On February 22, Halifax Community College (HCC) invites the Roanoke Valley to its TRIO Day and College Expo. It will start at 10 a.m.
TRIO Day is an opportunity to focus attention on the need for increased investment in first-generation college students.
Enacted by a Congressional Resolution in 1986, National TRIO Day is a call to citizens from all walks of life to come together to promote educational access and success in communities where TRIO Programs continue to create change. By providing students, professionals, alumni and affiliates the chance to contribute through community service, TRIO Day celebrates the lives that have been transformed by college access and success.
“TRIO Day is important because it's a call to citizens from all walks of life to come together to promote educational access and success in communities where TRIO Programs continue to create change.” said Laura Clark, coordinator of HCC’s Educational Opportunity Center (EOC). “By providing students, professionals, alumni and affiliates the chance to contribute through community service, TRIO Day celebrates the lives that have been transformed by college access and success.”
HCC ECO leaders have planned a program that includes an exceptional keynote speaker. Ja’Net Adams is an International speaker, author, and the Owner of Debt Sucks University, but when she was in college she let money rule her life. A short time after graduation she found herself in $50,000 of debt! She dug out of the debt in two years by following the principles that she now speaks about to audiences all around the world as a professional motivational speaker. She speaks around the world to various universities and corporations about Financial Literacy.
Adams recently released her new book Debt Sucks! A College Student’s Guide To Winning With Money So They Can Live Their Dreams! Her advice has been featured by such institutions as the Huffington Post, NPR, CNBC, Forbes magazine, and USA Today.
“Individuals will want to attend TRIO Day to be exposed to some of the resources that they may need to assist in meeting their respective educational goals,” Clark said. “Moreover, these resources are vital because Federal TRIO Programs help first-generation students with the support needed to enter college and earn a college degree.”
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Laura Clark at 252-536-7223 or Roslyn Pemberton-Green at 252-536-7270.