TRIO at LWTech provides academic and support services to students who are low-income,
first generation,* or students with disabilities. We encourage students to complete their degree or certificate and transfer to a four-year
college if possible. We strive to make college a rewarding and successful experience
for our students.
TRIO is available in-person and virtually Monday through Friday. To schedule an appointment, stop by T217, contact your advisor, or email TRIO. To schedule TRIO Tutoring, complete our tutor request form.
*Neither parent nor guardian has a bachelor’s degree and neither does the student.
Apply online! You will need your LWTech email address and password to access TRIO Forms.
Starting Winter 2024, we will offer TRIO Drop-In Advising when classes are in session. This is dedicated time when a TRIO advisor will be available for 20-minute drop-in meetings to answer quick questions that may be about registration, class scheduling, tutoring, or following up about a previous appointment.
Drop-ins are in-person only and do not require an appointment. For more detailed support, such as academic planning, scholarships, or resume building, please reach out to your advisor to schedule an appointment. We will continue to be available for 30-minute and 1-hour meetings as normal.
Are you interested in joining TRIO? Come by our drop-in hours to answer questions about your eligibility or the TRIO application process. For all other advising questions, please join TRIO or see Academic Advising in W207.
If you are not a first gen student, you can use these backgrounds to support and celebrate first gen students.
TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) and Support Services for Students with Disabilities (SSSD) Project mission is to increase the persistence, graduation, and transfer rates of first-generation and low-income students, and students with disabilities at Lake Washington Institute of Technology.
Our goal is to empower students toward self-advocacy and self-sufficiency. We encourage students to complete their degree or certificate and transfer to a four-year college where possible.
We do this by providing support services such as:
We strive to make college a rewarding and successful experience for our students.
TRIO programs at LWTech include:
TRIO at LWTech began in 2005 with the only Support Services for Students with Disabilities grant in the State of Washington. The SSSD TRIO grant serves 160 students with disabilities with academic and other support services. In 2010, LWTech was awarded an additional TRIO, Student Support Services grant for 140 first-generation and/or low income students in addition to the TRIO grant for students with disabilities.
TRIO is a federal program funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The federal TRIO programs began in 1964. For further information on the history of TRIO, check out the Department of Education TRIO page.
The enclosed materials were compiled through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. However, the contents have not been reviewed by the Department and no endorsement should be inferred. The Lake Washington Institute of Technology Student Support Services TRIO Projects are 100% federally funded annually at $536,733.
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Office Hours, T217
Mon. |
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Tues. |
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Wed. |
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Thurs. |
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Fri. |
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