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Students and alumni in the TRIO programs at Portland State, which include students from limited-income, first generation families, ethnic minorities and other underrepresented groups in the Portland and Hillsboro school districts, will be acknowledged as part of TRIO Student Recognition Day Thursday, March 2, 2006, from 4–6 p.m. in the Smith Memorial Student Union Multicultural Center (1825 S.W. Broadway). Keynote speaker for the event will be Leslie Garcia, director for the Center of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at Oregon Health & Science University.

TRIO Recognition Day Recipients
Educational Opportunity Program
LaKeesha K. Jointer, a 2000 graduate from Portland State with a B.A. in Marketing and Business Management
Kyra Ngo, a 2003 graduate from Portland State with a B.A. in Human Resources Management

Native American Student Services
Ray Tate, PSU graduate and former officer, American Indian Science and Engineering Society

Diversity Recognition Scholarship
Nicole Camara, a 2000 graduate with a B.A. in both Psychology and Sociology and a M.S. in Education

Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Programs
Eric Webb, a graduate student at Portland State getting his M.S. in Mathematics
Sarah Stacy Iannarone, who is working on her PhD in Philosophy, Urban Studies and Planning at PSU

Upward Bound
Estela Vasquez from Benson High School
Phong Nguyen from Madison High School

Educational Talent Search
Hanae Said from Benson High School
Martin Toledo from Century High School

TRIO Programs at Portland State include the Student Support Services/Educational Opportunity Program, which helps increase the retention and graduation rates in higher education of eligible low income, first generation and disabled students; the McNair Scholars Program, helping increase the number of students from underrepresented backgrounds who receive PhDs; and the Educational Talent Search including both Project PLUS and Upward Bound, designed to improve students' academic and study skills in high school, develop their career and educational plans and help them enter and succeed in higher education. The two pre-college programs serve over 680 middle and high school students in the Portland and Hillsboro school districts.

Funding for the TRIO programs is provided by Portland State University and the U.S. Department of Education under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the same law that legislated student financial aid. For more information on all TRIO programs at Portland State please visit www.eeps.pdx.edu/.

Source:
Jolina Kwong (503-725-9740)
Program Coordinator, McNair Scholars Program

For Immediate Release (#06-035)