TRIO SCHOLARSHIP recipients include, from left, Brooke Johnson, West Plains; Jared Luerssen, Cabool; Peyton Stroup and Danielle Powers, both of Lebanon; Lekisha Hernandez, Dadeville; Viktoria Yakovleva and Rachel Corniels, both of Willow Springs; and Vanessa Lockhart, West Plains. Others receiving the scholarship were Crystal Atwell, Darcy Drake, Sandra Drake and Jerica Dumas, all of West Plains; Lacy Dunniho and Haley Yeager, both of Bakersfield; Kaylynn Hopkins, St. Louis; Sarah Luallen, Cabool; and Dalton Swindle, Nixa. (Missouri State-West Plains photo)

Several students receive scholarships through TRiO program

2018 March 8 by Vickie Driskell

WEST PLAINS, Mo. – Seventeen students participating in Missouri State University-West Plains’ federally-funded TRIO Student Support Services program were awarded $11,641.14 in scholarships from program funds.

To be eligible for a scholarship, students must be enrolled full time at the university for the past two semesters, be an active participant in the program, complete a TRIO workshop or event and financial literacy training through TRIO, attend regularly scheduled appointments with TRIO advisers, and maintain a grade point average of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale.

For more information about the TRiO Student Support Services program at Missouri State-West Plains, call 417-255-7941.