DSC Awarded U.S. Department of Education Grant for TRIO SSS

Daytona State Awarded U.S. Department of Education Grant for TRIO Student Support Services Award provides College with more than $1.8 million through 2025

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. (August 18, 2020) – Daytona State College’s TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program has been awarded federal funds through the U.S. Department of Education totaling more than $1.8 million for a five-year grant. The program has been re-funded through 2025 with the award amount covering $374,569 per year for the five-year period. 

The array of services the grant will provide are comprehensive and include one-on-one tutoring, scholarship support, individualized counseling services (academic, transfer, personal, financial aid, and career), cultural trips and transfer college tours, peer mentoring, a Summer Bridge Program, and more. Such services enhance academic success and make it more likely that students will graduate or transfer with the lowest possible debt.

Among those who have benefitted from the SSS program are Emmy, Tony, and Academy-Award winning actress Viola Davis, U.S. Representative Gwendolyn Moore, and Franklin Chang-Diaz, the first Hispanic astronaut. Vice President of Student Development at Daytona State College, Keith Kennedy, was also a student in the program, which has existed at the College for more than four decades.

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