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Fall 2025 SSS Workshops

Poster for TRIO Student Support Services Swag and Success Fair. Event details: Thursday, August 28, and Friday, August 29, from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM at Shocker Success Center, Room 307. Text reads: ‘Come and go event.’ Activities include: Stuff the bag with SSS swag, coupons for all attendees, free T-shirts, and free food. Basket giveaway drawing on Thursday. Design features TRIO-branded items such as notebooks, buttons, T-shirts, lanyards, and a tumbler on a blue grid background. Text at the bottom encourages students to learn about additional campus support resources.

TRIO SSS Swag and Success Fair  

by TRIO Student Support Services

Thursday, August 28, 2025 and Friday, August 29, 2025 

Poster for TRIO Student Support Services Job Skills and Resource Workshop. Main text: ‘Practice job-ready skills, brush up your resume, and meet other departments on campus to learn available support and resources.’ Event details: Friday, September 26, from 11 AM to 1 PM at RSC 262. Open house format. The poster includes two main sections: Campus Support Stations: Office of Student Success, Technology Help Desk, Student Outreach and Support, Hispanic Serving Initiatives, Military and Veteran Services, and Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships. Job-Ready Skills Refresher: Resumes, Interviewing, and Professionalism. Colorful design includes icons of paper, a pushpin, a calendar, and a checklist, with the TRIO Student Support Services logo at the bottom.

Job Skills & Resource Workshop  

with Office of Student Success, Technology Help Desk, Student Outreach and Support, Hispanic Serving Initiatives, Military and Veteran Services, and Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships

Friday, September 26, 2024

Summer 2025 SSS Workshops

Poster for TRIO Student Support Services Wellness Workshop featuring certified fitness trainer Renaire Palmer. Tagline: ‘Health, exercise, and a balanced life.’ Event details: Friday, June 27, from 11 AM to 1 PM at WSU Connect, Room 106. Participants are invited to a beginner-friendly, fun fitness activity for all levels. Free soup, salad, and sandwich bar for lunch. The poster includes an image of Renaire Palmer smiling, along with visuals of workout equipment, a salad, soup, and a sandwich. Text encourages attendees to ‘RSVP Today.’ Logos for TRIO Student Support Services and Fundamental Fitness appear at the top.

Wellness Workshop  

with Renaire Palmer

Friday, June 27, 2025

Poster for TRIO Student Support Services Summer Educational Trip to the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. The design features a tall rocket outside the Cosmosphere building with a blue sky background. Text reads: ‘Summer Educational Trip — Museum Tour and Lunch.’ Event details: Friday, July 18, from 9 AM to 4 PM. Cost: $0 per person. Included with the trip: transportation, admission to the Cosmosphere with simulator ride, and lunch. Colorful left-side panel reads ‘Summer Educational Trip’ vertically, with stars, a rocket, and an astronaut illustration. TRIO Student Support Services logo appears at the top, and the Cosmosphere logo at the bottom.

Summer Educational Trip  

by TRIO Student Support Services

Friday, July 21, 2025

Previous Workshops

 

Spring 2025

Spring 2025 SSS Workshops

Festive pink Valentine’s Day event flyer by TRIO Student Support Services. Text reads: ‘Join us for Valentine’s Day Cookies & Cocoa.’ Event details: Friday, February 14, from 11 AM to 2 PM at Shocker Success Center, room 307. Additional note: ‘Open house with SSS staff. Come and go event.’ Design includes pink and red hearts, cookies shaped like hearts with icing, and a mug of cocoa with marshmallows.

PhotoStudy Onboarding

by TRIO Student Support Services

Friday, February 14, 2024

Poster for the TRIO Student Support Services workshop presentation titled ‘Feel Good Fundamentals with Student Outreach & Support (SOS).’ Event details: Friday, April 11, from 11 AM to 1 PM at Woolsey Hall, room 334. Text reads: ‘Your overall wellness is important! Mental health and physical health.’ A QR code is shown for RSVP, and a note says ‘Light lunch will be provided

Peer Mentoring

with Student Outreach & Support (SOS)

Friday, April 11,2025

Poster for TRIO Student Support Services Spring Break Educational Trip. The background shows the Keeper of the Plains statue and the pedestrian bridge in Wichita, Kansas, under a pink and purple gradient sky. Text reads: ‘Spring Break Educational Trip, Friday, March 14.’ The TRIO Student Support Services logo appears at the top left. The design evokes a relaxed, scenic atmosphere highlighting cultural exploration during spring break.

Spring break educational trip

by TRIO Student Support Services

Friday, March 14, 2025

Elegant white and gold invitation for TRIO Student Support Services’ Graduation and Recognition Celebration for the Class of 2025. Event details: Friday, May 9, from 11 AM to 2 PM at Woolsey Hall, room 323. The top features a graduation cap icon and script text saying ‘You are cordially invited.’ A note at the bottom reads: ‘Come and go reception. Please RSVP at wichita.edu/sss.’ Decorative gold corner flourishes and star accents highlight the formal design.

Graduation & Recognition Celebration

by TRIO Student Support Services

Friday, May 9, 2025

Fall 2024

Fall 2024 SSS Workshops

A flyer for a TRIO Student Support Services workshop titled 'PhotoStudy Onboarding.' It promotes 24/7 online tutoring services for various subjects like Calculus, Geometry, Algebra, Chemistry, Physics, Statistics, Biology, and Writing. The workshop is scheduled for September 16th, 2024, from 11:15 AM to 12:00 PM at RSC Room 262. The flyer includes a PhotoStudy app logo and mentions the free service available through TRIO Student Support Services. An RSVP for a pasta bar lunch is requested. The workshop is hosted by Dr. Linda F. Rhome, Executive Director of TRIO Student Support Services, with a photo of her at the bottom right corner.

PhotoStudy Onboarding

by TRIO Student Support Services

Monday, September 16, 2024

A flyer for TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) promoting Peer Mentoring. It invites up to four current SSS participants to apply to become Peer Mentors for other students. The flyer explains what peer mentoring is, including helping with time management, setting goals, connecting students with resources, and providing personal guidance. It lists criteria to apply, such as being organized, maintaining good grades, and being in good academic standing. The flyer invites students to attend a Peer Mentoring Kick-Off Meeting on Friday, Sept. 27 from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM at RSC 262, with lunch provided. The flyer includes the TRIO logo and colorful sections highlighting key information

Peer Mentoring

 

 

by TRIO Student Support Services

Friday, Sept 27,2024

A flyer from TRIO Student Support Services celebrating National First-Gen Week 2024 with an Open House event. The flyer invites all students to meet the TRIO staff, learn more about the SSS program, and tour the new SSS offices and Computer Lab at the Shocker Success Center, Room 307, on Thursday, Nov. 7th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The event is a come-and-go format, with light refreshments provided. The flyer includes a 'Refer a Friend' graphic, the WSU First-Gen Shockers logo, and a beautiful autumn photo of the campus.

Employability Skills

by TRIO Student Support Services

Friday, March 24, 2024

Festive invitation poster for a Holiday Celebration event with red and cream colors, candy cane and pine decorations, and graduation caps. The text reads: ‘You’re invited to a come-and-go Holiday Celebration, December 13, 11 AM–1 PM, Woolsey Hall 231/232. Please join us to celebrate our Fall 2024 SSS graduates and the holidays! A full holiday spread for lunch will be provided. RSVP by replying all to this email invite.

Holiday Celebration

by TRIO Student Support Services

Friday, December 13, 2024

Spring 2024

Spring 2024 SSS Workshops

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Resilience

by Hoan Do

Friday, February 16, 2024

FIRST GEN SHOCKERS YOUR FUTURE STARTS NOW! Dr. Joshua Fredenburg Developing The BluePrint for Nationally Recognized Speaker | Author | President Career Success in College and Bhrond of the Circle of Change Leadership Experience As A First Generation Student! FRIDAY, 1ST CAC THEATER ON WICHITA STATE MARCH UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 2024 TIME:11:30AM-1:00PM Workshop hosted by TRIO Student Support Services Executive Director, Dr. Linda F. Rhone. LUNCH AND A FREE COPY OF DR. FREDENBURG'S BOOK WILL BE PROVIDED!

Leadership Essentials

with Dr. Joshua Fredenburg

Friday, March 1, 2024

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Financial Literacy

With Shawn Riley at Campus Credit Union 

Friday, April 19, 2024

Employability skills with Pamela Holland & Shelia Greene — Friday, April 26, 2024

Employability skills

with Pamela Holland & Shelia Greene

Friday, April 26, 2024

Fall 2023

Fall 2023 SSS Workshops

Ensuring Success with SSS in RSC room 264 Thursday, August 31st 2023

Ensuring Success    

with TRIO Student Support Services

Thursday, August 31, 2023

Empowering Growth and Igniting Greatness with Ms. Patty Stuever September 22nd 2023

8 to great 

by Patty Stuever

Friday, September 22, 2023

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Employability Skills

With Lori Dennis-Johnson

Friday, October 6, 2023

First-Gen Week Open House in Grace Wilkie Hall Room 303 Monday, November 6th 2023

First-Gen Week Open House

With TRIO Student Support Services

Monday, November 6, 2023

 

Spring 2023

Spring 2023 SSS Workshops

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Transformation

With Mr. Riccardo Harris

Thursday, April 27, 2023

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Resilience

With Hoan Do

Thursday, April 6, 2023

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Employability Skills

 With Lori Dennis-Johnson

Friday, March 24, 2023

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Financial Literacy

 With Mallory Baska

Friday, Febuary 24, 2023

Fall 2022

Fall 2022 SSS Workshops

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Resume Building

With Maggie Slack at Shocker Career Accelerator

Friday, September 30, 2022

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Financial Literacy

With Shawn Riley at Campus Credit Union

Friday, October 28, 2022

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First-Gen Week Open House

Friday, November 10, 2022

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Test Anxiety

With Kimberly Bailey

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Summer 2022

Summer 2022 SSS Workshops

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Application and Information Workshop

Saturday, July 23, 2022

Spring 2022

Spring 2022 SSS Workshops

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Entrepreneurship

Monday, March 7, 2022

Presented by Ms. Melody McCray-Miller

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Mental Health

Friday, April 8, 2022

Presented by Mr. Kelvin Weathers

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Grant Writing

Friday, April 15, 2022

Presented by Mr. Larry Ramos

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Financial and Economic Literacy

Friday, April 22, 2022

Presented by Lady Toni Huggins & Mrs. Teng Dante

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Test Anxiety

Monday, May 2, 2022

Presented by Ms. Kim Bailey

SSS Announcements

 

Promotions

Refer a First-Generation Friend

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Ever wanted to see your name in lights? Now's your chance! Refer a first-generation friend, classmate, roommate, etc., to TRIO Student Support Services and we'll feature you on our SSS webpage under our "Student Spotlight!" You'll help your first-generation friend, and we'll feature you in the spotlight.

Eligibility Requirements and Online Application

 

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