The Director's Corner

Staff

Workshop

TRiO Student

Recognition

Deans List

4.0 GPA’s

May Graduates

TRiO SSS 50th

Anniversary

Upcoming Workshop

for Fall 2018

Inside this issue:

Spring 2018

Congratulations to all of our graduates. I know that these four years went by much faster than most of

you anticipated; however, you are embarking on

another exciting phase in your life. Amazing

possibilities await you. Take advantage of all of the

good opportunities that come your way.

I want to extend best wishes to two of our

graduate assistants that are graduating from Shepherd.

Fadela Belhaj received her Master’s degree in College

Student Development and Administration (CSDA), and

Tess Hyre received her Masters in Business

Administration (MBA). We will miss both of them next

year.

I am pleased to announce that Da’Shawn Long

will be a graduate assistant in the TRiO Student Support

Services program next year as he begins his graduate work in the CSDA program.

He will work with our returning graduate assistant Ayana Jean.

During the 2016-17 academic year, the program served 165 students.

Eighty-one percent of these students were both first-generation and income eligible,

of the remaining students, 1/3 of the disabled students served were also income

eligible. Our persistence rate was 81% and 91% of our students were in good

academic standing at the University.

This is an exciting year for TRiO. We are at the midway point of our first year

with our Upward Bound program and working hard to accomplish program goals and

objectives. We are happy to report that we have some outstanding students from

the four high schools in Berkeley County participating in the program. They are very

excited about the program and the fact that they are preparing to go to college at the

end of their high school career.

June 11, 2018 will be the first day of the Upward Bound Summer Academy at

Shepherd. Students will take classes on campus for six weeks. The classes will

prepare these students for classes they will take in high school next year. The

following classes will be offered: Math, Science, literature/English, French, Spanish

and Wellness. Thank you to everyone that has helped make a positive difference in our student’s lives. Working together, we can make a powerful impact

in helping students accomplish their goal of receiving a high school

diploma and a bachelor’s degree.

The Director’s Corner

Cynthia Copney

Director of TRiO

Programs

TRiO Advisors

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Although the semester was very hectic, there were many great accomplish-

ments. Many of my students were able to adjust to the new semester and

overcame obstacles they faced. Two of my students Drew Davis and Brian

Crutchley, were appointed as tutors for the TRiO Upward Bound Program.

Senior students, Russell Goodacre and Christian Burns, received excep-

tional internship opportunities working with ESPN Wide World of Sports

Complex (Walt Disney College Program) and at the National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST), respectively. Seeing students strive and

reach for the stars is such a delightful feeling. It was very thrilling to see

all the TRiO students who walked across the stage to receive their well-

deserved diplomas on Saturday May 5th, 2018. As I often say to my stu-

dents, “I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the

position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has over-

come while trying to succeed.” (Booker T. Washington). I now ponder on the

many issues some students faced and how they managed to push through

it.

TRiO definitely works!

As we finish another academic year, I would like to take some time to reflect

on the year and think about the highlights. This was a very exciting year for

TRiO with a large incoming class of new SSS students and our first year wel-

coming our high school program Upward Bound. One big highlight for me was

our impressive volunteers for our TRiO Peer Mentor program. We had a lot of

new students and many of our returning students stepped up to help them in

their transition to Shepherd. Another highlight for me was having a Shepherd

TRiO/SSS student, Daisy Bautista, win the WV TRiO scholarship! We are very

proud to have Daisy representing our program. I am also excited to celebrate

the accomplishments of my 18 graduates this year. It has been a pleasure

working with such great students, and I am so excited to hear how many of

them have already secured jobs in their field after graduation. I wish you all

the best in your future endeavors! As we step into summer, I hope everyone

takes time to relax and rejuvenate so they can come back strong for another

great year in Fall 2018.

Michelle Ricketts

TRiO Assistant Director

Specialist

Tajmarie Rowe

TRiO Academic Retention

Specialist

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Workshops

Spring 2018

Women’s Empowerment Workshop

In this Workshop we learned how to be confident in ourselves and

how we are enough. The icebreaker was really nice because we got to

give compliments to other peers and receive them too. I am glad I

chose to come to this workshop because women’s representation in

today’s society has transformed how women, of all ages, see and feel

about themselves. It is important to remind people sometimes that

they are important, strong, and that no one else is or can be them.

Katlyn Brantner

TRiO Student

Diversity Workshop

In this workshop I learned that diversity is more than just your skin

color. Diversity is the conglomeration of ideas that make us unique

what we identify as is just a small fraction of the overall picture

when it comes to the challenges of diversity. Getting to know people

is another aspect to understanding the diversity issue. Instead of

assuming things and basing things on presumption, we should open-

ly discuss how we can change personal biases. Diversity means a lot

to this organization and it means a lot to me as well.

Cheyann Beck

TRiO Student

Workshops

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DIY Stress Ball Workshop

The one thing that I love about TRiO is there are workshops throughout

the semester to allow yourself to become more involved with other

TRiO students. They also are beneficial when it comes to school! To-

day’s workshop was DIY Stress Ball. I tend to stress out during the

school semester, especially finals week, so this will totally benefit me!

Also, this workshop is so easy to remember that it is possible for me to

make more stress balls in the future while I'm stressing out!

Kylie Riggleman

TRiO Student

TRiO Student Recognition

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TRiO SSS student is awarded the 2018 WV TRiO Scholarship

Daisy Bautista from the Shepherd University TRiO-SSS

program was awarded the 2018 WV TRiO Scholarship. Each

year, the WV TRiO Association awards two scholarships to

secondary TRiO program participants and two scholarships to

post-secondary TRiO program participants within the state of

WV. Each scholarship is worth $500.00. Daisy is a

sophomore majoring in Recreation & Leisure Studies. She

was awarded this scholarship based on outstanding academic

achievement as well as involvement on campus as a student

leader and in the community. Daisy Bautista

TRiO Student

TRiO Students Recognized

Recognition Day April 18, 2018

Kia Jones- Outstanding Music Major Award

Daisy Bautista- Vince Gonino Scholarship, Multicultural Leadership Team

Morgan Arden- Outstanding Female Student Athlete

Mitchell Haines- Term Limits Paper Competition Runner Up

Bridgette Aguilar-Dishman- Louise Leonard Scholarship

Savannah Maguire- G. D. Bragaw Scholarship

Morgan Breeden- Lowe Family Award, Student of Distinction and SGA Campus- Relations

Maggie James- Student of Distinction

Cameron Mallow- Alternative Spring Break First Year Spirit Award

Emily Hernandez- Multicultural Leadership Team

Da’Shawn Long- Ikenberry Award for Human Service, Multicultural Leadership Team, SGA Treasurer

Jasmin Orellana- Program Board Executive Leadership Team

Michael Icenhower- Program Board Executive Leadership Team

Haley Sansom- Leadership for a Better World Certificate Program

Nikiala Johnson-Student Government Parliamentarian

Russell Goodacre - McMurran Scholar

4.0 GPA TRiO Students Spring 2018

Deans List Recipients Spring 2018

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Joel Singh

Allyson Spinks

Noah Stottlemyer

Rita Torres

Kevin Turner

Morganne Unger

Makayla Vargas

Hannah Warner

Alex Wells

Kendra Wenner

Jacob Younker

Kia Jones

Cedrice Kenney

Savannah Maguire

Hailey Mauzy

Stacy Mummert

Chelsea Pell

Alyssa Pritt

Kylie Riggleman

Richard Robinson

Hannah Rose

Michaela Sencindiver

Kendra Coffey

Brian Crutchley

Dalton Dodson

Kevin Dodson

Lacey Emry

Miles Greenwood

Mitchell Haines

Emily Hernandez

Chad Hite

Lindsey Jackson

Maggie James

MJ Acevedo

Bridgette Aguilar-

Dishman

Morgan Arden

Kiera Batts Anderson

Daisy Bautista

Cheyann Beck

Katlyn Brantner

Morgan Breeden

John-Paul Bronzi

Christian Burns

Laura Castro-Vargas

MJ Acevedo

Morgan Arden

Russell Goodacre

Maggie James

Alyssa Pritt

Samantha Redman

Kylie Riggleman

Alex Wells

Jacob Younker

2017-2018 Graduates

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Liz Mendez De La Cruz

Jacob Oliver

Samantha Redman

Joel Singh

Sarah Turkson

Morganne Unger

Kendra Wenner

Jacob Younker

Cedrice Kenney

Heather Brown

Ashley Carper

Aimee Copenhaver

Connor O’Shea

Christina Pontier

Kendra Roberts

Amanda Spain

Octavius Thomas

Morgan Arden

Keron Costen

Taylor Allen

Morgan Breeden

Christian Burns

Elizabeth Ellis

Charles Gaines

Russell Goodacre

Megan Hughart

Margaret James

Shaneil Jenkins

Kia Jones

Cameron Mallow

2018 Graduation Reception

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2018 Graduation Reception Student Speakers

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Upcoming Fall 2018 Workshops

Tentative Schedule

DATE WORKSHOP TIME LOCATION

Tuesday

9/11/2018

Welcome back / TRiO Orientation 5:00PM-7:00PM Storer Ballroom

Monday

9/24/2018

Staying Organized 12:00PM-2:00PM Library Room 307

Monday

10/1/2018

FASFA Workshop

1:00PM-2:00PM

2:00PM-3:00PM

Library Room 307

Thursday

10/25/2018

Financial Literacy 3:00PM-4:00PM Library Room 256

Wednesday

11/7/2018

Read Faster, Read Smarter 2:00PM-4:00PM Library Room 256

Tuesday

11/13/2018

Graduate School Informational

Session 1:00PM-2:00PM Library Room 307

Thursday

11/29/2018

Test Taking & Study Skills 2:00PM-3:00PM Library Room 256

Wednesday

12/5/2018

Chill out with TRiO 5:00-6:00PM Shaw Hall

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