{"id":1417,"date":"2022-06-10T17:32:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T21:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/?page_id=1417"},"modified":"2025-07-16T18:04:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:04:01","slug":"for-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/for-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"For Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"inner-page-banner alignfull  has-background image-as-background coe-block pull_up_next_block\">\r\n\t<!--        \/\/ If we have a background image, echo our background image markup inside the block container.-->\r\n\t\t<figure class=\"image-background center png\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-20-opacity.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-20-opacity.png 1440w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-20-opacity-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-20-opacity-1024x358.png 1024w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-20-opacity-768x268.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg patterns-herring-short\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"inner-page-banner__inner container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"inner-page-banner__inner-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"inner-page-banner__title\">For Alumni<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inner-page-banner__description\"><p>Are you ready to be part of something bigger? The National TRIO Alumni Association (NTAA) beckons you to a realm of endless possibilities. Our mission transcends mere connections \u2013 we&#8217;re here to ignite the legacy of TRIO programs and kindle everlasting bonds among alumni, students, and partners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"offset-media-text wow alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container offset-media-text__inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__image to-square bg-img gradient-fill\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/advocacy_center_protect_trio_policy_seminar_take_action_now_coeps2025_capitol_hill-1024x683.jpg)\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg align-bottom patterns-hash-wide\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t<h2 class=\"kicker\">TAKE ACTION NOW<\/h2>\t\t\t<p class=\"h2\">Your story can help save TRIO. Here\u2019s how to take action\u2014right now. Act today. Our future depends on it.<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p>President Trump\u2019s budget proposal threatens to eliminate the Federal TRIO Programs\u2014programs that changed your life and continue to transform futures for nearly 870,000 students each year. This is our moment to fight back. We\u2019ve outlined five simple but powerful actions you can take\u2014call, write, post, and share\u2014to help protect TRIO in the FY26 budget. <strong>TRIO helped you get to college. Now help us make sure it\u2019s there for the next generation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congressweb.com\/CFOE\/13\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"acf-link button\" >JOIN THE FIGHT HERE<\/a>\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\t<section class=\"slider-events alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slider-events__intro container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-events__heading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"kicker\">UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL AND STEP CONFIDENTLY INTO YOUR FUTURE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"slider-events__title h2\">Upcoming Webinars for TRIO Alumni<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-nav__arrows\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"slick-arrow prev\" aria-label=\"Previous event\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"18\" height=\"31\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 31\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  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Friendships, Networking, and Mentorship<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"event-date meta-title wow\">Aug 28, 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"event-settings meta-title wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVirtual\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NTAA_Career_Connections__Leadership_Without_a_Title_Webinar-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/ntaa-career-connections-make-the-impact-leadership-without-a-title\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: NTAA Career Connections: Make the Impact: Leadership Without a Title<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-heading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Free Webinar<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/ntaa-career-connections-make-the-impact-leadership-without-a-title\/\" target=\"_self\">NTAA Career Connections: Make the Impact: Leadership Without a Title<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"event-date meta-title wow\">Sep 25, 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"event-settings meta-title wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVirtual\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"offset-media-text wow alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container offset-media-text__inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row reverse-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t<h2 class=\"kicker\">We want to know more about you<\/h2>\t\t\t<p class=\"h2\">Create or Update your  TRIO alumni profile to share more details about your accomplishments and about the TRIO program you participated in.<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p>We&#8217;ve transferred most TRIO alumni records from our old platform into a new system, so use the search module to find your alumni record in our new database and set a new password. No match? Click the button at the bottom of the page to create a new account. Update your basic information, such as current employer, and job title. From federal advocacy to mentorship, there are myriad ways to engage with the association. Tell us how you want to get involved! Enter details about your TRIO program and then that&#8217;s it! Once your new profile is saved, you can view and edit it as needed in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/access.coenet.org\/COE\/Create-Account\/Alumni\/FMA-Alumni.aspx\" target=\"_self\" class=\"acf-link button\" >CREATE OR UPDATE YOUR ALUMNI PROFILE<\/a>\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__image to-square bg-img gradient-fill\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/for_alumni_trio_national_association_linkedin_network_professionals-1024x1024.jpg)\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg align-right patterns-herring-wide\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"offset-media-text wow alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container offset-media-text__inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__image to-square bg-img gradient-fill\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference_events_trio_state_leaders_caucus_annual_conference_coeac2025_chicago_leadership-1024x682.jpeg)\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg align-bottom patterns-hash-wide\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t<h2 class=\"kicker\">Grow Your TRIO Alumni Network<\/h2>\t\t\t<p class=\"h2\">Are you a TRIO alumni coordinator looking to strengthen your local, state, or regional alumni chapters?<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"\" data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"499\">The National TRIO Alumni Association (NTAA) Spring 2025 Engagement Ambassador Cohort is a transformative opportunity designed to help you establish and enhance your alumni programs and committees. This free program runs from April 15 to September 16 and includes monthly one-hour training sessions.\u00a0Through this cohort, you will learn effective strategies for building and sustaining impactful alumni chapters while deepening alumni engagement. You will become an NTAA-certified partner and gain access to consultation support from the national office, peer support from fellow TRIO professionals, leadership and professional development opportunities, and potential speaking engagements. Participants will also receive a certificate of completion to recognize their commitment to advancing alumni relations.\u00a0Take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen your TRIO alumni network, elevate your program\u2019s impact, and enhance your professional growth. Apply today to become a driving force in the TRIO community. <em>Spots are limited\u2014secure your place before <strong>Wednesday, April 16<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=ytYsoNlJ3UaVapKP4AIMSo6WvX4YaqRKstGMYVnzOlpUM005SFU1UEdSSjU2NjJCMDJRUDIxRkRIUi4u&#038;route=shorturl\" target=\"_self\" class=\"acf-link button\" >GET STARTED HERE<\/a>\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\t<section class=\"slider-articles alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slider-articles__intro container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-articles__heading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"kicker\">News &#038; Impact<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"slider-articles__title h2\">Latest Articles<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-nav__arrows\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"slick-arrow prev\" aria-label=\"Previous article\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"18\" height=\"31\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 31\" 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<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">press release<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-release\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-announces-2025-national-trio-achiever-award-recipients\/\" target=\"_self\">The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2025 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' 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href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/henry-bonilla-honored-with-2024-coe-lifetime-trio-achievement-award\/\" target=\"_self\">Henry Bonilla Honored with 2024 COE Lifetime TRIO Achievement Award\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Terrance L. Hamm<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/University-of-Louisiana-Lafayette-Carmouche-TRIO-Alumni-Association-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-applauds-the-university-of-louisiana-lafayette-for-inaugurating-the-carmouche-trio-alumni-association\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education Applauds the University of Louisiana-Lafayette for Inaugurating the Carmouche TRIO Alumni Association\u00a0<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Press Releases<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-applauds-the-university-of-louisiana-lafayette-for-inaugurating-the-carmouche-trio-alumni-association\/\" target=\"_self\">The Council for Opportunity in Education Applauds the University of Louisiana-Lafayette for Inaugurating the Carmouche TRIO Alumni Association\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">September 5, 2024<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/news_impact_coe_trio_achievers_2024_coeac2024_new_york_conference_annual-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-announces-2024-national-trio-achiever-award-recipients\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education Announced 2024 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Press Releases<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-announces-2024-national-trio-achiever-award-recipients\/\" target=\"_self\">The Council for Opportunity in Education Announced 2024 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">August 9, 2024<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_248956080-500x500.jpeg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-receives-a-major-grant-to-extend-opportunities-to-first-generation-and-low-income-recent-college-graduates-nationwide\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education Receives a Major Grant to Extend Opportunities to First-Generation and Low-Income Recent College Graduates Nationwide<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Press Releases<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-receives-a-major-grant-to-extend-opportunities-to-first-generation-and-low-income-recent-college-graduates-nationwide\/\" target=\"_self\">The Council for Opportunity in Education Receives a Major Grant to Extend Opportunities to First-Generation and Low-Income Recent College Graduates Nationwide<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">May 31, 2024<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/for_alumni_faces_of_trio_garvey_pierre_university_massachusetts_boston_upward_bound_neoa-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/from-port-au-prince-to-policy-a-trio-upward-bound-journey-of-service-and-success\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: From Port-au-Prince to Policy: A TRIO Upward Bound Journey of Service and Success<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/from-port-au-prince-to-policy-a-trio-upward-bound-journey-of-service-and-success\/\" target=\"_self\">From Port-au-Prince to Policy: A TRIO Upward Bound Journey of Service and Success<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p 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<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/my-journey-of-resilience-and-gratitude-for-trio-student-support-services\/\" target=\"_self\">My Journey of Resilience and Gratitude for TRIO Student Support Services<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/for-alumni-event-jose-hernandez-watch-party-westop-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/a-million-miles-away-watch-party-with-jose-hernandez\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Q&#038;A with Astronaut and TRIO Alumnus Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez\u00a0<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/a-million-miles-away-watch-party-with-jose-hernandez\/\" target=\"_self\">Q&#038;A with Astronaut and TRIO Alumnus Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Terrance L. Hamm<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/news_impact_george_mason_university_first_generation_college_celebration_day_2022-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/national-first-generation-college-celebration-honors-first-generation-student-and-alumni-accomplishments-on-november-8\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: National First-Generation College Celebration Honors First-Generation Student and Alumni Accomplishments on November 8<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Press Releases<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/national-first-generation-college-celebration-honors-first-generation-student-and-alumni-accomplishments-on-november-8\/\" target=\"_self\">National First-Generation College Celebration Honors First-Generation Student and Alumni Accomplishments on November 8<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">October 30, 2023<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_impact_coe_congressional_steven_horsford_nevada_conference_2023_representative_house_trio_alumni-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/from-trio-to-the-halls-of-congress-u-s-representative-steven-horsfords-inspirational-journey\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: From TRIO to the Halls of Congress: U.S. Representative Steven Horsford&#8217;s Inspirational Journey<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/from-trio-to-the-halls-of-congress-u-s-representative-steven-horsfords-inspirational-journey\/\" target=\"_self\">From TRIO to the Halls of Congress: U.S. Representative Steven Horsford&#8217;s Inspirational Journey<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Maura Casey<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_impact_trio_achievers_annual_conference_2023_coeac2023_awards-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/2023-national-trio-achiever-awards-honoring-the-journeys-and-impact-of-distinguished-alumni\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: 2023 National TRIO Achiever Awards: Honoring the Journeys and Impact of Distinguished Alumni<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/2023-national-trio-achiever-awards-honoring-the-journeys-and-impact-of-distinguished-alumni\/\" target=\"_self\">2023 National TRIO Achiever Awards: Honoring the Journeys and Impact of Distinguished Alumni<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Maura Casey<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_impact_coe_family_achievement_award_president_whipps_palau_trio_alumni_upward_bound-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/the-president-first-lady-of-palau-recognized-with-the-2023-trio-family-achievement-award-from-the-council-for-opportunity-in-education\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: The President and First Lady of Palau Recognized with the 2023 TRIO Family Achievement Award from the Council for Opportunity in Education<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/the-president-first-lady-of-palau-recognized-with-the-2023-trio-family-achievement-award-from-the-council-for-opportunity-in-education\/\" target=\"_self\">The President and First Lady of Palau Recognized with the 2023 TRIO Family Achievement Award from the Council for Opportunity in Education<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Maura Casey<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Laure_Ashley_Thomas_Thermo_Fisher-500x500.jpeg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/breaking-barriers-in-finance-the-impact-of-trio-on-student-support-services-alumna-ashley-thomas\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Breaking Barriers in Finance: The Impact of TRIO on Student Support Services Alumna Ashley Thomas<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/breaking-barriers-in-finance-the-impact-of-trio-on-student-support-services-alumna-ashley-thomas\/\" target=\"_self\">Breaking Barriers in Finance: The Impact of TRIO on Student Support Services Alumna Ashley Thomas<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Holly Hexter, Neve Dole<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/news_impact_Aaron_Brown_executive_vice_president_trio_council_opportunity_education-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/council-for-opportunity-in-education-appoints-aaron-brown-as-executive-vice-president\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Council for Opportunity in Education Appoints Aaron Brown as Executive Vice President<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Press Releases<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/council-for-opportunity-in-education-appoints-aaron-brown-as-executive-vice-president\/\" target=\"_self\">Council for Opportunity in Education Appoints Aaron Brown as Executive Vice President<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">July 17, 2023<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NEWS-AND-IMPACT-2023-TRIO-ACHIEVERS-COEAC2023-2-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-announces-2023-national-trio-achiever-award-recipients\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2023 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Press Releases<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-announces-2023-national-trio-achiever-award-recipients\/\" target=\"_self\">The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2023 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">June 30, 2023<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/news_and_impact_nkauj_iab_yang_asian_american_pacific_islander_month_may_2023-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/trio-alumna-and-community-advocate-nkauj-iab-yang-works-to-advance-equity-so-all-communities-can-thrive\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: TRIO Alumna and Community Advocate Nkauj Iab Yang Works to Advance Equity \u201cSo All Communities Can Thrive\u201d<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/trio-alumna-and-community-advocate-nkauj-iab-yang-works-to-advance-equity-so-all-communities-can-thrive\/\" target=\"_self\">TRIO Alumna and Community Advocate Nkauj Iab Yang Works to Advance Equity \u201cSo All Communities Can Thrive\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Holly Hexter<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pam-Pritzker-Ridley-NEOA-2023-TRIO-Achiever.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/pam-pritzker-ridley\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Pam Pritzker &#8211; Ridley<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/pam-pritzker-ridley\/\" target=\"_self\">Pam Pritzker &#8211; Ridley<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Chris-rosenquest-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/christopher-rosenquest-city-of-plattsburgh-mayor\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Christopher Rosenquest, City of Plattsburgh Mayor<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/christopher-rosenquest-city-of-plattsburgh-mayor\/\" target=\"_self\">Christopher Rosenquest, City of Plattsburgh Mayor<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jarell-Green_FACES_OF_TRIO-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/jarell-green-nurse-turned-education-advocate\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Jarell Green: Nurse turned Education Advocate<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/jarell-green-nurse-turned-education-advocate\/\" target=\"_self\">Jarell Green: Nurse turned Education Advocate<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_546791704-500x500.jpeg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/as-graduation-season-nears-be-sure-to-plan-your-trio-celebration\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: As Graduation Season Nears, Be Sure to Plan Your TRIO Celebration<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/as-graduation-season-nears-be-sure-to-plan-your-trio-celebration\/\" target=\"_self\">As Graduation Season Nears, Be Sure to Plan Your TRIO Celebration<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Terrance L. Hamm<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CarlaMiller_headshot-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/carla-miller-a-passion-for-reading-lands-her-at-the-one-of-the-worlds-largest-libraries\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Carla Miller: A Passion for Reading Lands Her at One of the World&#8217;s Largest Libraries<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/carla-miller-a-passion-for-reading-lands-her-at-the-one-of-the-worlds-largest-libraries\/\" target=\"_self\">Carla Miller: A Passion for Reading Lands Her at One of the World&#8217;s Largest Libraries<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/TRIO-Day-Galesburg-area-500x380.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/how-communities-across-the-country-plan-to-celebrate-national-trio-day-2023\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: How Communities Across the Country Plan to Celebrate National TRIO Day<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/how-communities-across-the-country-plan-to-celebrate-national-trio-day-2023\/\" target=\"_self\">How Communities Across the Country Plan to Celebrate National TRIO Day<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Holly Hexter<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/johnson-large.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/the-nation-watches-as-upward-bound-alumna-cheryl-johnson-serves-as-interim-leader-of-the-speaker-less-u-s-house-of-representatives\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: The Nation Watches as Upward Bound Alumna Cheryl Johnson Serves as Interim Leader of the Speaker-less U.S. House of Representatives<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/the-nation-watches-as-upward-bound-alumna-cheryl-johnson-serves-as-interim-leader-of-the-speaker-less-u-s-house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_self\">The Nation Watches as Upward Bound Alumna Cheryl Johnson Serves as Interim Leader of the Speaker-less U.S. House of Representatives<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Terrance L. Hamm<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gabrielle-Davis-SWASAP-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/gabrielle-a-davis\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Gabrielle A. Davis: From Upward Bound Star to attorney<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/gabrielle-a-davis\/\" target=\"_self\">Gabrielle A. Davis: From Upward Bound Star to attorney<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Edwin-Serrano-SWASAP.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/edwin-c-serrano\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Edwin C. Serrano: Physical therapist helps others conquer pain<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/edwin-c-serrano\/\" target=\"_self\">Edwin C. Serrano: Physical therapist helps others conquer pain<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Seth-Fairchild-SWASAP-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/seth-fairchild\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Seth Fairchild: Choctaw cultural director proud of brother, heritage<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/seth-fairchild\/\" target=\"_self\">Seth Fairchild: Choctaw cultural director proud of brother, heritage<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kel-Jeff-Kahlden-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/kel-bonton\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Kel Bonton: Telly Award winner forges his own path<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/kel-bonton\/\" target=\"_self\">Kel Bonton: Telly Award winner forges his own path<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tameka-N-Ellington-EOA-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/tameka-ellington\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Tameka Ellington: Fashion pioneer gives back to TRIO, Kent State<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/tameka-ellington\/\" target=\"_self\">Tameka Ellington: Fashion pioneer gives back to TRIO, Kent State<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Christina-Westbrook-EOA-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/christina-westbrook\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Christina Westbrook: She overcame traumatic accident to help others<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/christina-westbrook\/\" target=\"_self\">Christina Westbrook: She overcame traumatic accident to help others<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dr.-Colette-Yellow-Robe-Minnesota-President-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/colette-yellow-robe\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Collette Yellow Robe: From academic probation to Ph.D<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/colette-yellow-robe\/\" target=\"_self\">Collette Yellow Robe: From academic probation to Ph.D<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/How-TRIO-Turned-a-Teen-Dad-into-a-First-Generation-College-Graduate-Matthew-Donovan-Educational-Opportunity-Center-EOC-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/how-trio-turned-a-teen-dad-into-a-first-generation-college-graduate\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: How TRIO Turned a Teen Dad into a First-Generation College Graduate<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/how-trio-turned-a-teen-dad-into-a-first-generation-college-graduate\/\" target=\"_self\">How TRIO Turned a Teen Dad into a First-Generation College Graduate<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/TRIO-Achievers-2022-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/2022-national-trio-achievers-tell-tales-of-triumph-over-adversity\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: 2022 National TRIO Achievers Tell Tales of Triumph Over Adversity<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/2022-national-trio-achievers-tell-tales-of-triumph-over-adversity\/\" target=\"_self\">2022 National TRIO Achievers Tell Tales of Triumph Over Adversity<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Maura Casey<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Tiffany_Green_Uprooted_Academy_Headshot-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/uprooted-academy-a-high-tech-way-for-first-gen-students-to-navigate-college-admissions\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Uprooted Academy: A High-Tech Way for First-Gen Students to Navigate College Admissions<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/uprooted-academy-a-high-tech-way-for-first-gen-students-to-navigate-college-admissions\/\" target=\"_self\">Uprooted Academy: A High-Tech Way for First-Gen Students to Navigate College Admissions<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Maura Casey<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-TRIO-Helped-Homeless-Student-Succeed-She-Helped-Shake-Up-the-System-500x341.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/trio-helped-homeless-student-succeed-she-helped-shake-up-the-system\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: TRIO Helped Homeless Student Succeed; She Helped Shake Up the System<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/trio-helped-homeless-student-succeed-she-helped-shake-up-the-system\/\" target=\"_self\">TRIO Helped Homeless Student Succeed; She Helped Shake Up the System<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Rectangle-1975-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/how-thomas-r-wolanin-intern-matt-tessema-is-becoming-a-voice-for-the-underrepresented\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: How Thomas R. Wolanin Intern Matt Tessema is \u201cBecoming a Voice for the Underrepresented&#8221;<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/how-thomas-r-wolanin-intern-matt-tessema-is-becoming-a-voice-for-the-underrepresented\/\" target=\"_self\">How Thomas R. Wolanin Intern Matt Tessema is \u201cBecoming a Voice for the Underrepresented&#8221;<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Holly Hexter<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/003.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/trio-alumna-jackie-fortmann-blazes-trails-here\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: TRIO Alumna Jackie Fortmann Blazes Trails Here<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Press Releases<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/trio-alumna-jackie-fortmann-blazes-trails-here\/\" target=\"_self\">TRIO Alumna Jackie Fortmann Blazes Trails Here<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">April 19, 2022<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chris-Williamson-Headshot-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/senate-confirms-trio-alumnus-christopher-williamson-to-lead-msha-2\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Senate Confirms TRIO Alumnus Christopher Williamson to Lead MSHA<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/senate-confirms-trio-alumnus-christopher-williamson-to-lead-msha-2\/\" target=\"_self\">Senate Confirms TRIO Alumnus Christopher Williamson to Lead MSHA<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Terrance L. Hamm<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Trinity-Thorpe-Lubensiki-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/transforming-lives-and-helping-end-intergenerational-poverty\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Transforming Lives and Helping End Intergenerational Poverty<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/transforming-lives-and-helping-end-intergenerational-poverty\/\" target=\"_self\">Transforming Lives and Helping End Intergenerational Poverty<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Trinity Thorpe-Lubneuski<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Faces-of-TRIO-Kevin-Wright-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/kevin-wright\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Kevin Wright<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/kevin-wright\/\" target=\"_self\">Kevin Wright<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/John-Paul-Abenojar-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/john-paul-abenojar\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: John Paul Abenojar<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Faces of TRIO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/john-paul-abenojar\/\" target=\"_self\">John Paul Abenojar<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/anthony-webster\/\" target=\"_self\">Anthony Webster<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jonathan-Solomon-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/jonathan-solomon\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Jonathan Solomon<\/span>\r\n                                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class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: From Homelessness to Entrepreneurship with TRIO as the Spark<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/from-homelessness-to-entrepreneurship-with-trio-as-the-spark\/\" target=\"_self\">From Homelessness to Entrepreneurship with TRIO as the Spark<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/as-actress-viola-davis-star-soars-others-recall-upward-bound-beginnings\/\" target=\"_self\">As Actress Viola Davis&#8217; Star Soars, Others Recall Upward Bound Beginnings<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"offset-media-text wow alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container offset-media-text__inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row reverse-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t<h2 class=\"kicker\">Unlock the Power of Connection<\/h2>\t\t\t<p class=\"h2\">Download this comprehensive guide to help TRIO programs organize, inspire, and empower their alumni communities.<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p>TRIO alumni are living proof of the transformative power of education. By creating opportunities for alumni to give back, mentor students, and advocate for TRIO, you\u2019re not just strengthening your community\u2014you\u2019re ensuring TRIO\u2019s legacy continues to thrive. This resource is perfect for TRIO program staff, alumni leaders, and volunteers ready to build vibrant networks and meaningful connections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/sl\/ycCckms\" target=\"_self\" class=\"acf-link button\" >GET STARTED TODAY<\/a>\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion\">\r\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"accordion-title kicker\">What\u2019s Inside the Toolkit?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\r\n                    <h3 class=\"accordion-item-header\"><button\r\n                                class=\"accordion-item-title\">Step-by-Step Guides<\/button>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item-content\">Learn how to establish or revitalize your alumni chapter with detailed instructions on organizing leadership, creating events, and fostering connections.<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\r\n                    <h3 class=\"accordion-item-header\"><button\r\n               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globally.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"interactive-map__description\"><p>More than 800,000 low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities &#8211; from sixth grade through college graduation &#8211; are served by over 3,100 programs nationally.<\/p>\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\t<section class=\"tabs-block alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"tabs-block__container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tabs-block__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tabs-block__tabs-nav\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"tabs-nav list-unstyled\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"tabs-block__title-overview\">Did You Participate In<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"indicator\"><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"tabs-nav__item\" data-count=\"1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-controls=\"talent-search\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   aria-selected=\"true\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   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id=\"tab-student-support-services\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   role=\"tab\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"tab\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStudent Support Services\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"tabs-nav__item\" data-count=\"6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-controls=\"educational-opportunity-centers\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   aria-selected=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"#educational-opportunity-centers\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   id=\"tab-educational-opportunity-centers\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   role=\"tab\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"tab\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEducational Opportunity Centers\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"tabs-nav__item\" data-count=\"7\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-controls=\"ronald-e-mcnair-post-baccalaureate-achievement-program\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   aria-selected=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"#ronald-e-mcnair-post-baccalaureate-achievement-program\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   id=\"tab-ronald-e-mcnair-post-baccalaureate-achievement-program\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   role=\"tab\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"tab\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRonald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tabs-block__tabs-content tabs-content\"><div aria-labelledby=\"tab-talent-search\" class=\"tab-panel current\"  id=\"talent-search\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p class=\"tab-panel__name h2 show-tablet\">Talent Search<i class=\"panel-icon\"><\/i><\/p><div class=\"tab-panel__inner\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"column-2 tab-panel__main-content fade-to-up-children wow animate \"><h2 class=\"kicker\">Talent Search<\/h2><div class=\"tab-panel__content\"><p>Talent Search projects serve young people in grades six through 12. In addition to counseling, participants receive information about college admissions requirements, scholarships, and various student financial aid programs. This early intervention program helps youth from low-income families to better understand their educational opportunities and options. More than 312,000 students are enrolled in 473 Talent Search TRIO projects. According to the more recent data collected by the U.S. Department of Education, 80% of Talent Search participants enrolled in postsecondary institutions immediately following high school graduation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<article class=\"featured-post post-card column-2 fade-to-left wow animate \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/The-Lombard-Family-A-TRIO-Talent-Search-Success-Story-1024x505-1-300x148.jpeg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/50-years-of-talent-search-the-lombard-family-a-trio-talent-search-success-story\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                        <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: 50 Years of Talent Search: The Lombard Family, A TRIO Talent Search Success Story<\/span>\r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\"><span class=\"label\">Featured <\/span>Blog<\/p>\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/50-years-of-talent-search-the-lombard-family-a-trio-talent-search-success-story\/\" target=\"_self\">50 Years of Talent Search: The Lombard Family, A TRIO Talent Search Success Story<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<section class=\"related-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"row list-unstyled\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/shoot-for-the-stars-jose-hernandezs-trio-fueled-journey-from-farm-fields-to-space\/\" target=\"_self\">Shoot for the Stars: Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s TRIO-Fueled Journey from Farm Fields to Space<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/shoot-for-the-stars-michael-wilks-on-hoops-hope-and-higher-education\/\" target=\"_self\">Shoot for the Stars: Michael Wilks on Hoops, Hope, and Higher Education<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/shoot-for-the-stars-quinoness-path-from-migrant-roots-to-media-icon\/\" target=\"_self\">Shoot for the Stars: Qui\u00f1ones\u2019s Path from Migrant Roots to Media Icon<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"image-background\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1006\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Rectangle-2145.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Rectangle-2145.png 1006w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Rectangle-2145-300x259.png 300w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Rectangle-2145-768x663.png 768w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Rectangle-2145-250x216.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg patterns-hash-tall\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div aria-labelledby=\"tab-upward-bound\" class=\"tab-panel\"  id=\"upward-bound\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p class=\"tab-panel__name h2 show-tablet\">Upward Bound<i class=\"panel-icon\"><\/i><\/p><div class=\"tab-panel__inner\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"column-2 tab-panel__main-content fade-to-up-children \"><h2 class=\"kicker\">Upward Bound<\/h2><div class=\"tab-panel__content\"><p>Upward Bound (UB) is an intensive intervention program that prepares students for higher education through various enrichment courses. Campus-based UB programs provide students instruction in literature, composition, mathematics, science, and foreign language during the school year and the summer. UB also offers intensive mentoring and support for students as they prepare for college entrance exams and tackle admission applications, financial aid, and scholarship forms. 956 Upward Bound projects are serving more than 70,000 students. Recent analysis from the U.S. Department of Education showed that 86 percent of Upward Bound students in the 2013\u201314 high school graduation cohort enrolled immediately in college following high school graduation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<article class=\"featured-post post-card column-2 fade-to-left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/50-Years-of-Upward-Bound-1024x575-1-300x168.jpeg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/50-years-of-upward-bound\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                        <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: 50 Years of Upward Bound<\/span>\r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\"><span class=\"label\">Featured <\/span>Blog<\/p>\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/50-years-of-upward-bound\/\" target=\"_self\">50 Years of Upward Bound<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<section class=\"related-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"row list-unstyled\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/shoot-for-the-stars-jose-hernandezs-trio-fueled-journey-from-farm-fields-to-space\/\" target=\"_self\">Shoot for the Stars: Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s TRIO-Fueled Journey from Farm Fields to Space<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/shoot-for-the-stars-michael-wilks-on-hoops-hope-and-higher-education\/\" target=\"_self\">Shoot for the Stars: Michael Wilks on Hoops, Hope, and Higher Education<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/shoot-for-the-stars-quinoness-path-from-migrant-roots-to-media-icon\/\" target=\"_self\">Shoot for the Stars: Qui\u00f1ones\u2019s Path from Migrant Roots to Media Icon<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"image-background\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-20-opacity.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-20-opacity.png 1440w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-20-opacity-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-20-opacity-1024x358.png 1024w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-20-opacity-768x268.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg patterns-hash-tall\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div aria-labelledby=\"tab-upward-bound-math-science\" class=\"tab-panel\"  id=\"upward-bound-math-science\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p class=\"tab-panel__name h2 show-tablet\">Upward Bound Math-Science<i class=\"panel-icon\"><\/i><\/p><div class=\"tab-panel__inner\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"column-2 tab-panel__main-content fade-to-up-children \"><h2 class=\"kicker\">Upward Bound Math-Science<\/h2><div class=\"tab-panel__content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using a similar model to Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math-Science provides students with a rigorous math and science curriculum in high school to encourage and enable them to successfully major in critically important science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines in college. Currently, there are 211 projects serving more than 13,100 students. Indeed, 70% of Upward Bound Math-Science programs have postsecondary enrollments of 80% or higher.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<article class=\"featured-post post-card column-2 fade-to-left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iStrong-group-photo-Council-for-Opportunity-in-Education-300x200.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/climate-change-curriculum-fosters-science-identity-among-trio-students\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                        <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Climate Change Curriculum Fosters \u201cScience Identity\u201d Among TRIO Students\u00a0<\/span>\r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\"><span class=\"label\">Featured <\/span>Blog<\/p>\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/climate-change-curriculum-fosters-science-identity-among-trio-students\/\" target=\"_self\">Climate Change Curriculum Fosters \u201cScience Identity\u201d Among TRIO Students\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<section class=\"related-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"row list-unstyled\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/shoot-for-the-stars-jose-hernandezs-trio-fueled-journey-from-farm-fields-to-space\/\" target=\"_self\">Shoot for the Stars: Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s TRIO-Fueled Journey from Farm Fields to Space<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/shoot-for-the-stars-michael-wilks-on-hoops-hope-and-higher-education\/\" target=\"_self\">Shoot for the Stars: Michael Wilks on Hoops, Hope, and Higher Education<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/shoot-for-the-stars-quinoness-path-from-migrant-roots-to-media-icon\/\" target=\"_self\">Shoot for the Stars: Qui\u00f1ones\u2019s Path from Migrant Roots to Media Icon<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div aria-labelledby=\"tab-veterans-upward-bound\" class=\"tab-panel\"  id=\"veterans-upward-bound\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p class=\"tab-panel__name h2 show-tablet\">Veterans Upward Bound<i class=\"panel-icon\"><\/i><\/p><div class=\"tab-panel__inner\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"column-2 tab-panel__main-content fade-to-up-children \"><h2 class=\"kicker\">Veterans Upward Bound<\/h2><div class=\"tab-panel__content\"><p>The Veterans Upward Bound program provides intensive basic skills development and short-term remedial courses for military veterans to help them successfully transition to postsecondary education. Veterans learn to secure support from available resources such as the Veterans Administration, veterans associations, and various state and local agencies that serve veterans. There are 64 Veterans Upward Bound projects serving more than 8,400 students. According to the National Association of Veterans Upward Bound Program Personnel, in 2010-2011, more than 60% of recent program participants were enrolled in postsecondary education programs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<article class=\"featured-post post-card column-2 fade-to-left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/news_impact_EOC_veterans_upward_bound_turn_50-300x169.png ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/eoc-vub-programs-mark-50-years-of-providing-college-access-to-adult-learners-3\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                        <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: EOC, VUB Programs Mark 50 Years of Providing College Access to Adult Learners<\/span>\r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\"><span class=\"label\">Featured <\/span>Blog<\/p>\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/eoc-vub-programs-mark-50-years-of-providing-college-access-to-adult-learners-3\/\" target=\"_self\">EOC, VUB Programs Mark 50 Years of Providing College Access to Adult Learners<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<section class=\"related-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"row list-unstyled\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/connect-discuss-and-learn-with-coe-pre-college-programs-4\/\" target=\"_self\">Connect, Discuss, and Learn with COE &#8211; Pre-College Programs<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/the-college-access-success-blueprint\/\" target=\"_self\">The College Access &amp; Success Blueprint<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/p3-retention-and-graduation-for-college-and-adult-programs\/\" target=\"_self\">P3 Retention and Graduation for College and Adult Programs<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div aria-labelledby=\"tab-student-support-services\" class=\"tab-panel\"  id=\"student-support-services\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p class=\"tab-panel__name h2 show-tablet\">Student Support Services<i class=\"panel-icon\"><\/i><\/p><div class=\"tab-panel__inner\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"column-2 tab-panel__main-content fade-to-up-children \"><h2 class=\"kicker\">Student Support Services<\/h2><div class=\"tab-panel__content\"><p>Student Support Services projects work to enable low-income students to stay in college until they earn their baccalaureate degrees. Participants, who include disabled college students, receive tutoring, counseling, and remedial instruction. More than 202,000 students are now being served by 1,069 Student Support Service programs at colleges and universities nationwide. Recent studies of Student Support Services found that program participation resulted in statistically significant higher student retention and transfer rates, improved grade point averages, and credit accumulation. Program participants also bested their similarly situated peers in degree completion at two-year colleges (41% vs. 28%) and four-year colleges (48% vs. 40%).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<article class=\"featured-post post-card column-2 fade-to-left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pursuit-of-HappineSSS-Student-Support-Services-TRIO-Anniversary-1024x571-1-300x167.jpeg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/50-years-of-student-support-services-pursuit-of-happinesss\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                        <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: 50 Years of Student Support Services: Pursuit of HappineSSS<\/span>\r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\"><span class=\"label\">Featured <\/span>Blog<\/p>\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/50-years-of-student-support-services-pursuit-of-happinesss\/\" target=\"_self\">50 Years of Student Support Services: Pursuit of HappineSSS<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<section class=\"related-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"row list-unstyled\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">News &#038; Impact<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-release\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-launches-inaugural-award-for-institutional-effectiveness-to-scale-trio-student-support-services-practices-campus-wide\/\" target=\"_self\">The Council for Opportunity in Education Launches Inaugural Award for Institutional Effectiveness to Scale TRIO Student Support Services Practices Campus-Wide<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Pages<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/coe-award-for-institutional-effectiveness\/\" target=\"_self\">COE Award for Institutional Effectiveness<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/fuel-the-finish-strategic-and-compliant-ways-to-use-your-remaining-sss-funds\/\" target=\"_self\">Fuel the Finish: Strategic and Compliant Ways to Use Your Remaining SSS Funds<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div aria-labelledby=\"tab-educational-opportunity-centers\" class=\"tab-panel\"  id=\"educational-opportunity-centers\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p class=\"tab-panel__name h2 show-tablet\">Educational Opportunity Centers<i class=\"panel-icon\"><\/i><\/p><div class=\"tab-panel__inner\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"column-2 tab-panel__main-content fade-to-up-children \"><h2 class=\"kicker\">Educational Opportunity Centers<\/h2><div class=\"tab-panel__content\"><p>Educational Opportunity Centers serve displaced or underemployed workers from families. These Centers help individuals choose a college and a suitable financial aid program. There are 142 Educational Opportunity Centers in America, serving more than 199,000 individuals. A recent analysis of performance data of the Educational Opportunity Centers found that more than half (57.6%) of &#8220;college-ready&#8221; students enrolled in institutions of higher learning and 71% of eligible EOC participants (high school seniors, postsecondary dropouts) applied to college.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<article class=\"featured-post post-card column-2 fade-to-left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/news_impact_EOC_veterans_upward_bound_turn_50-300x169.png ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/eoc-vub-programs-mark-50-years-of-providing-college-access-to-adult-learners-3\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                        <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: EOC, VUB Programs Mark 50 Years of Providing College Access to Adult Learners<\/span>\r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\"><span class=\"label\">Featured <\/span>Blog<\/p>\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/eoc-vub-programs-mark-50-years-of-providing-college-access-to-adult-learners-3\/\" target=\"_self\">EOC, VUB Programs Mark 50 Years of Providing College Access to Adult Learners<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<section class=\"related-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"row list-unstyled\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/connect-discuss-and-learn-with-coe-pre-college-programs-4\/\" target=\"_self\">Connect, Discuss, and Learn with COE &#8211; Pre-College Programs<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/the-college-access-success-blueprint\/\" target=\"_self\">The College Access &amp; Success Blueprint<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/crash-course-educational-opportunity-centers-program-regulations-cfr-644-2\/\" target=\"_self\">Crash Course: Educational Opportunity Centers Program Regulations CFR 644<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div aria-labelledby=\"tab-ronald-e-mcnair-post-baccalaureate-achievement-program\" class=\"tab-panel\"  id=\"ronald-e-mcnair-post-baccalaureate-achievement-program\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p class=\"tab-panel__name h2 show-tablet\">Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program<i class=\"panel-icon\"><\/i><\/p><div class=\"tab-panel__inner\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"column-2 tab-panel__main-content fade-to-up-children \"><p class=\"tab-panel__title h2 title-with-divider\">Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program<\/p><div class=\"tab-panel__content\"><p>The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement program encourages low-income students and minority undergraduates to consider careers in college teaching and prepare for doctoral study. Students who participate in this program are provided with research opportunities and faculty mentors. This program was named in honor of the astronaut who died in the 1986 space-shuttle explosion. Currently, there are 187 projects serving more than 5,200 students. According to recent performance data, in 2013-14, 69% of McNair participants who graduated in 2010-11 were enrolled in graduate school; meanwhile, 83% of students who first enrolled in graduate school in 2012-2013 persisted in their studies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<article class=\"featured-post post-card column-2 fade-to-left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Ronald_McNair_S78-35300-240x300.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/ronald-e-mcnair-and-perseverance\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                        <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Ronald E. McNair and Perseverance<\/span>\r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\"><span class=\"label\">Featured <\/span>Blog<\/p>\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/ronald-e-mcnair-and-perseverance\/\" target=\"_self\">Ronald E. McNair and Perseverance<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<section class=\"related-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"row list-unstyled\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Pages<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/trio-future-leaders-summit\/\" target=\"_self\">TRIO Future Leaders Summit<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Conferences &#038; Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/crash-course-mcnair-program-regulations-cfr-647\/\" target=\"_self\">Crash Course: McNair Program Regulations CFR 647<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card column-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker\">Pages<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/advancing-international-access-guides-to-support-student-abroad\/\" target=\"_self\">Advancing International Access: Guides to Support Student Study Abroad<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"offset-media-text wow alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container offset-media-text__inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row reverse-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t<h2 class=\"kicker\">FOR THE CLASS OF 2024<\/h2>\t\t\t<p class=\"h2\">As Graduation Season Nears, Be Sure to Plan Your TRIO Celebration<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p>Graduating from high school or college is a significant achievement that deserves recognition and celebration. Your graduating TRIO students have worked hard and dedicated several years to their education, and acknowledging their efforts can be a great source of motivation and pride. We have attached some information on how your program might be able to launch such a celebration, including examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/as-graduation-season-nears-be-sure-to-plan-your-trio-celebration\/\">how other TRIO programs celebrate their students&#8217; academic success<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Memo-Purchasing-Regalia-for-TRIO-Graduation-Celebrations_022823.pdf\">how to use grant funds to purchase NTAA-branded graduation regalia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ntaa.buyproforma.com\/#\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"acf-link button\" >SHOP TRIO REGALIA<\/a>\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__image to-square bg-img gradient-fill\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_546791704-1024x683.jpeg)\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg align-bottom patterns-dots-wide\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block-d309c028d6969ee2f6de238fea976bd5\" class=\"cta-ribbon-wrapper cta-ribbon alignfull  has-background gradient-as-background coe-block bg-color-blue\">\r\n\t<div class=\"cta-ribbon-inner container wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t<h2 class=\"cta-ribbon__title\">Get TRIO Alumni Updates<\/h2>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-ribbon__content\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text\"><p>Our in-person and online community allows TRIO alumni from around the world to connect and stay current with TRIO news and events; join local alumni groups; network with peers; and post, share, or browse career opportunities. Stay connected to receive updates on TRIO alumni networking events in your area, job and mentorship opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/access.coenet.org\/COE\/Create-Account\/Alumni\/FMA-Alumni.aspx\" class=\"button button--inverse\">Keep In Touch<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"offset-media-text wow alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container offset-media-text__inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__image to-square bg-img gradient-fill\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/advocacy_center_TRIO_alumni_policy_seminar_congressional_hill_visit_louisiana_coeps2023-1024x683.jpg)\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg align-right patterns-dots-wide\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t<h2 class=\"kicker\">TRIO Alumni As Advocates<\/h2>\t\t\t<p class=\"h2\">Here&#8217;s how you can get involved<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p>Take action and tell your Member of Congress how TRIO works! The <a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/take-action-now\/\">Take Action Now page<\/a> will allow you to send a message on current TRIO issues in Congress. Use the toolkit below to stay in constant contact with Congress at each point in the appropriations process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/TRIO-Alumni-Advocacy-Toolkit.pdf\" target=\"_self\" class=\"acf-link button\" >LEARN MORE<\/a>\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"offset-media-text wow alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container offset-media-text__inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row reverse-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t<h2 class=\"kicker\">National TRIO Achiever Awards<\/h2>\t\t\t<p class=\"h2\">Celebrating the Success of TRIO Students and the TRIO Programs<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p>Celebrating the success of TRIO students and the TRIO programs, the Council for Opportunity in Education and members of the college access and success community are proud to honor the 2022 National TRIO Achievers. These men and women have distinguished themselves in their chosen professions and are making remarkable contributions to their community. The public recognition of TRIO alumni is an exceptional opportunity to acknowledge that TRIO makes a difference in the lives of thousands of students whose future success depends on their access to higher education. We congratulate this year\u2019s TRIO Achievers and past award winners who continue to inspire both college access and success professionals and current students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/national-trio-achiever-award\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"acf-link button\" >National TRIO Achiever Award<\/a>\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__image to-square bg-img gradient-fill\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/alumni_resources_TRIO_achievers_dinner_2019_COE-1024x717.jpg)\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg align-bottom patterns-dots-short\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"offset-media-text wow alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container offset-media-text__inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__image to-square bg-img gradient-fill\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Faces-of-TRIO-Eva-Ulukivaiola-768x1024.jpg)\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg align-bottom patterns-hash-short\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t<h2 class=\"kicker\">FACES OF TRIO<\/h2>\t\t\t<p class=\"h2\">Have you completed your Faces of TRIO profile?<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p>Share your TRIO story via COE&#8217;s Faces of TRIO and help COE raise awareness of the effectiveness of TRIO programs. Complete and share our short survey to help us capture more TRIO experiences. These alumni profiles will be shared across social media and on select TRIO Alumni Spotlights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fs3.formsite.com\/coecoecoecoe\/facesoftrio\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"acf-link button\" >SHARE YOUR STORY<\/a>\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"offset-media-text wow alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container offset-media-text__inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row reverse-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pt__people offset-media-text__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Tommy Walls<\/h2>\t\t\t<p class=\"position\">Director, Alumni Relations and Career Opportunities<\/p>\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">Tommy C. Walls, Jr. is a charismatic and innovative leader recently hired as the director, alumni relations and career opportunities for the Council for Opportunity in Education. Walls obtained his BA degree in Social Welfare &#038; Justice and graduated as a TRIO Upward Bound, Student Support Services, and Ronald E. McNair alumnus from Marquette University. Walls then graduated with an MSW (Master of Social Work), concentrating in advocacy, leadership, and social change from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Walls holds more than 13 years of nonprofit management, youth development, executive leadership development, and advocacy for at-risk, first-generation, and low-income students. Before COE, Walls was the executive director of Communities In Schools of High Point-North Carolina, Inc, a drop-out prevention program providing K-12 students and communities with the resources to become equitable and thriving. His perspective is to care for the whole person. He uses organization through an intrinsic lens to motivate others to fulfill their passions with integrity, humility, and poise. His innovative logic and strategies have provided more than 10,000 youth and executive professionals with the insight to become change agents and transformational leaders. Walls enjoys playing basketball, traveling, logic games, and enjoying time with family and friends. Walls is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. <\/div>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/people\/tommy-walls\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"acf-link link--inline\" >Full Bio<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__image to-square bg-img gradient-fill\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Tommy-Walls-Headshot-1024x683.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg align-bottom patterns-hash-wide\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"offset-media-text wow alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container offset-media-text__inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__image to-square bg-img gradient-fill\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/alumni_resources_TRIO_achievers_dinner_2021_COE-1024x683.jpg)\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg align-bottom patterns-herring-wide\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t<h2 class=\"kicker\">Resources for Alumni<\/h2>\t\t\t<p class=\"h2\">Get tools to support your involvement in TRIO advocacy, award recognition, or career opportunities.<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p>By providing academic, financial, social, and cultural support, TRIO programs have allowed over 6 million low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities to enter and graduate from college. TRIO alumni, we can\u00a0connect with your state and regional liaisons and engage with alumni association activity at the state and regional levels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<a href=\"mailto:tommy.walls@coenet.org\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"acf-link button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">REQUEST CONTACTS<\/a>\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"slider-combo slider-combo__wrapper slider-combo alignfull  has-background gradient-as-background coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg patterns-hash-tall\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"slider-combo__inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slider-combo__top container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-combo__top-image wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/slider-top.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/slider-top.jpg 788w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/slider-top-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/slider-top-768x647.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-combo__top-texts wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h2 kicker\">Trio programs<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has-large-font-size\">Who is Served<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-description\"><p>Federal TRIO Programs (Talent Search, Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math\/Science, Veterans&#8217; Upward Bound, Student Support Services, Educational Opportunity Centers, and the Ronald E. 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Serrano<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"slide-description__subtitle\">Upward Bound Math-Science, University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-combo__slide\">\r\n                            <div class=\"combo-slide__image wow\">\r\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gabrielle-Davis-SWASAP.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gabrielle-Davis-SWASAP.jpg 519w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gabrielle-Davis-SWASAP-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gabrielle-Davis-SWASAP-228x290.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>                                <a class=\"combo-slide__link link-reset link-overlay\" href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/faces-of-trio\/gabrielle-a-davis\/\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Gabrielle A. 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Davis<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"slide-description__subtitle\">Upward Bound, Student Support Services, Talent Search, Southern Arkansas University<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-combo__slide\">\r\n                            <div class=\"combo-slide__image wow\">\r\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jarell-Green_FACES_OF_TRIO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jarell-Green_FACES_OF_TRIO.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jarell-Green_FACES_OF_TRIO-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jarell-Green_FACES_OF_TRIO-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jarell-Green_FACES_OF_TRIO-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, 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Nevada, Reno<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-combo__slide\">\r\n                            <div class=\"combo-slide__image wow\">\r\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2187\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kel-Jeff-Kahlden.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kel-Jeff-Kahlden.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kel-Jeff-Kahlden-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kel-Jeff-Kahlden-899x1024.jpg 899w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kel-Jeff-Kahlden-768x875.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kel-Jeff-Kahlden-1348x1536.jpg 1348w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kel-Jeff-Kahlden-1798x2048.jpg 1798w, 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