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Canku Ota
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(Many Paths)
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An Online Newsletter
Celebrating Native America
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August 2015 - Volume
13 Number 8
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Coconino Community
College's TRiO Program Receives $1.1 Million Grant
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by Coconino Community
College press release
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Flagstaff,
Ariz. (May 6, 2015) - The U.S. Department of Education has announced
that the Coconino Community College TRiO program received another
five-year commitment.
"This grant is extremely difficult to secure - the competition
is open to all colleges and universities throughout the 50 states
and includes the US territories as well," said John Henneberg,
CCC's TRiO Program Director. "TRiO students achieve higher retention
and graduation rates when compared to their peers not enrolled in
the program. The grant will allow Coconino Community College's Student
Support Services staff to continue serving hundreds of TRiO students,
helping them succeed in achieving their educational goals."
TRiO is a program designed to strengthen student retention, encourage
transfer to a four-year college and bolster graduation rates by fostering
a climate supportive of the success of low-income and first-generation
college students and people with disabilities with academic need.
Among the program services are: Assigned academic advisors; individualized
academic tutoring; career exploration and major and course selection;
information on types of financial aid, scholarship and grant opportunities
available; and study skills assistance.
The total grant amount for the five-year commitment to CCC is $1.1
million.
The CCC TRiO program serves about 140 students a year.
For more information about the TRiO program at CCC, visit www.coconino.edu/trio.
For national TRiO information, visit www.coenet.us.
About Coconino Community College
Student success is the heart and purpose of Coconino Community College.
CCC provides affordable tuition and a wide variety of certificates
and degrees including career/technical programs with more than 60
certificate programs and two-year associate degrees in various fields
including nursing, fire science, law enforcement and business. The
award-winning CCC2NAU program provides an innovative way to smooth
a student's path toward a bachelor's degree at Northern Arizona University
with tailored advisement and institutional collaboration, including
access to amenities at NAU.
Since 1991, CCC has served residents across 18,000 square miles of
Coconino County. CCC has helped create the region's skilled workforce,
which is improving overall health, safety and the economy in the region.
Today, CCC serves more than 7,500 students per year with two campuses
in Flagstaff.
CCC reaches out to the more rural portions of the County including
Williams, the Grand Canyon/Tusayan, Page/Lake Powell, Fredonia, Tuba
City and other remote areas on the Navajo, Hopi and Supai Tribal Lands.
Instructional sites offer classes through online, in-person and Interactive
Television classes to meet the needs of students in these rural and
remote areas. Nearly 25 percent of CCC's students are Native American
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