TRIO Student Support Services

Promoting Social Justice, Diversity and Equity through Retention, Graduation and Assistance with Graduate School and / or employment

Student Support Services (SSS) is a federally funded program through the U.S. Department of Education. The program is funded to provide services to students from first generation and limited income families as well as students with disabilities.

Interested in SSS?
Employability Skills and what it means to get a job in the 21st century, with Lore Dennis-Johnson. Engaging Dialogue, 21st century job prep, Employability Skills activity, Teamwork and Presentations, take-home booklets, Employment skills, online resources. 11AM to 1:30PM, Friday, october 6th, 2023, in Woolsey Hall room 226. Workshop hosted by Dr. Linda F. Rhone, TRIO SSS Executive Director

RSVP for our Employability Skills Workshop on 10/6

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Thriving Through Trauma

A book reading and Q&A with Dr. Linda F. Rhone

Date: TBD

Location: Virtual Presentation

 

The topics (Trauma & Resilience) will be the central focus of the book read and the Q&A led by Dr. Linda Rhone, Executive Director of TRIO Student Support Services. While this is an event for SSS participants, ALL are welcome.

 

 
Grace Wilkie Hall

Location

We are located in Grace Wilkie Hall, Room 309 and 303

Hours

Our in-person and virtual hours

Mon-Fri
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Contact Us

Call us from 8am - 5pm Monday through Friday on 316-978-3715

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Diversity incorporates changes that move beyond a diversity office and the celebration of a few diversity days per academic year. It entails a diversified administration, faculty, staff, and student body as well as creating inclusive policies and practices.
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Social Justice, Diversity, and Equity Through Retention and Graduation

Social Justice is not a subject matter in the ways that Math, Biology, Social Studies, Literature, etc., are subjects. Social Justice is a way of seeing the world no matter your area of interest or future career goals.

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Voices From The Field

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Caitlin Nolen

"SSS helped me by providing me with scholarships to afford to go to school and not have to worry as much about financials. I am good at school, but if I did not have the fantastic tutors, SSS provided I would not have been graduating with magna cum laude."

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Suriya Prakash

"I specially wanted to thank TRIO Student Support Services for offering me an opportunity to work on campus and helping me to improve both professionally and academically. Since I must move on to the next phase of my life after graduation, I decided to accept an offer to work as an Area Manager for Walmart and continue to learn more in supply chain and process engineering. Lastly, I wanted to thank Dr. Rhone, Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Martinez for constant support and positivity."

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Tabatha Cruz

"I have been a part of SSS in some way since my freshman year of college. I began working for SSS here at WSU as a student assistant in 2018. I have loved being able to assist other first generation students in their journey to success and graduation."

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Send us an email at trio.sss@wichita.edu with a headshot and a testimony about your experience with SSS!

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Linda F. Rhone, Ph.D., Ed.D., SSS Project Director, Founder of the Kansas Teacher Inquiry Group (KTIG), Social Justice Workshop Faculty - Friends University

Linda F. Rhone, Ph.D., Ed.D.

SSS Project Director, Founder of the Kansas Teacher Inquiry Group (KTIG), Social Justice Workshop Faculty - Friends University

linda.rhone@wichita.edu

316-978-7447

Karen L. Wright, Assistant Director, Tutor Coordinator & Academic Advisor

Karen L. Wright

Assistant Director, Tutor Coordinator & Academic Advisor

karen.wright@wichita.edu

316-978-7478

Chelsea Martinez, Communications, Marketing, & Academic Advising Specialist

Chelsea Martinez

Communications, Marketing, & Academic Advising Specialist

chelsea.martinez@wichita.edu

316-978-5950

Graduate Assistants

Indu Priya Chavva, Graduate Assistant, Database/Advising

Indu Priya Chavva

Graduate Assistant, Database/Advising

ixchavva@shockers.wichita.edu

316-978-5951

TRIO Student Support Services

Your Graduation is Our Goal!

The primary goal of SSS is to help transition, retain and graduate disadvantaged college students. The program provides a variety of academic support services that include individualized tutoring, success skill development, course planning and advising.

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