TRiO Student Support Services

To be eligible for the TRiO program, students must meet at least ONE of these criteria:

• Be a first generation college student (i.e. the parents or person that raised you does not have a bachelor’s degree) or,
• Meet low-income eligibility criteria (as listed in the table below) or,
• Have a documented disability

Because the number of students who can be accepted into the program is capped at 140, preference is given to students planning to transfer to a four-year university.

Click to view current low income levels

Loans

Ready for Zero: This free website provides students with tools they can use to learn how to better manage and eliminate student loan debt. 
www.readyforzero.com/resources/student-loan-debt/

The Project on Student Debt: The project on student debt provides students with a variety of facts and figures about student debt nationwide.
www.projectonstudentdebt.org/

Scholarships

Klamath Community College scholarship Page: This page is updated often and displays local and national scholarships.
www.klamathcc.edu/Admissions/Financial-Aid/Scholarships

The Oregon Student Access Commission: This must-visit website provides information about applying for hundreds of scholarships in Oregon.
oregonstudentaid.gov/

Budgeting for School

College Budgeting: How to save money in college. This website talks about budgeting, tracking spending, planning ahead and has links to scholarship, student loan information on consolidation and forgiveness. 
www.debt.org/students/college-budgeting-101

Not sure how to handle your finances and student aid (grants, scholarships, loans, work-study) while you're in school? 
https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/prepare-for-college/budgeting

Budget Recipes: This website lists quick and budget-friendly recipes for college students.
www.food.com/cookbook/college-budget-recipes-83331

Salt Money: This is a website about financial literacy that KCC pays a membership fee for so all students have extra access to tools and information about budgeting, saving and more. They have a website and a blog you can follow.
www.saltmoney.org/index.html

Test Anxiety

This YouTube video provides tips for controlling test anxiety.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2DgB3X2Afg

ETS Test Anxiety Guide.
www.ets.org/s/praxis/pdf/reducing_test_anxiety.pdf

Health and Wellness

101 Health and Wellness Tips for College Students.
healthservices.camden.rutgers.edu/topics_wellness

Resumes and Interviews

The Visual Communication Guy: This website provides tips and tools for creating a visually stimulating resume.
thevisualcommunicationguy.com/

College Transferring

The College Navigator website: This is a database where students can search for schools nationwide to find a program that fits their needs.
nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/

College Transfer: This website provides a broad overview of the transfer process and advice on each step of it.
www.collegetransfer.net/

Online Workshops

If you haven’t had time to attend in-person workshops about goal setting, stress management, developing critical reading skills, developing effective paragraphs, taking effective notes, writing an effective thesis statement, conquering test anxiety, goal setting and time management, and stress management, Austin Community College offers free online workshops. They are short and take approximately 10-30 minutes to complete, depending on the course. For more information or to take one of these workshops, go to www.austincc.edu/support/advising/workshops.php.