{"id":68,"date":"2025-12-16T11:06:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:44:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:44:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mission\">Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The TRIO SSS program\u2019s mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. Its two main purposes are to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Increase the college retention, persistence, and graduation rates of program participants; and<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Foster a climate supportive of the success of students whose parents did not complete a four-year college degree and\/or are disabled and\/or whose family income may hinder them from remaining in college without financial assistance to receive the full range of services and opportunities at UW-Milwaukee<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2025\/12\/usdeptofeducation-copy-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Department of Education logo\" class=\"wp-image-70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2025\/12\/usdeptofeducation-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2025\/12\/usdeptofeducation-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2025\/12\/usdeptofeducation-copy.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2025\/12\/trio-sss-logo-copy-300x97.jpg\" alt=\"Trio Student Support Services logo\" class=\"wp-image-71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2025\/12\/trio-sss-logo-copy-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2025\/12\/trio-sss-logo-copy-1024x331.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2025\/12\/trio-sss-logo-copy-768x248.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2025\/12\/trio-sss-logo-copy-1536x496.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2025\/12\/trio-sss-logo-copy.jpg 1585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Student Support Services Program (SSS)<\/strong>&nbsp;is funded by the U.S. Department of Education to provide academic support services for eligible students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Our SSS program is one of seven federally-funded, early outreach, student service programs from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ope\/trio\/index.html\">Federal TRIO Grant Programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" rel=\"\">Staff Directory<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" rel=\"\">Contact<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-other-uwm-trio-programs\">Other UWM TRIO programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/trio\/high-school-programs\/upward-bound\/\">Upward Bound<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/trio\/high-school-programs\/upward-bound-math-science\/\">Upward Bound Math &amp; Science<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/trio\/adult-programs\/veterans-upward-bound\/\">Veterans Upward Bound<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/services\/mcnair\/\">Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UW-Milwaukee is one of the very few universities nationwide that have most TRIO Programs spanning from middle school to post-baccalaureate education! 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