Chadron State's TRIO program funded again
There was good news to report when Chadron State College’s ELITE program had its annual recognition social Tuesday. Dr. Rex Cogdill, the interim project director of the CSC Student Support Services program, announced that the U.S. Department of Education recently funded CSC’s effort for another grant cycle which begins this September and ends in August 2009.
ELITE, which stands for Educational Learning Initiatives Towards Excellence, is a Student Support Services program at Chadron State funded through the federal TRIO initiative. Chadron State’s program, which was implemented in 2001, serves about 160 first-generation, lower income or disabled students.
Cogdill said Chadron State received points during the grant-writing process for meeting retention and graduation goals.
The program will receive $235,689 this year to pay for staff, activities, travel and office expenses. Part of that sum is $30,000 to be awarded during 2005-2006 for students active in the program who receive Pell Grants and have at least $400 of unmet financial need.
“We’re very excited to receive this funding,” Cogdill said. “I’m not sure how many programs received money, but know there were some currently funded Student Support Services programs that will not exist after this August.”
Chadron State is one of 12 Nebraska colleges and universities and 930 institutions nationwide that offer a Student Support Services program. The programs originated from the 1965 Higher Education Act.
Cogdill, Chadron State’s former dean of students, is leading the project while its director, Barry Gore, performs military duties.
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