SSS Student wins MN TRiO Scholarship
January
2011 - Ken Medina '12 was selected to receive the Paul
and Sheila Wellstone Award.
 St.
Olaf student support programsurvives
federal cuts
August
23, 2010 - A recent Star
Tribune article takes a close look at how a number of
federally funded TRiO Student Support Services programs serving
low-income, first-generation, or disabled college students
have not been granted money for the coming year. St.
Olaf's SSS program that currently serves 180 students did
get re-funded at nearly $1.3 million for five years —
in addition to money from other sources, including the college.
The story notes that St. Olaf accepts more students into its
program than they have funding for, but "There are just
so many students that want to be served," says program
director Kathy Glampe '92, who benefited from the program
when she was a student.
(pictured
above: Rashad Washington '14 and Amanda Moua '14)
 Protecting
Her Culture
JUNE
16, 2009 — For her senior project, Whitney
White '09 made a video collection of interviews
with tribal elders of the Prairie Island Indian Community.
"I'm helping to preserve our identity as a people,"
she says. More»
 MPR
story profiles St. Olaf TRiO student
MAY 15, 2009 — "Less than half of students of
color graduate from high sch ool
on time," reports St. Olaf student Mara Kumagai Fink
'11 in a recent Minnesota Public Radio story. "Of those
who go on to a Minnesota college, the gap in graduate rates
between whites and minorities is 15 percent." Fink
notes that the federal TRiO program is working to improve
these statistics as she profiles fellow student Tenzin
Choerap '10 and his journey from India to St. Olaf.
More
»
 Star
Tribune features family that's 'rollin' in Oles'
APRIL 13, 2009 — The Yangs -- Sandy '09, Betty
'10, Nou '11 and Kong '12 -- have put St. Olaf in
the "extraordinary" position of simultaneously educating
four siblings from one family, notes the Minneapolis Star
Tribune. Sandy Yang first connected with the college through
its TRiO program, which continues to provide support services
for the siblings. More
»
SSS
Student attends Policy Seminar in DC
March
25, 2009 —Ian Peppel '12 attended Policy
Seminar in Washingon, DC and
is pictured here with Congressman Jim Oberstar (Minnesota's
8th Congressional District). Policy Seminar
enables participants to represent the interests of low-income,
first-generation, and disabled students
in the policy arena.
 Nesting
Ground
Building on the success of St.
Olaf College's TRiO Programs, students interested
in biology, mathematics and chemistry get an extra boost from
the National Science Foundation STEM Initiative. Read
more »
|
