admission requirements for Paul Smith’s College, applicants for TRiO – Student Support Services must complete and submit:

• PSC TRiO – SSS Application. Click here
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) 

*Student’s parents have associate’s (2-year) degrees or less. 

**If a disability exists, the student must provide documentation which meets Paul Smith’s College guidelines for documenting a disability.

***If a student receives a Pell Grant, it is highly likely student is eligible.

  @psSpring 2023 events: 

• 2/18 Skating at Olympic Oval, Lake Placid
• 2/25 Thrift Store Tour
• 3/ 1  PSC Celebrates TRiO Day- facts & snacks JWALibrary 2nd floor lobby 10am-3pm
  
• 3/11 Ben & Jerry’s and Cabot Factories Tours & Church St, Burlington, VT
• 3/17 Furnances & Finances -How To session by Diane Litynski*
• 4/ 5  Help w using Free Tax Return Filing program- bring your computer, W2, &1098T. 9-11am*
• 4/ 5  Make a Spring Craft. TRiO office, Common Time
• 4/ 7  Make a Spring Craft. TRiO office, Common Time
• 4/12 Career Fair on Saunders Gym – full time and seasonal jobs
• 4/13 Around the World in 90 Minutes-Pine Room 6pm
• 4/15 SAMFest at the PSC VIC (SAM=Science Art Music) 
• 4/19 TWF Grad School presentation 

• 4/22 Thrift Store Tour

• 4/22 Earth Day Clean Up led by CACS
• 4/12  to 5/17 Student Success Sessions presented be CACS Peer Mentors (Library 2nd floor) Choose from everything from a hike, planting seeds, to building a budget *, organizing, note-taking, pre-registration +++. 
• 5/3 Finding Scholarships inc. money for Grad School.TRiO office, Common Time bring your laptop *
• 5/12 Northern Lights Choir Concert, 7:30pm, St. Bernard’s Church, Saranac Lake, Choir includes TRiO students Maria Geel, Seda Pohlhaus, and Keely Zuber 
• ANYTIME: ZOGO Financial Literacy Game app: Use the QRcode below to download and play the Zogo.* You MUST use Access Code: BOBCAT to connect you to PSC Zogo.  PSC TRiO and Zogo have partnered to offer this app ad-free. Get gift cards for popular stores by collecting ZOGO pineapples and trading in for gift cards.  For Since this is a new venture, this first year we will require only that you complete at least one module for TRiO Grant Aid Financial Literacy participation. 
• https://zogo.app.link/Bobcat
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* Financial Literacy activity

To keep up to date on events, check your email and join @psc_trio Instagram