TRiO Student Support Services

Persist, Succeed, and Graduate!

TRiO Student Support Services offer a holistic approach to student development through Academic Coach Advocacy, facilitated workshops, educational method development, and student activities.

With TRiO Student Support Services

The mission of TRiO-SSS is to increase the knowledge, retention, and graduation rates of low-income, first-generation, and students with disabilities, and facilitate their transition from one level of post-secondary education to the next.

We focus on YOUR idea of success! 

Through a three-tiered approach to student excellence, the Northwest Indian College TRiO-SSS program seeks to improve student retention, success, and graduation through holistic advising, academic success training, and writing mentorship. With service through the NWIC extended campuses, we work with students, staff, faculty – and most importantly with the community – to identify learning strategies based on place and culture, while also serving to prepare students to identify their own version of success.

TRiO Student Support Services

…is committed to providing the tools necessary to help students reach their academic and career goals.

TRiO Eligibility Criteria

1. US Citizen
2. Have an Academic Need
3. Must be low-income, first generation and/or have a documented disability. 

Under the Department of Education for TRiO-SSS the institution decides what the definition of Academic Need includes. At Northwest Indian College Academic Need may include the following:

1. Low High School Grades
2. Low Admission Test Scores
3. Academic Proficient Tests
4. Low College Grades
5. High School Equivalency
6. Failing Grades
7. Out of the academic pipeline for 5 or more years
8. Limited English Proficiency
9. Lack of educational and/or career goals
10. Need for academic support to raise grade(s) in required course(s)/academic major