"Keeping Students on Track to Success"

Student Support Services (SSS) is part of the federal TRiO program that offers academic assistance to 200 students at Wallace State Community College. The program provides opportunities for academic development, assists students with basic college requirements, and serves to motivate students toward the successful completion of their postsecondary education. SSS projects also may provide grant aid to current SSS participants who are receiving Federal Pell Grants (#84.063). The goal of SSS is to increase the college retention and graduation rates of its participants and help students make the transition from one level of higher education to the next. The program is funded annually ($273,028) by the U.S. Department of Education. 

There is no charge to students for any of the program offerings available through Student Support Services. 

KEY COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM

     Student Support Service participants will:

•    Receive individualized support services including 
     academic, career, and financial advising
•    Receive tutoring in requested core subjects
•    Have access to a private SSS computer lab
•    Prepare for successful entry into the job market with
     career planning
•    Prepare for transferring to a four-year college with help in 
     completing admission, financial aid, and scholarship 
     applications
•    Receive guidance in developing effective transfer plans
•    Participate in selected SSS sponsored cultural events
•    Develop education and academic plans
•    Qualify to participate in laptop and book loan programs
•    To those who qualify and are active participants, SSS scholarship 
     funds

 WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

     Any student who is a citizen or permanent resident of the 
     United States, has been accepted for enrollment at Wallace State
     Community College, has program approved academic need ** for
     assistance, and meets one or more of the following criteria is eligible to
     submit an application:

•    Is a first generation college student (if you lived with both 
     parents, both parents/guardians did not graduate from a four-
     year college; if you lived with only one parent, that parent did not
     graduate from a four-year college)
•    Is eligible for financial aid at a level established by the U. S.
     Department of Education
•    Is a student with a documented disability

** Academic need: defined for SSS Purposes including one or more of 
     the following – 

        a)  Placement into Developmental English, reading  and/or 
             mathematics
        b)  ACT score below 17
        c)  Returning adult student (5 or more years since attended college)
        d)  Entering college for the first time, after the age of  25
        e)  Cumulative GPA below 2.0 and/or Academic Probation and/or 
        f)   Who demonstrates other significant indicators of academic need 

Student Support Services offices are located in the General Studies Building.

Tutoring Lab Hours:  

The Tutoring Lab is located in the General Studies Building.

The Tutoring Lab specializes in assistance for Remedial Mathematics, English, and Reading; however, other subject assistance may be available contingent on tutor expertise and availability.

Lisa Smith, Director
256-352-8052
Lisa.Harris@wallacestate.edu

S. F. Lovell, Advisor
256-352-8076
sf.lovell@wallacestate.edu

Jan Young, Tutoring Lab Coordinator/Advisor
256-352-8074
jan.garner@wallacestate.edu

Kathy Taylor, Secretary
256-352-8073
kathy.taylor1@wallacestate.edu