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Return to: Services for Students
Location
College Center, Room 220
970.339.6372
Program Director
Julie C. Smith
Assistant Director
Mary Ann Lucero
The Impact Programs at Aims include 2 TRiO Student Support Services (SSS) programs, a classic program and a STEM-H focused program, and the Center of Opportunity & Resilience in Education (CORE). The mission of the Impact Programs is to develop and equip historically underrepresented student populations with skills, experiences, and academic practices that assist them in achieving their educational goals and becoming strong contributing members of a 21st Century society.
The TRiO SSS programs are federally funded through the Department of Education to provide 280 new and continuing Aims Community College students comprehensive academic support each academic year. CORE is institutionally funded to serve 50 new and continuing students each academic year.
Benefits
Students benefit from the following free services:
- Intensive academic advising
- Academic coaching and tutoring
- Major and career exploration
- 4-Year college transfer preparation and planning
- Campus and community leadership opportunities
- Cultural and civic engagement opportunities
- Financial wellness education
Please see detailed information below, including eligibility requirements, for each program.
TRiO Student Support Services (SSS) Classic
The TRiO Student Support Service Classic Program focuses on actively coaching eligible students at Aims. TRiO Classic provides supportive academic services; cultural enrichment experiences designed to develop students academically, personally, and professionally; and transfer and career readiness activities. The Classic Program actively creates an environment which fosters academically tenacious students who value inclusion, respect, integrity, community, personal independence, professional responsibility, and service.
TRiO Student Support Services (SSS) STEM-H
The Student Support Services STEM-H program is dedicated to serving students who are pursuing an academic and/or career path in the field(s) or science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or health sciences. Designed to integrate a seamless approach to financial, social, and academic support; STEM-H fosters a proactive approach which ensures participants gain exposure to the STEM industry while also experiencing a process of acculturation to the STEM environment.
SSS Eligibility
TRIO Student Support Services Classic and STEM-H program eligibility for participation is determined by the Department of Education. To be eligible, students must be:
- Accepted to or enrolled at Aims Community College;
- Demonstrate a need for academic support;
- Identify in one or more of the following groups:
- Be financially limited according to federal guidelines
- Be a first-generation college student (neither parent has received a bachelor’s degree)
- Have a documented disability
- A U.S. Citizen or permanent resident.
*Students who successfully complete one semester in the TRiO Student Support Services Programs may be eligible to receive federal grant aid funds to assist with the cost of attending Aims Community College.
For more information, or to apply to one of the TRiO SSS programs, stop by College Center 220, contact us via phone at 970.339.6372, or visit our web page at www.aims.edu/student/support.
Center of Opportunity & Resilience in Education (CORE)
CORE is dedicated to promoting an inclusive and intercultural learning environment which welcomes students from diverse backgrounds including, but not limited to, undocumented and traditionally underrepresented populations in higher education by providing services and resources designed to enhance the holistic development of students.
CORE Eligibility
Students who are eligible for CORE must meet the following requirements:
- New or returning student who has not exceeded a maximum of 15 earned undergraduate credit hours;
- Able to graduate within 3 years of being accepted into CORE; and
- Identify as one of the following:
- First generation (neither parent has a bachelor’s degree)
- Pell Grant eligible
- Historically underrepresented ethnic or racial minority group
- Undocumented student
*Students who are a US citizen or permanent resident and successfully complete one semester in the CORE Program may be eligible to receive an institutional scholarship to assist with the cost of attending Aims Community College.
For more information, or to apply to CORE, stop by College Center 220, contact us via phone at 970.339.6372, or visit our web page at www.aims.edu/student/core.
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