Student Support Services Program awards grant aid
PRESQUE ISLE — During a President’s Reception held on May 5, eighteen students at the University of Maine at Presque Isle received grant aid awards through the Student Support Services (SSS) Program. SSS awarded each full-time student approximately $2,200 and the funds will assist the students by reducing their loans.
On Dec. 15, 2000, Section 17 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 was amended to provide grant aid for eligible TRIO Student Support Services program students. The respective college/university SSS program selects the recipients and awards the grant money to eligible freshmen and sophomore college students who have accessed SSS-sponsored workshops, tutoring, career, financial, academic and/or disability counseling, have successfully completed at least one semester and are receiving Federal Pell Grants.
This is the ninth year, since the passing of this act, that the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s SSS Program has been able to fund its participants with grant aid. A total of $36,846 was awarded. Mary Kate Barbosa, director of TRIO Student Support Services, and Chris Bell, director of Financial Aid, worked together to make the selections. The following students received funding: Auburn — Kimberly Francis; Brooksville — Hannah Saunders; Caribou — Keyleigh Bennett, Jacqueline Eye and Danielle Pelkey; Dover-Foxcroft — Daniel Rosebush; Easton — Lauren Camargo; Fort Fairfield — Lydia Thebarge; Hodgdon — Tabitha Caron; Limestone — Desiree Mattoon and Roxanne Murphy; Madawaska — Brandon Bosse; Orange, Mass.— Nicole Mazzola; Oxbow — Shannon Deabay; Presque Isle — Wendy Walsh; Sanford — Amanda Harrop; Smyrna — Mackenzie Flannery; and Unity — Lingjing Jiang.
