The other schools include Hope College, Aquinas College, Davenport College, and Grand Rapids Community College. TRIO programs are federally funded programs to encourage and assist students who might not otherwise attend college. The package of programs are re-authorized by Congress every five years, a process that is due to happen again this year. Hoekstra is a member of the House Committee on Education and Work Force and chairs the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations that will evaluate the TRIO programs. We believe these programs break the poverty cycle.
Nothing does that more permanently than education.
In coordination with events across the nation during National TRIO Week, February 17-22, Michigan institutions will be gathering Saturday, February 22, at Oakland University. In west Michigan, area institutions participating in TRIO programs will celebrate locally with a luncheon at Grand Rapids Community College on Tuesday, February 18. Natasha Brock of Caledonia is a biology major and a single mother. She is the recipient of a McNair Scholarship, a TRIO program that benefits first-generation college students. With the support of TRIO programs, Natasha hopes to go on to graduate school and possibly earn a doctorate.