What is SSS

Our Vision

The Student Support Services will be an exemplary TRIO program for its best practices in serving disadvantaged students by providing "holistic and integrated services" at Utah State University, the state of Utah, and the region.

Our Mission

Student Support Services seeks to support disadvantaged students who have potential to meet the challenges of higher education by strengthening and developing their academic and self-management skills. Its focus is to insure that participants in the program have a realistic chance to persist in school and graduate from Utah State University. To accomplish these objectives Student Support Services provides services to enhance students' academic success, personal skills, and social skills. Providing services in these areas corresponds to the University's mission to support students' intellectual development, personal growth, and community advancement.

To implement the program's aims as outlined in its mission statement, the Utah State University Student Support Services program focuses on five major goals:

  • Recruit eligible students who meet federal low income, disability, and/or first generation guidelines.
  • Increase the retention of disadvantaged students in the University.
  • Increase the academic success of eligible students by increasing their GPA.
  • Increase the number and percent of disadvantaged students who graduate from the University.
  • Increase the number and percent of disadvantaged students who pursue graduate or professional schooling.