Tag: TRIO

TRIO Mainstay Retires After More Than Two Decades At MDC

NewsIvette Gomez -
For 17 years, generations of students in the TRIO Program at Miami Dade College were guaranteed to find good advice and a tasty snack waiting for them when they visited Eon Alleyne-McMayo. The 75-year-old academic adviser, who...

TRIO Director Receives Second Chance At Life After Kidney Transplant

NewsJuan S. Gomez -
Carlton Daley had been waiting for four years, ever since the tri-weekly dialysis sessions became the norm to keep him alive. The first glimmer of hope came in 2019, when a kidney match was found.  Daley’s optimism...

TRIO Offers Support Services For First-Generation College Students

North CampusAmmy Sanchez -
When Lucwilerna Raymond moved from Haiti to the United States four years ago, she was hesitant to speak up in large groups because of...

My Journey To Success At MDC

ForumAniska Casseus -
I remember during my senior year of high school, going to Miami Dade College was seen as the last resort for the academically challenged....

TRIO Program Provides Assistance To First-Generation College Students

North CampusChika Ojukwu -
For first-generation college students, college can be a daunting task. With no parent or sibling paving the way before them, students often have a...

MDC Students Win Tuskegee Presidential Scholarship

BriefingHector Gonzalez -
Three recent Miami Dade College graduates won the 2016 Tuskegee University Distinguished Presidential Scholarship Award. Fredricka D. Jean-Pierre (criminal justice administration), Alicia Royes (accounting) and...

TRIO Program Provides A Bridge To Opportunities

NewsDaniela Molina -
When Mario Morejon started at North Campus, he struggled. Then he discovered TRIO, a grant funded program, aimed at helping first generation and economically...