Welcome to TRIO Student Support Services website! We are here to serve you and to help in unveiling all your possibilities. Our staff is committed to ensuring that you receive high quality service. We offer an array of services including academic advisement, career planning and tutoring. So, please come by and see us in room 1120.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, TRIO Student Support Services at North Campus provides the means by which there is a personal approach to advising and counseling students. Included is a network of individualized and intensive services designed to enhance students’ academic and personal development. Opportunities for campus and community involvement, workshop participation and cultural events are readily available. Students are invited to submit an application in order to be considered for participation in the program.
About the Program
TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) is a federally funded program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. SSS at North Campus of Miami Dade College serves first-generation students, economically disadvantaged individuals, as well as students with disabilities, with the aim of increasing students’ college success and transfer to upper division studies. Comprehensive early assessment and ongoing interaction with academic advisors and counselors result in effective individualized education plans that incorporate students’ long-range goals. SSS also offers educational and cultural activities, financial aid and career advisement, tutoring and transfer assistance to program students.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for program services, students must complete a TRIO Student Support Services Program Application and meet established guidelines. A student must provide evidence of U.S. citizenship or resident alien status, low income status, be the first in his/her family to graduate from college, or have a documented disability.
In summary, TRIO Student Support Services is openly available to students who are seeking a college degree (associate, baccalaureate); students must:
- Be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident;
- Be accepted for enrollment or currently enrolled at Miami Dade College;
- Be first-generation college students (neither parent/legal guardian has graduated from college);
- Be economically disadvantaged, limited/low income;
- Be a student with a documented disability;
- Demonstrate high motivation to successfully complete college course work with plans to transition to upper division studies after graduation from MDC.
TRIO Forms & Documents
Program Support Opportunities
- Tutoring
- Services to students with disabilities
- Financial aid counseling
- Service learning and community service
- Student development & life skills seminars
- Academic support lab remediation and enrichment
- Intensive academic advisement
- Individualized education planning
- Career and personal counseling
- Peer mentoring
- Cultural enrichment activities
- Leadership development